Category Archives: Local News
Fire causes minor damage to range hood at Glenwood Apartments in Salem
The Salem Fire Protection District reports a fire behind the range hood of an apartment at 37 Glenwood Acres occupied by Keith Wiedemann was apparently caused by an electrical problem. The first Salem...
May 23, 2021
Shootout leaves 1 person dead, police officer injured in Red Bud
RED BUD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Police are investigating after an early morning shootout left one person dead and a police officer injured in southwestern Illinois. Police in Red Bud responded to ...
May 23, 2021 Tom Britt / CC
Oklahoma man dies after shootout in Metro-East with Police
TROY, Ill. (AP) - A 31-year-old Oklahoma man has died in southwestern Illinois after a shootout with police. Police in Troy say the man was "reportedly suicidal and was actively discharging a firearm ...
May 23, 2021
More Amtrak trains to resume travel through Centralia and Effingham by mid-July
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Amtrak is resuming full passenger rail service across Illinois as the number of COVID-19 cases are falling. Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week that the full long-distance interstate...
May 23, 2021 Richard Eriksson / CC
Proposal seeks to address school 'hairstyle discrimination'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A Black state legislator has proposed legislation that seeks to bar Illinois schools from issuing rules pertaining to hairstyles, saying it'll address hairstyle discrimination...
May 23, 2021 Matt Turner / CC
Illinois' political muscle withers with shrinking population
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - In the middle of the last century, Illinois was king of the nation's middle. Chicago had 3.6 million residents, nearly double that of Los Angeles. Its influence on the nationa...
May 23, 2021
Where proposed state legislative redistricting leaves South Central Illinois
Democratic legislators have released their proposed redistricting maps for the state's 118 House and 59 Senate Districts. They say the newly drawn districts ensure the broad racial and geographic dive...
May 22, 2021 Here's the proposed Legislative District map drawn by Democrats and being criticized by Republicans.
Explosion and fire destroys Salem home Saturday afternoon (updated 7:45 pm Saturday)
An explosion started a fire that quickly spread throughout a Salem home Saturday afternoon heavily damaging the two-story structure. Salem Fire Chief Dave Duncan says the fire was at the Caleb Howe re...
May 22, 2021 Salem Firemen battle a fire that heavily damaged a home occupied by Caleb Howe and his family at 420 South Pearl in Salem. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Abandoned camper destroyed by fire in rural Walnut Hill
A fire destroyed a motor home in the process of being scrapped out late Friday night in rural Walnut Hill. The Centralia Fire Protection District reported the motor home on the Kent Telford property w...
May 22, 2021 Fire engulfs a motor home near Walnut Hill Friday night. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Odin man arrested after allegedly tearing up parent's home with an ax
A 35-year-old rural Odin man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies on three charges after allegedly tearing up his parent's home with an ax. Travis Finley was still at the home on Ferr...
May 22, 2021
