Category Archives: Local News
Chicago mayor: Schools will reopen despite balking teachers
CHICAGO (AP) - Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago Public Schools plans to proceed with the reopening of elementary and middle schools on Monday despite the failure to reach an agreement with the teache...
Jan 30, 2021
Central City man gets six-year prison term after pleading guilty to residential arson charge
A 27-year-old Central City man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to residential arson. Nicholas Fletcher of North Park was one of two men who had b...
Jan 29, 2021
Trump-supporting Illinois couple charged in US Capitol riot
CHICAGO (AP) - Federal authorities say they have charged an Illinois couple who posed for a photograph inside the U.S. Capitol decked out in Trump attire during the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection. Forty-s...
Jan 29, 2021
Unemployment increases across South Central Illinois in December
Unemployment in Marion County and across South Central Illinois is up in December compared to November and a year ago as stricter COVID-19 regulations went into effect. In Marion County, 5.9-percent o...
Jan 29, 2021
Salem Grade School District takes first step towards major building improvements
The Salem Grade School District has signed a letter of intent to work with Ommni Energy Partners for upcoming facility improvements in the district. The decision came after the board during a special ...
Jan 29, 2021
Centralia High School to host COVID-19 vaccination clinic for all school personnel; set to start Quick Test program Monday
All Marion County School staff will have the opportunity to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday, February 6th. The Centralia High School Board was told Thursday night the clinic will run from 9...
Jan 29, 2021
Police Beat for Friday, January 29th, 2021
Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 21-year-old Donald Fairchild of West Warmoth in Salem for possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. Fairchild was taken into custody during a ...
Jan 29, 2021
Salem High Athletic Director outlines how basketball season will look (corrected)
Salem High School Athletic Director Scott Steward says there will be a five-week-long Cahokia Conference boys and girls basketball season beginning February ninth with games three nights a week. Stewa...
Jan 28, 2021
State Republicans slam Pritzker as COVID-19 vaccinations lag
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois public health officials say nearly 56,000 people in the state received COVID-19 vaccination on Wednesday. However, state Republicans are questioning Gov. J.B. Pritzke...
Jan 28, 2021
Pritzker sending 500 Illinois National Guard troops to D.C.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker is sending about 500 Illinois National Guard members to Washington D.C. until mid-March for a “security mission." In a statement Thursday, Pritzker sa...
Jan 28, 2021
