Category Archives: Local News

A 37-year-old Odin man has been charged in Marion County Court with aggravated battery. Dustin Meseke of Farthing Road is accused of striking another inmate in the face with his hand during an alterca...

15th District Congresswoman Mary Miller has issued an apology about remarks she made at a recent Moms for America event in Washington, DC where she quoted Adolf Hitler. Miller says the comments were m...

Salem Police have arrested a 53-year-old Salem man on two counts of violation of the sex offender registration act. Roger Johnston of North College allegedly failed to register a social media account....

Centralia Fire Chief John Lynch says fire damage in the city during 2020 totaled $624,770 with total property saved estimated at nearly $1.9-million. Another $2.5-million of property at risk was prote...

State Senator Jason Plummer has been named as Assistant Republican Leader on the Senate’s Republican Leadership Team for the upcoming 102nd General Assembly. Plummer says he’s excited and ...

Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller is facing calls to resign and apologize after making comments that seemed to praise Adolf Hitler on how ‘Hitler was right on one thing’ when discussing...

A Mt. Vernon nursing home was evacuated late Wednesday afternoon when a fire broke out in the commercial oven in the kitchen. Mt. Vernon Fire Chief Kevin Sargent says the fire began when a rack in the...

If COVID-19 numbers don’t spike, Governor JB Pritzker says regions of Illinois may be able to lift some mitigation’s come January 15th. The State didn’t see a big increase in cases a...

Marion County Animal Control Officer Ken Ferguson (right) makes plea for help in enforcing dog laws to the county board’s Community Relations Committee Wednesday night. Also pictured (left to ri...

Governor JB Pritzker is lowering the age limit for the next round of COVID-19 vaccinations to 65. The state is currently in Phase 1-A, where health care workers and residents and staff of long-term ca...