Category Archives: Local News
New COVID-19 related deaths reported in Clinton and Fayette Counties; 38 new cases in Marion County
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported the second-highest number of COVID-19 related deaths in a single day on Thursday, only beaten by Wednesday’s total. The 192 fatalities included ...
Dec 03, 2020
Court: Rittenhouse bound over for trial in protest shootings
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - A court commissioner has ruled that there is sufficient evidence to warrant a trial for an Illinois teenager accused of killing two men during an August protest in Wisconsin. Thur...
Dec 03, 2020
Chicago archdiocese to pay $1.5 million in sexual abuse suit
CHICAGO (AP) - The Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who says he was sexually abused as a child by a defrocked priest who was convicted of sexual...
Dec 03, 2020
Migrant farm workers allege pesticide exposure in Illinois
CHICAGO (AP) - More than two dozen migrant workers from Texas allege in a new federal lawsuit that they were sprayed with toxic pesticides while working in central Illinois cornfields. They include te...
Dec 03, 2020
Rapper G Herbo charged in fraud plot to buy trips, puppies
BOSTON (AP) - Chicago rapper G Herbo, his promoter and several associates have been charged with a scheme to use stolen credit card information to pay for trips on private jets, exotic car rentals, lu...
Dec 03, 2020
Well known Jefferson County attorney injured in wreck found following four hour search
A 50-year-old Mt. Vernon attorney was injured after her car apparently ran off the road and struck a tree attempting to avoid a deer in the rural Texico area Wednesday night. By the time emergency hel...
Dec 03, 2020
Coroner: Man, 2 children died in southern Illinois fire
ZEIGLER, Ill. (AP) - A coroner says a southern Illinois house fire killed a man and his two children. Franklin County Coroner Marty Leffler tells WSIL-TV that the fire Monday killed 23-year-old Travis...
Dec 03, 2020
Centralia man faces multiple charges after a brief chase with Marion County Sheriff Deputy
A 41-year-old Centralia man has been arrested on multiple charges after leading a Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy on a brief chase on the Green Street Road before eventually stopping. Emmanuel Ne...
Dec 03, 2020
Details released on Green Street Road crash that injures two
The Marion County Sheriff’s Department has released details on a Monday afternoon single-vehicle crash that sent two people to the hospital for treatment. Reports indicate a car driven by 21-yea...
Dec 03, 2020
Boy Scouts hosting Drive Thru Drop off to help food pantry
The Boy Scout Troop 262 in Salem is hosting a Drive Thru Drop off to help the Salem Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry. The drop off will be on December 12 from 12pm-3pm at the Salem Community Center in...
Dec 03, 2020
