Category Archives: Local News
Illinois' high court expands project to reduce appeal cases
CHICAGO (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court is expanding a program that recruits volunteer attorneys in an effort to shorten the backlog of criminal appeals. The six-month pilot program was launched in ...
Nov 01, 2020
Protest against police funding ends in clash with cops
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - A protest over police funding that began on Northwestern University’s campus spilled over into downtown Evanston, resulting in a clash with local police. Northwestern spoke...
Nov 01, 2020
Illinois sets another one day record for COVID-19 cases
Illinois set another record for the third day in a row for one day number of COVID-19 cases on Saturday, with 7,889 reported along with 46 new deaths. The Saturday total breaks the old record set on F...
Oct 31, 2020
Kinmundy woman sentenced to six years in prison for burglary
A 31-year-old Kinmundy woman has been sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to burglary. Vanessa Wooden of Freemont Street admit...
Oct 31, 2020
Four injured in two-vehicle crash on Salem's west side
Four people were taken to Salem Township Hospital for treatment of what were believed to be minor injuries following a two-vehicle crash on West Main Street between the Selmaville and Hoots Chapel Roa...
Oct 31, 2020
Centralia Police make three felony drug arrests
Centralia Police arrested three on felony possession of drug charges on Friday. 33-year-old Cody Thompson of South Pine in Centralia was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession o...
Oct 31, 2020
Police Beat for Saturday, October 31st, 2020
A 38-year-old Odin man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies for theft. Robert Corrie of Wood Street was arrested in connection with items stolen from a storage unit at U.S. 50 a...
Oct 31, 2020
Fire marshal: Use time change Saturday night to check alarms, batteries
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The state fire marshal wants Illinoisans to use the end of daylight saving time at two Sunday morning as a reminder to check their smoke alarms. Illinois State Fire Marshal Ma...
Oct 31, 2020
Teen told police where to find gun used in Kenosha shootings
ANTIOCH, Illinois (AP) - Police records show a 17-year-old accused of fatally shooting two demonstrators in Wisconsin told officers at his local police station in Illinois where to find an assault rif...
Oct 31, 2020
Court-ordered robocalls sent to 'electoral terror' victims in Illinois and other states
NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly 30,000 recipients of what a judge described as "electoral terror" robocalls designed to scare people from voting have received new court-ordered calls saying the earlier call ha...
Oct 31, 2020
