Category Archives: Local News

Home in 200 block of Johnson Street in Centralia where drug bust took place Thursday. Centralia Police have raided a home in the 200 block of Johnson Street that they say had been the scene of ongoing...

The Marion County State’s Attorney’s office has filed two new felony charges. 43-year-old Joshua Keebler of North Wall in Wamac was charged with felony domestic battery after allegedly str...

A 35-year-old Salem man has been arrested for possession of methamphetamine. Timothy Finley of West Spruce was taken into custody by Salem Police outside the Moto-Mart store where they had been called...

CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago is opening six mass COVID-19 vaccination sites that’ll be able to deliver roughly 25,000 weekly shots once fully operational. Mayor Lori Lightfoot visited a ne...

State Representative Charlie Meier is calling the passage of the massive criminal justice overhaul bill in the waning moments of the 101st General Assembly on Wednesday a sad day for Democracy. Meier ...

A 34-year-old Salem man has been arrested for felony theft after allegedly taking money but failing to deliver the purchased product in a Facebook Marketplace transaction. The Marion County Sheriff...

Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon has identified an elderly man who was the subject of an extensive manhunt on Monday as 79-year-old James R. Jones of Simmons Road in rural Kinmundy. Jones was found d...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago teachers punished for refusing to show up for the start of in-person classes over COVID-19 concerns have demonstrated outside the home of the school board president. Roughly 150...

A 25-year-old Farina woman was injured Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Illinois Route 185 about two miles west of St. Peter. State Police say a preliminary investigation indicates Aliss...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois House has elected its first Black speaker to replace the longest-serving legislative leader in modern U.S. history. Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch will take over the ...