Category Archives: Local News

Bond has been set at $15,000 in Marion County Court for a St. Louis area man formally charged Thursday with aggravated criminal sexual abuse with force and possession of a controlled substance. Centra...

Marion County Clerk Steve Fox says early voting for the April election will begin in his office at the courthouse on Monday. Fox says a final review of the ballot that includes city, village, township...

The Salem Township Hospital Board was told Wednesday afternoon that the hospital has a new orthopedic provider. Dr. Kevin Koth of Troy, Illinois is currently holding office hours ten days a month and ...

Local health officials are expressing frustration with the slow availability of the COVID-19 vaccine, but report they are now signing up those in the expanded 1B group that adds those under 65 with un...

A 21-year-old Centralia woman has been arrested for possession with intent to deliver Fentanyl and resisting arrest following a buy bust by Centralia Police on Tuesday. Bond was set at $25,000 for Bri...

An 18-year-old Centralia man faces multiple charges following an altercation with a Centralia Police officer in the parking lot of the emergency room of SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital. Hunter Sc...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The hand-picked successor to Democratic former House Speaker Michael Madigan's seat abruptly resigned under pressure from his sponsors, who accused him of unspecified "questio...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - One of two men charged in the 2019 fatal shooting of an Illinois State Police trooper in East St. Louis has changed his not guilty plea. The St. Clair County state's attorney o...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Former state senator and gubernatorial candidate Sam McCann has pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he illegally spent more than $200,000 in campaign funds on debts...

ULLIN, Ill. (AP) - Police say two men were killed when a pickup truck pulled directly into the path of a train in far southern Illinois. Illinois State Police say the truck's driver had turned Tuesday...