Category Archives: Local News
Chicago approves $90M payout over disgraced ex-sergeant who framed hundreds for drug crimes
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a $90 million settlement for nearly 200 civil rights violations involving a notorious fo...
Sep 28, 2025
Things to know about federal law enforcement activity in Chicago, Portland, and Memphis
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Armed federal agents patrolled Chicago's downtown streets on Sunday, a new escalation of an immigration enforcement crackdown there that followed...
Sep 28, 2025 People protest outside a federal immigration enforcement building in Broadview, Ill. on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)
The White House says it blocked US Steel's decision to stop processing steel at Illinois plant
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The White House said Monday that it intervened under the terms of a three-month-old national security agreement with Japan-based Nippon Steel to bl...
Sep 28, 2025 FILE - An employee walks through the U.S. Steel Granite City Works facility Thursday, June 28, 2018, in Granite City, Ill. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Police Beat for Saturday, September 27th, 2025
Centralia Police have arrested a 40-year-old Centralia woman for home invasion. Jessica Roper of North Lincoln was taken to the Marion County Jail. No other details are available. Marion County Sherif...
Sep 27, 2025
Grand Marshal named for Centralia Halloween Parade
The Grand Marshal of the Centralia Halloween Parade will be Paralympic rugby player Chuck Melton of the Hoyleton area. Melton broke his neck in a 2002 diving accident. After several years in a state o...
Sep 26, 2025 Centralia Halloween Parade Committee with this year's grand marshal, Chuck Melton. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Kaskaskia College hosts 60th anniversary celebration for Illinois Community College system
Sixty years of the Illinois Community College system were celebrated at Kaskaskia College on Thursday by representatives of community colleges throughout Southern Illinois. ICCB Executive Director Dr....
Sep 26, 2025 Illinois Community College officials at the 60th anniversary celebration. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Centralia man charged with reckless homicide in connection with fatal Easter Day motorcycle crash
A 51-year-old Centralia motorcyclist has been charged with reckless homicide in connection with an Easter Day fatal crash on East McCord Street at Edgewood Lane on the east side of Centralia. Timothy ...
Sep 26, 2025 Timothy Ramsey
Marion County celebrates 40th Relay for Life Saturday night
The Marion County Relay for Life is Saturday night at the Marion County Fairgrounds. It's the 40th year for the local relay and the theme is 'Cheers to 40 Years'. The event will be held at the Marion ...
Sep 26, 2025
Fire causes minor damage to Centralia home
A window air conditioner overloaded a circuit at the Joe Altadonna home at 11 Park Lane in Centralia Thursday morning, setting the back of a couch on fire. Centralia City Firemen say the Altadonnas di...
Sep 26, 2025 Centralia City Fire Truck. File Photo.
Unemployment up slightly in Marion County in August
Unemployment is up three-tenths of a percent in Marion County from July to August. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports August unemployment is at 5.2-percent, up three-tenths of a pe...
Sep 26, 2025
