Category Archives: Local News
Oregon Powerball player wins a $1.3 billion jackpot, ending more than 3 months without a grand prize
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A Powerball player in Oregon won a jackpot worth more than $1.3 billion on Sunday, ending a winless streak that had stretched more than three months. The single ticket matched ...
Apr 07, 2024
Five people injured in crash on Shattuc Road early Wednesday night
The Clinton County Sheriff's Department has released details on a two-vehicle head-on crash on the Shattuc Road just south of Sand Ridge Road early Wednesday evening that injured five people. Two of t...
Apr 06, 2024 Clinton County Sheriff's Department. Photo courtesy of department's Facebook page.
Police Beat for Saturday, April 6th, 2024
Centralia Police have arrested a 48-year-old homeless Centralia man for unlawful use of a weapon, being a felon in possession of a weapon, criminal damage to property over $500, and aggravated assault...
Apr 06, 2024
'The great show in the sky': Solar eclipse will once again drive Illinois tourism
Previous eclipse in 2017 generated up to $18 million in visitor spending By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com The total solar eclipse on the afternoon of April 8 will...
Apr 06, 2024 The diamond-ring effect can occur at the beginning and end of totality during a total solar eclipse. As the last bits of sunlight pass through the valleys on the moon's limb, and the faint corona around the sun is just becoming visible, it looks like a ring with glittering diamonds on it. Image captured during the 2017 eclipse. (Photo credit: NASA/Carla Thomas)
Here are links to information on the Solar Eclipse
Several websites are available to provide information on Solar Eclipse information around the region. The SalemEclipse.com site put together by Mayor Nic Farley includes a link to the NASA live broadc...
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At least one injured in Centralia house fire early Friday morning (updated 6:00 pm)
One person was taken to SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia following an early morning house fire in Centralia. Centralia City Firefighters say the fire was blowing out two second-story window...
Apr 05, 2024 A home in the 200 block of South Cherry Street in Centralia receives heavy second floor and attic damage during an early Friday morning fire. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Bill ending state's tipped wage advances but prospects uncertain amid pushback
Opponents say eliminating the tip credit will lead to decreased hours and layoffs for staff By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois Clongcor@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - An Illinois House commi...
Apr 05, 2024 Karen Conn, president of Conn’s Hospitality Group in Springfield, speaks at a news conference Wednesday at the Capitol. She said she will have to raise prices and cut employees’ hours and benefits if the state eliminates a tipped wage credit. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Cole Longcor)
Illinois Supreme Court upholds law limiting where child sex offenders can live
Kane County man was ordered to move after first being told he could buy home By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled ...
Apr 05, 2024 Illinois Supreme Court Justice David Overstreet is pictured in a file photo in the Supreme Court chamber. He authored a unanimous opinion upholding the state’s lifetime residency restrictions for child sex offenders. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
A former Franklin County doctor sentenced to federal prison for billing false insurance claims
A 50-year-old former Franklin County doctor has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting to billing fraudulent insurance claims for profit. Dr. Lee Peter Bee, formerly of Sesser, but now of Fe...
Apr 05, 2024
Salem man arrested for DUI after hitting two vehicles in front of Law Enforcement Center
A 56-year-old Salem man has been arrested for driving under the influence after allegedly striking two vehicles in front of the Marion County Law Enforcement Center early Thursday night. Salem Police ...
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