Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Thursday, August 22nd, 2024
A 43-year-old Salem resident has been arrested for domestic battery. Randie Gordon of Tulsa Street is accused of punching another family member in the face at their home on Wednesday night. Gordon was...
Aug 22, 2024
Chicago police say they're ready for final day of protests at DNC following night of no arrests
By LEA SKENE, SOPHIA TAREEN and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police said Thursday that they are not changing any of their tactics and are ready for a final night of pro-Pale...
Aug 22, 2024 Demonstrators clash with police near the Israeli Consulate during the Democratic National Convention Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
City of Salem working on fix to late arriving utility bills
Salem City Manager Annette Sola says the city staff is working on a new type of utility bill that hopefully will get delivered by the U.S. Postal Service on a more timely basis. She says the current b...
Aug 21, 2024
'Hitting kids should never be allowed': Illinois bans corporal punishment in all schools
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - This school year, Illinois will become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal punishment in all schools. Legislation that...
Aug 21, 2024 FILE - Public school buses are parked in Springfield, Ill., on Jan. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
In primetime DNC speech, Pritzker leans into role of benevolent billionaire
Governor chides Trump as 'rich in only one thing: stupidity' By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - Cheered on by an Illinois delegation watching from the flo...
Aug 21, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker delivers his primetime address Tuesday evening at the Democratic National Convention. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Illinois Democrats see abortion rights as 'fundamental' issue in 2024
Delegates focus on reproductive rights, labor support on Day 2 of convention By PETER HANCOCK & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - Illinois delegates to the...
Aug 21, 2024 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton calls reproductive rights a “fundamental issue” of the 2024 campaign in an interview with reporters at the Illinois delegation’s Tuesday breakfast prior to Democratic National Convention programming. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
At least 55 arrested after clashes with police outside Israeli Consulate in Chicago during DNC
CHICAGO (AP) - At least 55 protesters were arrested following violent clashes with police in Chicago on the second night of the Democratic National Convention, a situation the police chief called "a d...
Aug 21, 2024 Demonstrators clash with police near the Israeli Consulate during the Democratic National Convention Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Two sentenced to prison in Marion County Court
Two people were sentenced to prison time in Marion County Court on Tuesday. 32-year-old Zachary Moore of Green Street in Centralia was sentenced to two years in prison for possession of under two gram...
Aug 21, 2024 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Centralia Police kick off Labor Day traffic safety campaign
The Centralia Police Department has kicked off a traffic safety campaign aimed at reducing impaired driving and other hazardous driving behaviors, such as distracted driving and failure to use seat be...
Aug 21, 2024
Police Beat for Wednesday, August 21st, 2024
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested 50-year-old Robert Wells of West Poplar in Odin for violation of an order of protection and violation of conditional discharge. Centralia Police arrested...
Aug 21, 2024
