Category Archives: Local News
Marion County Board Chair says budget cutting session productive
Marion County Board Chair Steve Whritenour says a day of meetings with county officials over potential budget cuts was productive. However, he said after Monday night's meeting it is not yet known if ...
Dec 24, 2024 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Marion County Board reorganizes second time with same results
The Marion County Board reorganized for a second time Monday night because they violated the Open Meetings Act the first time. Board members verbally announced who they had voted for in a prior secret...
Dec 24, 2024 Former board chair Debbie Smith with newly elected chair Steve Whritenour after the vote on December 3. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
IDPH Announces that Illinois Respiratory Surveillance Data Show Uptick in Seasonal Illnesses
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced that the state's overall respiratory illness level has moved up from Low to Moderate. That means that Illinoisans face an increased chance of ...
Dec 24, 2024
Vacant home in Texico area destroyed in early Tuesday morning fire
Jefferson Fire reports a vacant home in the 22,000 block of North Hails Lane in rural Texico was destroyed in an early Tuesday morning fire. Fire officials say flames were shooting from the home upon ...
Dec 24, 2024
Salem home receives minor damage in Monday night fire
A home on the north side of Salem received minor damage in a Monday night fire. The Salem Fire Protection District reports a neighbor spotted a fire burning a hole in the outside siding of the Faith A...
Dec 24, 2024
Illinois State Police arrest Wilmington man in crash that killed State Trooper
Illinois State Police have arrested a 69-year-old Wilmington man for a Class Four Felony for violation of Scott's Law following the death of a State Trooper. John Fleet is accused of striking Trooper ...
Dec 24, 2024 State Trooper Clay M. Carns
Police Beat for Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
Centralia Police made two domestic battery arrests in different cases on Tuesday. 21-year-old Davairo Copeland of Blakey, Georgia and 33-year-old Tyler Williams of South Walnut in Centralia were both ...
Dec 24, 2024
Marion County Board to reorganize again after violating Open Meetings Act
The Marion County Board will have to reorganize again Monday night after apparently violating the Illinois Open Meetings Act by voting by secret ballot. State's Attorney Tim Hudspeth investigated the ...
Dec 23, 2024 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Mt. Vernon home heavily damaged by fire
A Mt. Vernon home received substantial damage in a Saturday morning fire. Mt. Vernon City Firemen say they responded to 2418 College Street for a fire that started in a detached garage and was spreadi...
Dec 23, 2024
Fire heavily damages large pole barn northwest of Salem
Four fire departments battled an early Monday morning fire that heavily damaged a 2,000 square feet pole barn that was used as a shop. Owner Todd Donaldson of Homestead Lane off Winegarner and Tonti R...
Dec 23, 2024
