Category Archives: Local News
The mayors of Chicago and four other big cities seek a meeting with Biden about how to better manage arriving migrants
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York are pressing to meet with President Joe Biden about getting federal help in managin...
Nov 01, 2023 FILE - Migrants rest at a makeshift shelter in Denver, Jan. 6, 2023. Five mayors from around the U.S. want a meeting with President Joe Biden to ask for help controlling the continued arrival of large groups of migrants to their cities. The mayors of Denver, Chicago, Houston, New York and Los Angeles say in a letter to Biden that there has been little to no coordination, support or resources and that is leading to a crisis. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Cooking spray burn victim awarded $7.1 million in damages after can 'exploded into a fireball'
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) - A jury in Illinois has ordered Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million to a Pennsylvania woman who was badly injured in 201...
Nov 01, 2023 FILE - Cooking spray oils by Pam, a Conagra brand, rest on a supermarket shelf, June 25, 2019, in Cincinnati. On Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, a jury in Illinois ordered Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million to a Pennsylvania woman who was badly injured in 2017 when a can of commercial brand cooking spray ignited in a kitchen at her workplace and set her aflame. The verdict is the first of numerous other cases from burn victims across the country with similar stories citing accidents that occurred with Conagra-made cooking spray brands, including its popular grocery store brand Pam. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Clay County Coroner releases names of those killed in car-pedestrian accident
Clay County Coroner Bryce Henry has released the names of the two pedestrians who were struck and killed just west of the US 50 and Big 4 Road intersection on Sunday night. They are 20-year-old Bayley...
Nov 01, 2023 Bayley Walker (left) and Bryson Walker (right)
Another arrested for meth delivery in ongoing drug investigation in Salem
A 39-year-old Salem woman has been arrested by the Southeastern Illinois Drug Task Force in connection with illegal drug distribution in the Salem area. Kari Holstlaw of Miles Lane in Salem was picked...
Nov 01, 2023
Two charged with rural Iuka home burglary with help of alert neighbors
Two Fairfield residents have been charged with residential burglary and burglary in connection with a burglary to a rural Iuka home early Monday morning. 46-year-old Daniel Brockett of Wayne County Ro...
Nov 01, 2023
BCMW Executive Director retires, replacement named
The outgoing Executive Director of the Social Service Agency BCMW was honored at a surprise retirement party on Tuesday. Sue Castleman has been at the agency for 42 years, the last nine as director. A...
Nov 01, 2023 New BCMW Executive Director Jessica Backs with retiring Executive Director Sue Castleman at her retirement party Tuesday. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Wednesday, November 1st, 2023
Centralia Police brought three people to the Marion County Jail on Wednesday. 29-year-old Justen Holland of West 3rd in Centralia was arrested for alleged aggravated domestic battery. 32-year-old Mich...
Nov 01, 2023
Salem Recreation Department and YMCA pick top Halloween costumes
Judges had to pick from a large number of unique Halloween contests during the annual competition sponsored by the Salem Recreation Department and YMCA before the start of Trick or Treating Tuesday ni...
Oct 31, 2023 Family costume winners in the 2023 Salem Recreation and Marion County YMCA competition. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Gateway Regional Water Company switching to free chlorine November 6th
The Gateway Regional Water Company will begin a modified disinfection process using Free Chlorine instead of Chloramines as the predominant water disinfectant on November 6th. On December 18, 2023, Ga...
Oct 31, 2023
Illinois 177 rail crossing in Irvington closed Wednesday through Saturday
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that emergency repairs by the Illinois Central Railroad Company to a crossing on Illinois 177, between North and South Western Avenue and Nort...
Oct 31, 2023 William Ross / CC