Category Archives: Local News
Motorcyclist involved in chase with Kinmundy Police gets away
Kinmundy Police report a motorcyclist they were trying to stop late Friday afternoon fled instead and led them on a lengthy chase around the Kinmundy and Alma area. The motorcycle eventually was laid ...
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Police Beat for Saturday, July 27th, 2024
Three people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Friday on no bond failure to appear warrants. 31-year-old Zachary Moore of South Locust in Centralia was arrested by Centralia Police on a felony w...
Jul 27, 2024
Autopsy confirms Sonya Massey died from gunshot wound to head, as attorney calls shooting senseless
By JOHN O'CONNOR and RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Autopsy findings released Friday on Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman fatally shot in her Illinois home by a now-fire...
Jul 27, 2024 Ben Crump, the civil rights attorney representing the family of Sonya Massey, stands next to a diagram from the slain woman's autopsy on Friday, June 26, 2024, in Springfield, Ill., and gestures to show the downward angle in which Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson shot Massey in the face early on July 6. Massey had called 911 with suspicions of a prowler near her Springfield home. Grayson has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)
Quantum business park coming to Chicago, backed by $700M from state of Illinois
Former U.S. Steel plant will host 'quantum campus' development By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - A California-based quantum computing company wants to buil...
Jul 27, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker, a self-professed “quantum geek,” announces the development of a quantum business and research park at the former site of a U.S. Steel plant on Chicago’s southeast side. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Salem Community Theatre celebrates Harry Potter's Birthday Saturday evening
The Salem Community Theatre celebrates Harry Potter's Birthday on Saturday. Kathy Garren has put together the program. "This year we are entering Hogwarts for the fifth time. We are to the Order of Ph...
Jul 27, 2024 Harry Potter Christmas scene for 2023 Birthday Celebration at the Salem Community Theatre. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Kombs Koture cuts the ribbon in downtown Centralia
The Centralia Chamber of Commerce welcomed the Kombs Koture boutique into the Centralia business community at a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday. Business owner Olivia Pearce thanked friends and fami...
Jul 26, 2024
Centralia woman injured when falling off moving car; driver arrested
Centralia Police arrested a 44-year-old Centralia man on multiple charges early Thursday night after he allegedly drove off while a female was on top of his car who later fell off at Maulding and Jack...
Jul 26, 2024
Two injured in crash on Route 37 south of Salem
Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash on Route 37 at Church Road south of Salem early Thursday afternoon. Preliminary information from State Police indicates a pickup truck was coming to a st...
Jul 26, 2024
Greater Salem Area Foundation to host Annual Swim Event Sunday
The Greater Salem Area Foundation will host its annual swim event from three to five Sunday afternoon at the Salem Family Aquatic Center. Admittance includes refreshments. A foundation official says t...
Jul 26, 2024
Centralia High School finishing major summer projects
Centralia High School's board received an update on the new turf football field at the board meeting on Thursday. Superintendent Chuck Lane says that work on the field is close to completion, with the...
Jul 26, 2024 Work nears completion on the artificial turf being installed at the Centralia High School Football Field. Photo by Austin Williams.
