Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Monday, May 20th, 2024
A 33-year-old homeless Centralia man was arrested and taken to the Marion County Jail by Centralia Police on Sunday on two Peoria County warrants. Michael Tucker is being held without bond on the traf...
May 20, 2024
Street light pole crashes down in Main and Broadway wreck in Salem
One driver was injured in an early Sunday morning crash at Main and Broadway in Salem that ended with a street light pole at the corner being struck and knocked into the intersection. Salem Police say...
May 19, 2024
Pre-Need Contract Hotline available for those with arrangements through former Moran Queen-Boggs Funeral Home
The Illinois Comptroller's Office has made arrangements with the now closed Moran Queen-Boggs Funeral Home to have its pre-need funeral records moved to a licensed pre-need funeral provider. The move ...
May 19, 2024 Moran Queen Boggs Funeral Home in downtown Centralia. Photo: Funeral Home's website.
Jury finds Chicago police officer not guilty in girlfriend's 2021 shooting death
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago police officer has been acquitted in the 2021 fatal shooting of a woman who was the mother of his child. A Cook County jury on Friday found Pierre Tyler, 32, not guilty of fir...
May 19, 2024 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Police Beat for Sunday, May 19th, 2024
One person was brought to the Marion County Jail on Saturday. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 47-year-old Jason Steinmeyer of East St. Louis on an Illinois Department of Corrections warrant.
May 19, 2024
Patoka School Board approves bus contracts and acts on personnel issues
The Patoka School Board has appointed two coaches for next year and accepted the resignation of the head cook at its meeting on Thursday. The board approved the resignation of head cook Tammy Adams, n...
May 19, 2024
With 1 week left in session, Pritzker admin says all revenue options remain on the table
With governor's $1.1 billion plan in question, General Assembly considers its options By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com While the governor's office instructed its...
May 19, 2024 Deputy Gov. Andy Manar talks to host Jak Tichenor on the set of “Illinois Lawmakers,” Illinois’ longest-running state government-focused TV program that is now a production of Capitol News Illinois. Manar told Tichenor none of the governor’s revenue proposals – or any brought forth by the General Assembly – are off the table with a week remaining in the legislative session. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Pritzker pledges to expand access to mental health care in Illinois
Service providers, state agency officials joined governor for Springfield panel By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois draju@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - In the middle of Mental Health Awaren...
May 19, 2024 Dana Weiner, child welfare expert and director of the Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative, introduces ideas for how to better provide mental health care to Illinoisans. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
Centralia man pleads guilty to criminal trespass to get burglary and theft charges dropped
A 36-year-old homeless Centralia man has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor criminal trespass to residence charge to get burglary and theft charges dismissed. Michael Lutz was sentenced on Friday to 180 ...
May 18, 2024 Michael Lutz (Marion County Sheriff's Department)
Rural Odin man involved in firing shots into building released on pretrial conditions
A 46-year-old rural Odin man has been released on pretrial conditions after being charged in Marion County Court on Friday with aggravated discharge of a firearm and reckless discharge of a firearm. W...
May 18, 2024
