Category Archives: Local News
Powerball jackpot up to $1.4 billion after no one matches all the numbers and hits it rich
PINEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.4 billion after no players matched all six numbers and hit it rich Wednesday night. The winning numbers announced were: 9, 35, 5...
Oct 05, 2023
Vernon man sentenced for aggravated battery to Patoka Police Chief
A 69-year-old Vernon man has been sentenced in Marion County Court for aggravated battery to a peace officer and resisting or obstructing a police officer. Ronnie Crawford of Burks Road was found guil...
Oct 04, 2023
Director of troubled Illinois child-services agency to resign after 5 years
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Marc D. Smith, director of the embattled Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, said Wednesday he will leave his post at the...
Oct 04, 2023 FILE - The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc D. Smith arrives to testify before the House Appropriations-Human Services Committee, April 26, 2019, in Chicago. Smith said Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, that he will leave his post at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
Another arrest made for drug delivery investigation in Salem
The eighth person has been arrested in an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking in the Salem area. 35-year-old Levi Sullivan of South Salem Street in Kinmundy turned himself in at the Marion Cou...
Oct 04, 2023
One person injured in Route 37 crash north of Salem
One person was hurt in a two vehicle crash on Route 37 north of Salem Tuesday afternoon. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say a car driven by 64-year-old Angela Wyatt of Lakeview Drive in Salem was tr...
Oct 04, 2023
Salem Bryan Bennett Library set to unveil new Planetarium
The Salem Bryan Bennett Library has acquired a large inflatable Planetarium that will hold about 20 people at a time for presentations on the solar system. Educational programs are being planned with ...
Oct 04, 2023 Bryan Bennett Library Program Director Karen Shanafelt and Librarian Kim Keller outside new Planetarian. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Saturday is Little Egypt Festival Day in Salem; see the parade line up
The Little Egypt Festival Parade in Salem will be bigger this year. Festival General Chair Jay Henke says the parade completes a big day of activities in Bryan Memorial Park and downtown. "Starting ea...
Oct 04, 2023 Looking down North Broadway at West Main at the start of the 51st Annual Little Egypt Fesival Parade in 2022.
Centralia, Central City, and Wamac set Trick or Treat night
The cities of Centralia and Wamac and the Village of Central City have set Trick Or Treat night for Friday night, October 27th. The hours will be from six to eight for children 12 years of age and und...
Oct 04, 2023
Pritzker urges Biden to intervene amid 'untenable' pace of migrant arrivals
Buses from Texas accelerate as Illinois counts 15,000 new arrivals in 13 months By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com As Chicago prepares for an increase in the already ...
Oct 04, 2023
Illinois State Police looking for vehicle potentially involved in fatal Teutopolis crash
The Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation is seeking the public's assistance in identifying a vehicle potentially involved in the Friday night crash just east of Teutopolis that res...
Oct 03, 2023 Video still of vehicle being sought in connection with fatal Teutopolis crash. Source: ISP.