Category Archives: Local News
Fire damages rural Mt. Vernon home
Jefferson Fire officials say a fire damaged the floor of a living room of a home under renovation east of Mt. Vernon Monday afternoon. Firemen were called to the Gary Elliott home in the 13,000 block ...
Apr 30, 2024 IgorVetushko / Depositphotos.com
Salem Police report no injuries in three-vehicle crash at Main and Broadway
Salem Police say all three drivers escaped injury in a three-vehicle crash at Main and Broadway during the noon hour on Monday. Police report the crash began when 19-year-old Christopher Harris-Byers ...
Apr 30, 2024
Centralia Police say rural Centralia woman escapes serious injury in one car crash
Centralia Police say a 71-year-old Centralia woman refused hospital treatment following a single-car crash in the 500 block of West McCord Street on Sunday afternoon. Reports indicate Esther Devore of...
Apr 30, 2024
State Police release results of two special April patrols in Marion County
State Police have released the results of alcohol countermeasure enforcement and distracted driving enforcement patrols conducted in April. The distracted driving patrol concentrated on Marion and Eff...
Apr 30, 2024
Election officials to weigh whether Darren Bailey and GOP operative Dan Proft illegally coordinated
Complaint brought by Democratic official likely to be decided this summer By ANDREW ADAMS & HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - A year and a half after Repub...
Apr 30, 2024 Conservative political operative Dan Proft (left) listens to testimony from former Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey (right) in a hearing over allegations that the two illegally coordinated messaging campaigns in 2022. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Marion County weather warning sirens being tested this week
Marion County ESDA Coordinator Sheri Barter says all of the tornado warning sirens in the county as well as Centralia and Salem will be tested and where possible repaired this week. As a result, some ...
Apr 30, 2024 Lake Street tornado siren. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem man ordered held without bond on felony domestic battery charge
A 44-year-old Salem man has been ordered without bond as his felony domestic battery case moves through Marion County Court. Billy Smith of Bryan Street was arrested on Saturday after Salem Police rec...
Apr 30, 2024 Billy Smith (MCSO)
Clay County motorcycle crash claims life
A Louisville motorcyclist was killed in a late Saturday night single-vehicle crash in Clay County. Clay County Coroner Bryce Henry has identified the victim as 39-year-old Gregory Gumbel. State Police...
Apr 29, 2024
Sandoval GS April Students of Month
Sandoval Elementary School recognized the Students of the Month for April. The students were chosen because of their outstanding display of SELF-DISCIPLINE, such as demonstrating hard work, controllin...
Apr 29, 2024
South Central Prom King and Queen named during Saturday coronation
The South Central High School Prom King and Queen are Max Magnus and Taegan Webster. They were crowned during the Saturday night coronation at the South Central High School Gym.
Apr 29, 2024
