Category Archives: Local News
IDOT officials say treat Monday like a snow day when you travel
A spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Transportation expects heavy traffic conditions Monday for those coming to the area to see the total eclipse. Paul Wappel says if you are driving Monday t...
Apr 08, 2024
Fire at Steve's Antiques confined to elevator shaft (Updated 6 am)
A large number of fire departments were called for what Salem Firemen feared was going to be a large downtown fire at Steve's Antiues at Main and Washington Street. Assistant Fire Chief Bill Fulton sa...
Apr 07, 2024 Firefighters inside the rear of Steve Antique's trying to find source of light smoke coming from building. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Marion County Sheriff warns about trespassing during solar eclipse
As South Central Illinois braces for a large influx of people to view the full solar eclipse Monday afternoon, Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps is warning that trespassing on private property is aga...
Apr 07, 2024 Raymond Larabie / CC
One Tech Tip: How to use apps to track and photograph the total solar eclipse
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer Monday's total solar eclipse might become one of the most filmed and photographed events of the year. As the moon passes in front of the sun, plunging a swath of Nort...
Apr 07, 2024 FILE - People watch a total solar eclipse in La Higuera, Chile, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. Small towns and rural enclaves along the path of April’s 2024 total solar eclipse are steeling for huge crowds of sun chasers who plan to catch a glimpse of day turning into dusk in North America. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)
Marion County Sheriff encouraging those interested in police work to apply for upcoming merit test
Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps says Monday at four is the deadline to apply to be a Marion County Sheriff's Deputy. The merit board will be conducting testing soon after the deadline. Cripps says ...
Apr 07, 2024
Police Beat for Sunday, April 7th, 2024
Salem Police arrested 18-year-old Jeremiah Meyer of Mills Crossing in Salem for alleged domestic battery. He was taken to the Marion County Jail. Centralia Police arrested 43-year-old Jessie Beer of S...
Apr 07, 2024
Oregon Powerball player wins a $1.3 billion jackpot, ending more than 3 months without a grand prize
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A Powerball player in Oregon won a jackpot worth more than $1.3 billion on Sunday, ending a winless streak that had stretched more than three months. The single ticket matched ...
Apr 07, 2024
Five people injured in crash on Shattuc Road early Wednesday night
The Clinton County Sheriff's Department has released details on a two-vehicle head-on crash on the Shattuc Road just south of Sand Ridge Road early Wednesday evening that injured five people. Two of t...
Apr 06, 2024 Clinton County Sheriff's Department. Photo courtesy of department's Facebook page.
Police Beat for Saturday, April 6th, 2024
Centralia Police have arrested a 48-year-old homeless Centralia man for unlawful use of a weapon, being a felon in possession of a weapon, criminal damage to property over $500, and aggravated assault...
Apr 06, 2024
'The great show in the sky': Solar eclipse will once again drive Illinois tourism
Previous eclipse in 2017 generated up to $18 million in visitor spending By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com The total solar eclipse on the afternoon of April 8 will...
Apr 06, 2024 The diamond-ring effect can occur at the beginning and end of totality during a total solar eclipse. As the last bits of sunlight pass through the valleys on the moon's limb, and the faint corona around the sun is just becoming visible, it looks like a ring with glittering diamonds on it. Image captured during the 2017 eclipse. (Photo credit: NASA/Carla Thomas)
