Category Archives: Local News
Respiratory virus levels continue to trend down across region and Illinois
The Illinois Department of Public Health reports respiratory virus levels are trending down across the state. For the first time since October, CDC data indicates as of the week ending March 23rd all ...
Mar 30, 2024 AndrewLozovyi / Depositphotos.com
Three taken to hospital following five vehicle crash in Salem
Three people were taken to Salem Township Hospital following a five-vehicle crash on West Main Street in Salem early Friday night. Salem Police say the crash began at Main and Delmar and didn't end un...
Mar 30, 2024 The scene after a five vehicle accident on West Main stretching a block from Delmar to Cross Creek Boulevard. Photo by Greg Maxey.
Marion County Sheriff's Deputy saves woman from 'Texas size roach'
A Marion County Sheriff's Deputy saved the day for a woman traveling on I-57 north of Salem early Saturday morning who discovered a large bug in her car. Initially, the woman pulled to the side of Int...
Mar 30, 2024 lifeonwhite / Depositphotos.com
7th Circuit judges hear oral arguments after lower court judge threw case out
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - A panel of federal appellate judges on Thursday seemed skeptical of legal arguments made on behalf of Republican U.S. R...
Mar 30, 2024 Congressman Mike Bost.
Chicago plans to move migrants to other shelters and reopen park buildings for the summer
By KATHLEEN FOODY and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago plans to close five shelters for migrants in the coming weeks and move nearly 800 people, including families, in orde...
Mar 30, 2024 Ronny Reyes, 22, leaves a temporary shelter for migrants at Piotrowski Park with his 5-month-old daughter Magaly Melende, Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Chicago. Piotrowski Park is one of the five shelters for migrants the city of Chicago plans to close in the coming weeks. The city's first step is moving 800 people into other shelters starting Saturday, clearing the park district fieldhouses to resume normal operations for summer. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Fire burns 12 to 15 acres of woods northwest of Salem
A fire burned 12 to 15 acres of woods northwest of Salem on Friday night. Salem Fire Protection District officials say the fire in the 5500 block of Woodard School Road started from an unattended burn...
Mar 30, 2024
Police Beat for Saturday, March 30th, 2024
Salem Police arrested 43-year-old Tina Camp of Salem Mobile Home Park on an outstanding Marion County no-bond misdemeanor warrant. She was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a visit before the j...
Mar 30, 2024
Centralia Community Youth Center Executive Director steps down
This is the final week on the job for Centralia Community Youth Center Executive Director Herb Williams. Williams says the past ten years has been a good journey and very worthwhile, but he feels it i...
Mar 29, 2024 Herb Williams address the crowd during his Wall of Honor induction. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Centralia area Easter Egg Hunt set for Wamac Park on Sunday
Wamac Mayor Butch Mathus is preparing for a large number of kids for the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Wamac Park on Sunday. Mathus says he wants no kid to go away empty handed with gift bags prepared...
Mar 29, 2024 Wamac Mayor Butch Mathis announcing the winners of 67 bicycles and 84 Easter Baskets at a past Easter Egg Hunt at the Wamac City Park. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Unemployment drops across South Central Illinois in February
After a jump in January, unemployment numbers have come back down for area counties in February. Marion County had an unemployment rate of 5.1-percent. That's down a half percent from January and up a...
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