Category Archives: Local News
Nigerian National Sentenced to Federal Prison for Defrauding Seniors through Manipulation, Romance Scams
A U.S. District judge at Benton sentenced a Nigerian national to seven years in federal prison for conducting a romance scam that stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from at least a dozen identifie...
Nov 07, 2024 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Two escape injury when car misses curve and runs into ditch in rural Salem
The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports no one was injured when the driver of a car failed to negotiate a curve and ran off the 8700 block of Baker Road northeast of Salem early Wednesday night...
Nov 07, 2024
State Representative Blaine Wilhour to hold office hours next week
State Representative Blaine Wilhour will hold traveling office hours in the area next Wednesday. Wilhour's staff will meet with constituents concerning public policy issues and provide help with state...
Nov 07, 2024 State Representative Blaine Wilhour.
Hoffman dedicates newly constructed Veterans Memorial
The village of Hoffman will dedicate its newly constructed Hoffman Veterans Memorial this Sunday. The ceremony will begin at one pm. The Memorial is located in Hussmann Park. It is the project of Hoff...
Nov 07, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Police Beat for Thursday, November 7th, 2024
Three people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Wednesday. 37-year-old Shawn Branch of North College in Salem was arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for violation of an order of protect...
Nov 07, 2024
Early results show Democrats likely to maintain supermajorities in Illinois General Assembly
Sorensen holds on to 17th congressional seat as Trump outperforms past 2 elections By PETER HANCOCK, ANDREW ADAMS & JERRY NOWICKI news@capitolnewsillinois.com Preliminary, unofficial election resu...
Nov 06, 2024 olechowski / Depositphotos.com
13-year-old Centralia juvenile hurt when Molotov cocktail thrown through bedroom window
A 13-year-old boy was injured when someone threw a Molotov cocktail onto his bed from an outside window of his home in the 600 block of South Locust Street in Centralia. Centralia Fire Chief Jeff Day ...
Nov 06, 2024
Marion County election goes well until an issue right at the end
Tuesday's election was one of the smoothest ever in Marion County, until the very end where a problem with one of the computer sticks wouldn't read into the system and had to be hand counted. County C...
Nov 06, 2024 Marion County Clerk Steve Fox working to get all the votes counted on election night.
Police Beat for Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
A 31-year-old Centralia man has been transferred from the Clinton County Jail at Carlyle to the Marion County Jail on outstanding Marion County failure to appear warrants for driving on a suspended li...
Nov 06, 2024
'They were being paid as a favor to Mike Madigan': Feds' star witness takes stand
Former ComEd exec-turned-FBI mole testifies about no-work contracts for speaker's allies By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - As chief lobbyist for electric...
Nov 06, 2024
