Category Archives: Local News
Vernon man sentenced to 10 years in prison after drug court probation revoked
A 34-year-old Vernon man who has been arrested for residential burglary, possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth, and receiving stolen property since being placed on Marion County Drug Court has now been ...
Nov 16, 2023
Salem Community High grad returns home to take top position at SSM Health
SSM Health in Illinois has announced Salem Community High School graduate Dr. Jayanthi Suppiah has returned to the area to become Regional Chief Medical Officer and Medical Group President for the Sou...
Nov 16, 2023 Dr JJayanthi Suppiah
Small Marion County communities will have to pay to hold dogs at Centralia Animal Pound
Marion County Animal Control Officer Ken Ferguson will no longer be able to take dogs picked up in villages and cities to the Centralia Animal Pound. Representatives of the Marion County Board learned...
Nov 15, 2023
Odin loses power for two hours when combine brings down power pole and line
Odin residents lost power for about two hours late Wednesday morning and early afternoon after a combine hit a low-hanging cable line on Perkins Street in Odin. Odin Fire Protection District Chief Gre...
Nov 15, 2023
Hoffman Fire Protection District gets $120,000 revolving loan from state
The Hoffman Fire Protection District has been awarded a $120,000 revolving low-interest loan to help purchase a new fire truck. They are one of 19 communities to share in $ 7.2 million in no-interest ...
Nov 15, 2023
Police Beat for Wednesday, November 15th, 2023
A 29-year-old homeless Sandoval man is in the Marion County Jail for alleged fleeing and eluding police, domestic battery, and criminal damage to property. Sandoval Police Chief Joe Lyons said Joey Ev...
Nov 15, 2023
Father of July 4th parade shooting suspect turns himself in to begin jail sentence
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) - The father of the suspect in a deadly Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago turned himself in Wednesday to begin a 60-d...
Nov 15, 2023 This image provided by the Lake County Sheriff's Office in Waukegan, Ill., shows Robert Crimo Jr., on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, after turning himself in. Crimo Jr.,, the father of an Illinois man charged with killing seven people in a mass shooting at a July 4 parade in a Chicago suburb has been charged with seven felony counts of reckless conduct, prosecutors announced Friday. (Lake County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Questions arise over continued services at Marion County Health Department following fight over board appointments
Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow is questioning if the health department will be able to continuing delivering many of its services with the decision of the county board Tu...
Nov 15, 2023 Marion County Board Chair Debbie Smith.
Centralia residents can now sign up for alerts from city
Centralia city officials have announced that residents can now sign up to receive critical communications and emergency alerts through a new communications system. Everbridge is being offered in a par...
Nov 15, 2023
Marion County Fair Queen to host program to show young princesses future in STEAM fields
Marion County Fair Queen Kaitlyn Banning is hosting a Princess S"tea"m Party for young girls in 2nd through 4th grade on Sunday, November 19th, at the Marion County Fairgrounds. STEAM is an acronym fo...
Nov 15, 2023
