Category Archives: Local News
IDNR announces drawing for trapping permits at Stephen A Forbes State Park
Stephen A Forbes Lake will be opened for trapping beginning November 10th. Permits will be allocated at a drawing to be held at the park office at 11:00 am on October 21st. Permit applicants must subm...
Oct 05, 2023 U.S. Customs and Border Protection
State-run developmental center in Dixon will not lose Medicare funding despite citations
Mabley Center's funding was in doubt after recent "immediate jeopardy" tags By BETH HUNDSDORFERCapitol News Illinoisbhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com A state-operated residential facility that serv...
Oct 05, 2023
Central City man ordered held for mental health evaluation after allegedly threatening police
Marion County Resident Circuit Court Judge Mark Stedelin ordered 79-year-old George Jansen of North High Street in Central City detained under the cashless bond law for a mental evaluation following a...
Oct 05, 2023
Large barn destroyed by fire southeast of Salem
A large barn was fully engulfed in flames when the Salem Fire Protection District arrived on the scene of the fire early Wednesday night. Salem Assistant Fire Chief Bill Fulton says the fire was at th...
Oct 05, 2023
Car crashes in downtown Salem after earlier high speed pursuit
Salem Police were called to a single vehicle crash downtown early Thursday morning a short time after a high speed pursuit had been suspended on West Main and the Selmaville Road. Marion County Sherif...
Oct 05, 2023
Powerball jackpot up to $1.4 billion after no one matches all the numbers and hits it rich
PINEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.4 billion after no players matched all six numbers and hit it rich Wednesday night. The winning numbers announced were: 9, 35, 5...
Oct 05, 2023
Vernon man sentenced for aggravated battery to Patoka Police Chief
A 69-year-old Vernon man has been sentenced in Marion County Court for aggravated battery to a peace officer and resisting or obstructing a police officer. Ronnie Crawford of Burks Road was found guil...
Oct 04, 2023
Director of troubled Illinois child-services agency to resign after 5 years
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Marc D. Smith, director of the embattled Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, said Wednesday he will leave his post at the...
Oct 04, 2023 FILE - The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc D. Smith arrives to testify before the House Appropriations-Human Services Committee, April 26, 2019, in Chicago. Smith said Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, that he will leave his post at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
Another arrest made for drug delivery investigation in Salem
The eighth person has been arrested in an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking in the Salem area. 35-year-old Levi Sullivan of South Salem Street in Kinmundy turned himself in at the Marion Cou...
Oct 04, 2023
One person injured in Route 37 crash north of Salem
One person was hurt in a two vehicle crash on Route 37 north of Salem Tuesday afternoon. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say a car driven by 64-year-old Angela Wyatt of Lakeview Drive in Salem was tr...
Oct 04, 2023
