Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Sunday, October 1st, 2023
Seven people were brought to the Marion County Jail on Saturday and early Sunday morning. 26-year-old Jace Zimmerman of South Cherry in Centralia was arrested by Central City Police for domestic batte...
Oct 01, 2023
Central City man shows up at hospital with gunshot wound to the leg
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating how a 32-year-old Central City man received a gunshot wound to the leg. The department received a call at 1:30 Sunday morning when the man showe...
Oct 01, 2023
Protect Illinois Communities Act Endorsement Affidavid required to possess assault weapons is now available from State Police
The process is now set up for people to submit an endorsement affidavit online to confirm they possess assault weapons, assault weapon attachments, .50 caliber rifles, and .50 caliber cartridges. On J...
Oct 01, 2023
Two injured in crash at US 51 and Red Stripe Road south of Sandoval
Two people were injured in a pickup truck-car crash on US 51 at the Red Stripe Road intersection south of Sandoval early Friday night. The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports the pickup driven ...
Sep 30, 2023
Two injured when semi collided with mini-van on Kinmundy Road
State Police have released preliminary information on a crash involving a semi and a car on Kinmundy Road just south of Prairie Road in rural Kinmundy. Reports indicate the semi-truck was making a rig...
Sep 30, 2023
Police Beat for Saturday, September 30th, 2023
A 37-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for alleged domestic battery. Olajuwon Billberry of East Broadway remained in the Marion County Jail on Saturday. 18-year-old Kalea Ri...
Sep 30, 2023
Chicago agency finds no wrongdoing in probe of officers' alleged sex misconduct with migrants
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's police oversight agency said Friday it has closed an investigation after finding no wrongdoing by city officers following allegations that they engaged in sexual misconduct wi...
Sep 30, 2023 FILE - Immigrants from Venezuela are reflected in a marble wall while taking shelter at the Chicago Police Department's 16th District station on May 1, 2023. Chicago officials have signed a nearly $30 million contract with a private security firm to relocate migrants seeking asylum from police stations and the city’s two airports to winterized camps with massive tents before cold weather arrives. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, FIle)
Centralia man wanted for shooting turns himself in; man shot is identified (updated 9 pm Friday)
A 23-year-old Centralia man being sought in connection with a September 17th shooting of his father in the 500 block of North James in Centralia has surrendered himself to the US Marshals Service. Jon...
Sep 29, 2023 Jonathon Hunt
Spotted lanternfly has spread to Illinois, threatening trees and crops
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois is the latest state to find invasive spotted lanternflies, a winged insect that's spreading across the eastern U.S. and is subject to squish-on-sight requests in New ...
Sep 29, 2023 FILE - A smashed spotted lanternfly sits on the ground in New York, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. The Illinois Department of Agriculture said a sighting of one of the winged adult insects was reported on Sept. 16, 2023, at an undisclosed location in the state. Department staffers visited that area and found a “moderately populated area of spotted lanternfly,” the state agency said. (AP Photo, File)
United Auto Workers strikes spread as 7,000 more workers at two plants including one in Illinois join the picket line
By TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) - The United Auto Workers union expanded strikes against Detroit automakers Friday, ordering 7,000 more workers to walk off the job in ...
Sep 29, 2023 Members of the United Auto Worker Union walk out of the Chicago Ford Assembly Plant as Lance Williams from Lansing, Ill., waves the UAW flag Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
