Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
Centralia Police have arrested two people for felony theft. 47-year-old John Harden of South Perrine and 28-year-old Ronald Hardin of North Pine of Centralia were both taken to the Marion County Jail....
May 17, 2023
Supreme Court lets Illinois keep ban on sale of some semiautomatic guns for now
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Wednesday that Illinois can, for now, keep in place a new law that bars the sale of certain semiautomatic guns and large-capacity magazines. The high court den...
May 17, 2023 US Supreme Court
4 high schoolers die, 3 other people injured in crash near Chicago
WHEELING, Ill. (AP) - A three-vehicle crash in a Chicago suburb killed four high school students and injured a fifth and two other people, authorities said. The teenagers killed in Tuesday night's cra...
May 17, 2023
Salem Police arrest four juveniles for park shelter damage
Salem Police have arrested four juveniles age 13 and 14 for felony criminal damage to state-supported property in connection with the destruction of picnic tables and benches at the city's new Bryan M...
May 17, 2023 The benches ripped from the new Picnic Shelter in Bryan Memorial Park that were later destroyed and thrown into nearby Town Creek. Photo by Toby Gullion.
State revenue drops nearly $2B in April, but budget-makers at the Capitol aren't panicking
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - April's plummeting general funds receipts - a drop of $1.84 billion from the previous year - is stunning in anyone's estimation. But budge...
May 16, 2023 Illinois state Rep. Will Guzzardi, D-Chicago, speaks to a reporter on the floor of the Illinois House, in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, May 11, 2023, about tax increase ideas he's proposed for bolstering funding for education, after-school programs, Medicaid expansion and ending homelessness. He publicized them the week before because of a report that revenue in April dropped nearly $2 billion from the year previous. Guzzardi has legislation to cap the amount of money big-box stores and other large retailers can keep as reimbursement for collecting state sales tax and to implement a tax on billionaires' portfolios, not just income. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)
One person hospitalized after running into parked car in Centralia
Centralia Police say a 47-year-old Centralia woman was injured Monday afternoon when she crashed into a parked car on North Poplar near the Rhodes Street intersection. 42-year-old Ruby Young of Putter...
May 16, 2023
Car pulled from waist deep flood water in rural Alma
A car was pulled from waist deep flood water in rural Alma Monday afternoon. Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps said one of the four occupants was not able to walk out of the water that was across the...
May 16, 2023
Salem man receives apparent minor injuries in rollover crash
A 31-year-old Salem man escaped with apparent minor injuries after his car missed a curve and overturned on the 1600 block of Red Stripe Road in rural Odin late Monday afternoon. Marion County Sheriff...
May 16, 2023
SCHS votes to add new cafeteria tables and chairs to kitchen renovation project
The Salem Community High School Board Monday night voted to add new cafeteria tables and chairs to the kitchen renovation project planned for this summer. Superintendent Dr. Brad Detering says the tab...
May 16, 2023
Salem City Council swears in new City Clerk and Assistant City Manager
The City of Salem now officially has a new City Clerk and Assistant City Manager. Tabatha Meador was sworn in Monday night to replace Bev Quinn who is retiring after ten years in the position and a to...
May 16, 2023 Salem's new City Clerk Tabitha Meador (right) is sworn into office by Mayor Nic Farley while Meador's sister Emily Day holds the Bible.