Category Archives: Local News
Two plead guilty to misdemeanor charges in exchange for felonies being dropped
A 39-year-old Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery of a Marion County correctional officer at the county jail in October of 2020. As part of the plea, Stephanie Chaney Black had a c...
Mar 06, 2024 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Discover Downstate Illinois begins bracket contest to find Best BBQ Joint
Discover Downstate Illinois has launched a search to find the Best BBQ Joint in its 21 county region that stretches across parts of South Central Illinois. There are a number of local BBQ places in th...
Mar 06, 2024
Local educator is Illinois Jaycees Outstanding Young Persons award winner
A local educator has been recognized by the Illinois Jaycees as an Outstanding Young Persons of Illinois Award winner for 2024. Stephanie Aarons-Dennison, band director and music teacher at Centralia ...
Mar 06, 2024
SSM Health in Southern Illinois names Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer
SSM Health in Southern Illinois has named Tammy Jackson as Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer. Jackson will have overall responsibility and accountability for nursing op...
Mar 06, 2024
Three receive life-threatening injuries in US 51 crash north of Patoka
A head-on crash on US 51 north of Patoka has resulted in three life-threatening injuries. State Police say the crash occurred a quarter mile north of Kinoka Road and just south of the Patoka Tank Farm...
Mar 06, 2024 ISP FILE PHOTO: An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo.(Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Man found guilty of killing a Chicago police officer and wounding another
CHICAGO (AP) - A man was found guilty Tuesday of shooting and killing a Chicago police officer, wounding her partner, and firing at a third officer in August 2021. Emonte Morgan, 23, of Chicago was fo...
Mar 06, 2024
Pana woman hurt in I-57 crash north of Salem
A 73-year-old Pana woman was injured Sunday in a single-car wreck on I-57 at mile marker 117 a mile north of the Salem exit. State Police say preliminary information indicates that Pamela Beck was tra...
Mar 05, 2024
Facebook, Instagram and Threads outage: 'We're aware people are having trouble accessing our services,' Meta says
By Max Zahn MENLO PARK, Ca.) - A Meta spokesperson acknowledged reports of outages on Tuesday for Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, preventing some U.S. users from logging on to the sites, Meta told A...
Mar 05, 2024
Salem Interim City Manager says high January gas bills won't repeat
Salem Interim City Manager Annette Sola says the high January natural gas bills will not be repeating in February. Several Salem residents complained about high bills in the public session of Monday n...
Mar 05, 2024 Salem City Council in session Monday night.
Salem City Council approves surplusing former Save-a-Lot building
The Salem City Council Monday night approved surplusing the former Save-a-Lot building on West Main Street and will put it up for sale July 1st. Mayor Nic Farley says the move is nothing against Missi...
Mar 05, 2024
