Category Archives: Local News
Three homes in 1500 block of South 12th in Mt. Vernon burn Wednesday morning
Mt. Vernon Fire Chief Kevin Sargent believes blowing embers are responsible for spreading one house fire to two others. The first fire involved a vacant home at 1501 South 12th. When firemen arrived a...
Feb 28, 2024
Cook County judge orders Trump removed from GOP ballot but holds decision pending appeal
Ruling found election board's previous decision 'clearly erroneous' By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - A Cook County judge on Wednesday ordered forme...
Feb 28, 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A tornado outbreak in February? Storms leave a trail of destruction in northern Illinois following record high temperatures
By RICK CALLAHAN and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Severe storms that appear to have spawned a rare February tornado outbreak sent sleeping Midwesterners scrambling for safety and left a trail of ...
Feb 28, 2024 steffen l / CC
Centralia Police trying to unravel shooting of 14-year-old in street fight
Centralia Police say a 14-year-old juvenile boy was shot once in the leg during a Tuesday night street argument at Gragg and McKee Streets. The juvenile was transported via private vehicle to SSM Heal...
Feb 28, 2024
Salem home damaged in Thursday afternoon fire
A Salem home has been damaged in a Tuesday afternoon fire. No one was at the Barbara Rogers home at 1137 Howard Street when the fire was discovered. Salem Assistant Fire Chief Bill Fulton says flames ...
Feb 28, 2024 Firemen check the roof of the home to make sure the fire did not spread to the other side of the home through the attic. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem man gets 12 more years in prison on predatory sexual assault charges
A 28-year-old Salem man already serving 42 years in prison for predatory criminal sexual assault had another 12 years added when pleading guilty in Marion County Court to two additional counts. The ne...
Feb 28, 2024
Centralia man gets 8 1/2 years in prison for shooting of Salem girl
A 21-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for the New Year's morning shooting of a Salem juvenile girl at a home in the 1300 block of North Trenary Street. Die...
Feb 28, 2024
Central City Village Board to seek $175,000 for hosting SBA Communications Tower
The Central City Village Board voted Tuesday evening against creating a perpetual communications easement with SBA Communications regarding village property on which SBA operates a cellular tower. Had...
Feb 28, 2024
Marion County Supervisor of Assessment gets board support in push to eliminate publication of assessment changes
The Marion County Board unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night asking the state legislature to do away with the requirement that the quadrennial reassessments and yearly assessment changes be p...
Feb 28, 2024 Marion County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Miller.
Marion County Board approves security update
The Marion County Board Tuesday night approved a $25,835 update to the security system at the Marion County Courthouse and Public Service Building. Sheriff Kevin Cripps says the improvements address c...
Feb 28, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
