Category Archives: Local News
Almost all of Marion County falls into severe drought
With just a half inch of rain across most of Marion County in November and less than an inch in most areas so far in December, the Illinois Drought Monitor now lists nearly 99 percent of the county in...
Dec 16, 2023 Illinois Drought Map
82-year-old Walnut Hill man injured when his side by side collides with vehicle
An 82-year-old rural Walnut Hill man was injured early Friday night when his side-by-side collided with a vehicle on Walnut Hill Road west of North Marge Lane. Initial information indicates Jerry Davi...
Dec 16, 2023
One person injured in single-vehicle crash on Route 37 south of Salem
One person was injured in a single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on Route 37 near the Church Road intersection just south of Salem. Preliminary information from State Police indicates the driver of t...
Dec 16, 2023
Six face new felony charges in Marion County Court
A 46-year-old Centralia man has been charged with aggravated battery following a November 28th incident where he allegedly got in an altercation with another man who sustained multiple broken ribs. Ch...
Dec 16, 2023 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Police Beat for Saturday, December 16th, 2023
A 26-year-old Salem man is being held in the Marion County Jail for investigation for possession of a stolen vehicle. Edward Kinney of Salem Mobile Home Park was reportedly found in a car taken from S...
Dec 16, 2023
Hoffman cemetery to take part Saturday in Wreaths Across America
A Hoffman cemetery will be taking part in Wreaths Across America on Saturday to honor veterans. A program is planned at 8:30 Saturday morning in the Hoffman Trinity Lutheran Cemetery to lay 70 wreaths...
Dec 15, 2023 Maryland GovPics / CC
Man in central Illinois killed three people and wounded another before killing self, authorities say
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A man is believed to have killed three women and wounded a man before killing himself during a traffic stop in central Illinois, authorities said. Police were called to a home...
Dec 15, 2023
Illinois county board incumbent wants primary opponent disqualified for misspelling 'Republican'
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) - A county board incumbent in Illinois wants election officials to disqualify his primary opponent because he misspelled "Republican" on his nomination papers. McHenry County B...
Dec 15, 2023
Dad who said 'If I can't have them neither can you' pleads guilty to killing 3 kids
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago man who told his estranged wife "If I can't have them neither can you" pleaded guilty but mentally ill Friday to three counts of first-degree murder for killin...
Dec 15, 2023 gt8073a / CC
Centralia man injured early Friday morning when hit by a vehicle
A 63-year-old Centralia man was injured when struck by a vehicle near the intersection of East 3rd and South Elm Street in Centralia early Friday morning. Centralia Police say Terry Norville of West 1...
Dec 15, 2023
