Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Thursday, May 18th, 2023
Four people were brought to the Marion County Jail on outstanding warrants on Wednesday. 34-year-old Ellen Boyce of Centralia was arrested by Centralia Police on an outstanding Gibson County, Indiana ...
May 18, 2023
Centralia Police host first Stop the Bleed training
The Centralia Police Department held its first Stop the Bleed Save a Life training session Wednesday night. School Resource Officer John Henkel says the course is designed to let non-medical personnel...
May 18, 2023 16 attended the first Stop the Bleed training held as a community service by the Centralia Police Department. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Marion County Fair plans 1st Annual Outdoor Vendor Fair
The Marion County Fair will hold its 1st Annual Outdoor Vendor Fair this weekend. Kaitlyn Hawkey is putting the event together. She says it will be held from nine to five Saturday and 11 to five on Su...
May 18, 2023
Kaskaskia College has new Executive Director of Development
Kaskaskia College has announced the hiring of Michael Christensen as Executive Director of Development. Vice President of Administrative Services Judy Hemker says the college is excited to welcome Mik...
May 18, 2023 Michael Christensen (KC photo)
Second person now in custody for Circle K armed robbery in Salem (updated 5:45 Thursday morning)
Salem Police have announced a man wanted for the early Sunday morning armed robbery of the Circle K Convenience Store on West Main Street has been arrested. 39-year-old Brandon Kehn of the 1100 block ...
May 18, 2023 Brandon Kehn (Marion County Sheriff's Department)
Three Pinckneyville Correctional Officers indicted for excessive force and obstructing justice
A Federal Grand Jury has returned a five-count indictment charging three correctional officers at the Pinckneyville Correctional Center for civil rights violations and conspiring to falsify reports ab...
May 17, 2023
Bond County woman 8th person to die from injuries in I-55 dust storm crash
Illinois State Police say an eighth person has died as a result of multiple crashes on I-55 between Springfield and St. Louis during a blinding dust storm on May 1st. 81-year-old Ruth Rau of Sorento i...
May 17, 2023 I-55 crash scene from May 1st where an eighth person has now died. State Police photo.
Iuka man charged with first-degree murder in Salem traffic death, person he was allegedly street racing also charged
Two men allegedly street racing before a fatal crash that claimed the life of a Salem woman earlier this month made their first appearance in Marion County Court on Wednesday. The driver of the pickup...
May 17, 2023 Justin Bullard (Photo:
Marion County Jail)
Illinois Democrats say abortion-access protections are a promise: 'You're safe here'
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Access to abortion is essentially locked down in Illinois. But Democrats are looking for ways to further protect the practice and its avai...
May 17, 2023 Gary Todd
Kell Grade School Superintendent resigns; new Superintendent hired
Kell Grade School will have a new Superintendent next school year. SarahBeth Williams has stepped down from the position and will be replaced by current Lebanon School District Superintendant Patrick ...
May 17, 2023