Category Archives: Local News
Sandoval woman receives six year prison term on theft and meth charges
A 26-year-old Sandoval woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth as well as a petition to revoke her drug court probation on a prior felony theft convic...
Aug 25, 2023
Centralia High School Board approves positive tentative budget
Centralia High School Superintendent Dr. Chuck Lane presented the tentative budget for the coming fiscal year to the school board Thursday night. He's looking at a half-million dollar surplus. "It's i...
Aug 25, 2023
No serious injuries reported in two vehicle crash on West Main in Salem
Salem Police say both drivers involved in a crash on West Main Street escaped serious injury and were not transported to the hospital. Police report the crash occurred when an eastbound car driven by ...
Aug 25, 2023
Jury convicts Madigan's longtime chief of staff on perjury, obstruction of justice charges
Tim Mapes was charged with lying to a grand jury investigating Madigan and his inner circle By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - A federal jury has convicted ...
Aug 24, 2023 FILE - This Oct. 4, 2007 file photo shows Tim Mapes, chief of staff to Illinois House Speaker Madigan at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. A federal prosecutor has told jurors that evidence would show the former chief of staff lied to a grand jury to protect his boss. That assertion came during opening statements at the perjury and obstruction of justice trial in Chicago of Tim Mapes. He served for almost two decades as Madigan’s chief of staff. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
Two congregate care facilities on lockdown for COVID-19
For the first time since winter, two Marion County congregate care facilities are listed on outbreak status due to COVID-19. Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow says a facilit...
Aug 24, 2023
Jefferson City, MO resident allegedly flees police, eventually boxed in
A 49-year-old Jefferson City, Missouri woman has been arrested for resisting arrest as well as outstanding warrants when fleeing police Wednesday night. Salem Police say they initially tried to get Ma...
Aug 24, 2023
Police Beat for Thursday, August 24th, 2023
A 22-year-old Patoka man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for misuse of 911 and resisting arrest. The sheriff's department reports William Lewis of East Bond had called 911 to rep...
Aug 24, 2023
MISO expecting all-time record use of electricity Thursday afternoon, asking for conservation (updated 11:30 am)
The non-profit agency that manages electricity across a 15-state area including South Central Illinois has raised its level of concern about having enough power to deliver on Thursday afternoon. MISO ...
Aug 24, 2023
Jurors to decide whether ex-Madigan aide had memory lapse or chose 'loyalty over truth'
Deliberations begin in obstruction of justice and perjury trial of Tim Mapes By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - After a nearly three-week trial that pulled ...
Aug 24, 2023 Jurors to decide whether ex-Madigan aide had memory lapse or chose ‘loyalty over truth’
Salem man arrested by drug task force for delivery controlled substance
The Southeastern Illinois Drug Task Force has arrested a 22-year-old Salem man on two counts of delivery of a controlled substance. Rhylin McCleave of Kell Street was arrested around eight Wednesday n...
Aug 24, 2023
