Category Archives: Local News
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
State regulators once again flex muscle in rejecting utilities' grid plans, lessening rate hikes
Decisions continue to shift at the Illinois Commerce Commission toward tighter regulation of utilities By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - The Illinois Comme...
Dec 15, 2023 Illinois Commerce Commission Chair Doug Scott is pictured at a packed meeting in Chicago on Thursday as he reads a decision that will limit spending by two major electric utilities. The agency rejected grid plans from Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Centralia Police names officer and first civilian employee of the year
The Centralia Police Department has named its officer of the year and its first ever civilian employee of the year. Chief Christopher Locke handed out the awards at the department's 19th annual Christ...
Dec 15, 2023 Left to right:
Centralia Police Civilian of the Year Derek Moss, Police Chief Christopher Locke, and Officer of the Year Nolan Beggs.
Three Centralia Police Officers injured in two incidents involving St. Peter man
A 22-year-old St. Peter man has been charged in Marion County Court with aggravated battery to a police officer and felony resisting arrest in connection with the latest of two incidents where three C...
Dec 15, 2023 Drew Gherardini
