Category Archives: Local News
2nd Pinckneyville correctional officer pleads guilty to beating a restrained inmate
A former correctional officer at Pinckneyville Correctional Center has pleaded guilty to federal charges for beating a restrained inmate. 25-year-old Christian L. Pyles of Christopher admitted to viol...
Oct 13, 2023
Closing arguments planned in Ricky Norwood murder trial Friday morning
Both the prosecution and defense rested their cases in the Ricky Norwood murder trial on Thursday afternoon with closing arguments scheduled for nine Friday morning. Norwood is charged with the August...
Oct 13, 2023
Salem Police release report on injury crash on North Broadway Tuesday morning
Salem Police say two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash at North Broadway and Allmon Street Tuesday morning. Police reports indicate a car driven by a 17-year-old female juvenile from Salem wa...
Oct 13, 2023
Two Iron Saddle Ranch Rodeo Queens to advance to national competition
Two winners of the Iron Saddle Ranch Rodeo Queen competition are headed to national competition early next year in Oklahoma. Those advancing are Faith Robbins of Fairview Heights in the Miss Division ...
Oct 13, 2023
Second annual Goose Creek Festival in Odin set for Saturday
The Second annual Goose Creek Festival is scheduled for nine to three Saturday in downtown Odin. The festival is being hosted by the Odin Renewal and Development Committee at the Hubbell Warehouse on ...
Oct 13, 2023 The Odin Express was giving rides to kids at the Goose Creek Festival in 2022. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Ameren Centralia Operating Center Apprentice Lineman to compete in "Lineman's Olympics"
An Apprentice from the Ameren Illinois Centralia Operating Center will be representing the utility this year in the International Lineman's Rodeo which is billed as the "Lineman's Olympics". Nicholas ...
Oct 12, 2023 An Ameren apprentice line worker practices his pole climbing skills at the Metro East Training Center in Belleville last month in preparation for the International Lineman's Rodeo this weekend in Overland Park, Kansas. Provide photo.
$50,000 winning Powerball ticket sold at Casey's Store in Odin
A person who purchased a ticket for the Powerball game at the Odin Casey's Store is $50,000 richer today. There were three people in Illinois who matched four numbers and the Powerball to win a $50,00...
Oct 12, 2023
Police Beat for Thursday, October 12th, 2023
A 39-year-old Salem woman is being held in the Marion County Jail following her arrest late Wednesday night for alleged possession of methamphetamine and on a Clinton County felony failure to appear w...
Oct 12, 2023
Testimony continues in the Ricky Norwood murder trial
Testimony in much of day two of the Ricky Norwood murder trial in Marion County Court on Wednesday centered around Norwood's sister allegedly becoming angry with murder victim Dustin Rhynes and anothe...
Oct 12, 2023
Westbound US 50 at I-57 to be closed to all traffic from Thursday night to early Friday morning
The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced all lanes of westbound US 50 will be closed at I-57 in Salem, weather permitting, from nine Thursday night until six Friday morning. The closure...
Oct 11, 2023
