Category Archives: Local News
Salem man hurt in motorcycle crash
A 22-year-old Salem man was injured in a single motorcycle crash late Friday afternoon on a trail off the Selmaville Road southwest of Salem. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies learned of the crash afte...
Jun 24, 2023
Furnace motor overheats; filling Central City home with smoke
Centralia Fire Protection District firefighters responded to a report of a house filling with smoke at 113 North Harrison in Central City on Saturday morning. Firemen say the owner had not noticed a f...
Jun 24, 2023 Centralia Fire Protection District at scene of turned out to be a burned out furnance motor at a Central City home Saturday morning. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Police Beat for Saturday, June 24th, 2023
Three people were arrested on domestic battery-related charges and remain in the Marion County Jail pending a final decision on charges. A 27-year-old Odin man has been arrested by Odin Police for agg...
Jun 24, 2023
Mix of bravado and access to guns contribute to mass shootings by teens in St. Louis, other cities
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) - A 1 a.m. shooting at a party in downtown St. Louis kills one and injures nearly a dozen. Gunmen open fire during a fight near Florida's Hollywood...
Jun 24, 2023 FILE - Flowers and balloons sit piled outside the Mahogany Masterpiece dance studio on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Dadeville, Ala. Two teenagers have been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a shooting that killed four young people at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party, (AP Photo/Kimberly Chandler, File)
Librarians train to defend intellectual freedom and fight book bans at Chicago conference
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) - School librarian Jamie Gregory has been called a "pedophile" and "groomer," bombarded with private messages threatening harm, accuse...
Jun 24, 2023 South Carolina school librarian Jamie Gregory smiles in front of the Banned Books station at the American Library Association's annual conference in downtown Chicago, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Attendees are invited to climb atop a giant chair to read their favorite banned book for all to see. (AP Photo/Claire Savage)
Bond set at $250,000 for Centralia man charged with criminal sexual assault (updated 5:30 pm Friday)
An 18-year-old Centralia man has been formally charged in Marion County Court with criminal sexual assault. Judge Stanley Brandmeyer set bond for Kaleb Nagy of North Pine Street at $250,000 during his...
Jun 23, 2023
Kaskaskia College Board names new member
The Kaskaskia College Board has named Craig Finke of Nashville to an open seat on the Board of Trustees. Craig Finke was selected at a special board meeting Thursday night after candidates for the ope...
Jun 23, 2023 New Kaskaskia College Board of Trustee Craig Finke.
Irvington Firemen handle mobile home and shed fires
The Irvington Fire Department reports a minor injury in a mobile home fire at the Crawford residence at 19701 North Copple Lane in rural Dix Tuesday afternoon. A woman who came home after the fire beg...
Jun 23, 2023 Shed fully engulfed in flames on Radio Tower Road in rural Richview Tuesday night.
Woman pleads guilty to straw purchase of gun used to kill Illinois officer
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A woman pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges stemming from the straw purchase of a gun used to fatally shoot one central Illinois police officer and wound another in 2021....
Jun 23, 2023 Gregory Skylar454 / CC
1 worker dies in an explosion at an Illinois ammunition factory
EAST ALTON, Ill. (AP) - An explosion at an Illinois ammunition factory killed one employee, authorities said. "We were driving through there and heard a big boom, pushed the van a little bit," said Du...
Jun 23, 2023
