Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Monday, March 11th, 2024
A 30-year-old Iuka man has been arrested on an outstanding Fayette County small claims warrant. Aaron Williams of South Avenue was released after posting $200 bond.
Mar 11, 2024
Salem Firemen say burnouts and flue fire cause of two fire calls Sunday night
The Salem Fire Protection District received two calls within seven minutes of each other Sunday night. Fortunately, a report of a house fire was confined to a flue and a restaurant fire was actually a...
Mar 11, 2024
Centralia City Council Monday night to consider more demolitions and sale of surplus property
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to move forward on demolition of 15 additional homes the city intends to declare as derelict structures to reduce blight in the impacted neighborh...
Mar 11, 2024
Four hurt in head on crash in Clinton County
Four people were injured when a car and pickup truck collided head on at the intersection of two rural roads in Clinton County Friday afternoon. The crash occurred at the intersection of Boulder and C...
Mar 10, 2024
Police Beat for Sunday, March 10th, 2024
A 25-year-old Sandoval man has been arrested by Sandoval Police for alleged domestic battery. Kobe Light of Mulberry Street was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a decision on formal charges.
Mar 10, 2024
How do animals react during a total solar eclipse? Scientists plan to find out in April
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - When a total solar eclipse transforms day into night, will tortoises start acting romantic? Will giraffes gallop? Will apes sing odd notes? Rese...
Mar 10, 2024 A gorilla family is observed by people visiting the Fort Worth Zoo in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Researchers will be standing by to observe how animals’ routines at the zoo are disrupted when skies dim on April 8. They previously detected other strange animal behaviors in 2017 at a South Carolina zoo that was in the path of total darkness. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Truck driver dies from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds following six hour standoff in Effingham
A truck driver who was a suspect in a Michigan bank robbery on Thursday apparently died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds following a six hour standoff at the TA Truck Stop in Effingham. Effingham Ci...
Mar 9, 2024
Most of South Central Illinois back in moderate drought
Recent dry weather has put most of South Central Illinois back into the moderate drought category. The weekly Illinois Drought condition map puts all of Marion, Jefferson, Clinton, Washington and Faye...
Mar 9, 2024
Marion and Washington Counties drop back to low level of COVID-19 hospitalizations
Marion and Washington Counties have dropped back to the low level of hospitalizations for COVID-19. The latest weekly tracker from the CDC reports just three new hospitalizations in the two counties. ...
Mar 9, 2024
Centralia swears in new part-time firefighter
The city of Centralia fire department has sworn in a new part-time firefighter. Brian Martinez had been a part-time firefighter form 2017 to 2022 during his first stint, but had stepped down due to ot...
Mar 9, 2024
