Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Monday, February 26th, 2024
Centralia Police arrested 29-year-old Madeline Stevens of Marion for alleged domestic battery, unlawful use of a weapon, and possession of a controlled substance. She was taken to the Marion County Ja...
Feb 26, 2024
Area Republican legislators not happy with Governor's proposed budget
State Senator Jason Plummer joined other area Republicans in opposing the Governor's proposed spending plan presented to the State Legislature last week. Plummer notes while Illinois families try to a...
Feb 25, 2024
Governor's plan to spend another $182-million to help migrants drawing criticism from some lawmakers
Governor JB Pritzker's plans to spend another 182-million dollars to help provide services and relocation for migrants is drawing criticism from some Illinois lawmakers. Capitol News Illinois reports ...
Feb 25, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters about the influx of migrants into Chicago from the southern border at a news conference on Wednesday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Jefferson and Wayne Counties remain at medium level for COVID-19 hospitalizations
Both Jefferson and Wayne Counties remain on the medium level for COVID-19 hospitalizations. The latest weekly report from the CDC Tracker shows six new hospitalizations in Jefferson and Wayne Counties...
Feb 25, 2024
Sandoval man barricades himself inside his home following high speed chase
A 33-year-old Sandoval man reportedly ran inside his home and wouldn't come out following a high-speed police chase from Central City. Central City Police say they first clocked Tyler Foster of East M...
Feb 24, 2024
Fire causes minor damage to Mills Cart Crossing apartment building
A fire caused minor damage to one unit of an eight-unit building at the Mills Crossing Apartments on Mills Cart Road Friday morning. Salem Fire Protection District Chief Jim Cerny explains the situati...
Feb 24, 2024 Firefighters use the Salem Fire Department's aerial truck to get on the roof of the apartment building to cut a hole to make sure the vent fire was completely out. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Centralia Firemen handle two minor fires on Friday
Centralia City Firemen handled two small fires on Friday. The first was a small fire along the outside of a garage wall in an alleyway in the 600 block of Gragg Street. The fire at the Kandice and Tim...
Feb 24, 2024
Police Beat for Saturday, February 24th, 2024
A 46-year-old Centralia man was arrested by Centralia Police early Friday for alleged domestic battery and obstructing/resisting a peace officer. Michael Brown of South Poplar was released from custod...
Feb 24, 2024
Illinois Department of Public Health allows schools to give medications to counter Opioid overdoses
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has issued an updated standing order allowing schools to keep a supply of medications like naloxone on hand, and also permitting school nurses or other ...
Feb 24, 2024 NEXT Distro / Unsplash
Illinois judge who reversed rape conviction removed from bench after panel finds he circumvented law
CHICAGO (AP) - An Illinois judge who sparked outrage by reversing a man's rape conviction involving a 16-year-old girl has been removed from the bench after a judicial oversight body found he circumve...
Feb 24, 2024 FILE - Cameron Vaughan, 18, poses for a photo on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023 in Chicago. Vaughan told The Associated Press that she was completely shocked when Adams County Judge Robert Adrian reversed his own guilty verdict for the man who sexually assaulted her two years ago, setting him free. The Illinois Courts Commission removed Adams County Judge Robert Adrian from the bench Friday, Feb. 24, 2024, after sustaining a complaint filed against him.(AP Photo/ Claire Savage, File)
