Category Archives: Local News
Marion County Sheriff's Department investigates two stolen vehicles
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating the theft of two vehicles from the Alma area during the past few days. Neither has been recovered. The latest report was made on Saturday. A res...
Oct 22, 2023
Marion County Relay for Life goes over goal
The Marion County Relay for Life went over its goal at Saturday night's event. The total announced during the closing ceremony was $43,699, topping the goal of $40,000. The Senior Development Manager ...
Oct 22, 2023 File photo: Survivors' Lap at 2023 Relay For Life.
Red Flag Warning until 7 Saturday night for Marion, Clinton, Washington and Bond Counties
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning until seven Saturday night due to the critical fire danger. Marion, Clinton, Washington, and Bond Counties are included. * WINDS...Northwest ...
Oct 21, 2023
Rural Patoka woman killed in crash with Amtrak passenger train
A 60-year-old rural Patoka woman was killed when her car was hit by an Amtrak passenger train on Westline Road in rural Odin late Friday afternoon. Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon pronounced Sheri J...
Oct 21, 2023 Richard Eriksson / CC
Illinois State Police investigating fatal car-train crash in rural Odin
Illinois State Police say the driver of a passenger vehicle was pronounced dead on the scene when it collided with a train on the West Line Road railroad cross just north of US 50 in rural Odin Friday...
Oct 20, 2023 ISP FILE PHOTO: An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo.(Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Only minor injuries reported in Thursday afternoon crash on Route 37 south of Salem
Both drivers refused hospital treatment on the scene of a two-vehicle rear-end crash on Route 37 south of England Road south of Salem Thursday afternoon. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say 81-year-o...
Oct 20, 2023
Controversial pipeline canceled amid safety concerns, regulatory pushback
Other projects still on the table as advocates, industry groups debate regulatory reform By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com Navigator CO2, a Nebraska-based company sp...
Oct 20, 2023 The proposed map shows the Illinois portion of the now-canceled Navigator Heartland Greenway pipeline. (Published by Navigator CO2 at heartlandgreenway.com)
The father of American teenage hostage freed by Hamas says she is 'doing very good'
By CLAIRE SAVAGE, MELISSA PEREZ WINDER and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - The father of freed American teen hostage Natalie Raanan said Friday she's doing well following two weeks...
Oct 20, 2023 In this photo provided by the Government of Israel, Judith Raanan, right, and her 17-year-old daughter Natalie are escorted by Israeli soldiers and Gal Hirsch, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's special coordinator for returning the hostages, as they return to Israel from captivity in the Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Hamas released the pair in what it said was a goodwill gesture late Friday, nearly two weeks after they were captured in a bloody cross-border raid by the Islamic militant group. The Hamas attack sparked a war that is entering its third week, and Hamas is believed to still be holding some 200 people hostage. (Government of Israel via AP Photo)
Illinois government employee fired after posting antisemitic comments on social media
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An employee with the Illinois comptroller's office has been fired after she posted vulgar antisemitic comments on social media during an exchange about the latest Israel-Hamas...
Oct 20, 2023
Former Mt. Vernon bank vice president receives prison term for bank fraud and arson
A former vice president and loan officer for Community First Bank of the Heartland based in Mt. Vernon who committed bank fraud and multiple arsons was sentenced in federal court in Benton on Thursday...
Oct 20, 2023
