Category Archives: Local News
Sandoval Elementary Students of the Month-May
Sandoval Elementary School recognized the Students of the Month for May. The students were chosen because of their outstanding display of CITIZENSHIP, such as taking care of the community, showing res...
May 18, 2023
33rd Annual Run for the Wall to Stop in Mt. Vernon
The central route of the Run for the Wall is once again stopping in Mt. Vernon. More than 300 motorcycles are expected to arrive in Mt. Vernon via I-64 exit 95 at 10:45 next Tuesday morning, May 23rd....
May 18, 2023 Ride to Wall moves through Mt. Vernon in past year. Photo by Chris Ditto.
A bill on Governor's desk to reform juvenile sentencing
A bill headed to the Governor's desk reforms the way minors are sentenced for a crime in Illinois. The measure is designed to help victims of child sex trafficking and others, requiring judges to cons...
May 18, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
Police Beat for Thursday, May 18th, 2023
Four people were brought to the Marion County Jail on outstanding warrants on Wednesday. 34-year-old Ellen Boyce of Centralia was arrested by Centralia Police on an outstanding Gibson County, Indiana ...
May 18, 2023
Centralia Police host first Stop the Bleed training
The Centralia Police Department held its first Stop the Bleed Save a Life training session Wednesday night. School Resource Officer John Henkel says the course is designed to let non-medical personnel...
May 18, 2023 16 attended the first Stop the Bleed training held as a community service by the Centralia Police Department. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Marion County Fair plans 1st Annual Outdoor Vendor Fair
The Marion County Fair will hold its 1st Annual Outdoor Vendor Fair this weekend. Kaitlyn Hawkey is putting the event together. She says it will be held from nine to five Saturday and 11 to five on Su...
May 18, 2023
Kaskaskia College has new Executive Director of Development
Kaskaskia College has announced the hiring of Michael Christensen as Executive Director of Development. Vice President of Administrative Services Judy Hemker says the college is excited to welcome Mik...
May 18, 2023 Michael Christensen (KC photo)
Second person now in custody for Circle K armed robbery in Salem (updated 5:45 Thursday morning)
Salem Police have announced a man wanted for the early Sunday morning armed robbery of the Circle K Convenience Store on West Main Street has been arrested. 39-year-old Brandon Kehn of the 1100 block ...
May 18, 2023 Brandon Kehn (Marion County Sheriff's Department)
Three Pinckneyville Correctional Officers indicted for excessive force and obstructing justice
A Federal Grand Jury has returned a five-count indictment charging three correctional officers at the Pinckneyville Correctional Center for civil rights violations and conspiring to falsify reports ab...
May 17, 2023
Bond County woman 8th person to die from injuries in I-55 dust storm crash
Illinois State Police say an eighth person has died as a result of multiple crashes on I-55 between Springfield and St. Louis during a blinding dust storm on May 1st. 81-year-old Ruth Rau of Sorento i...
May 17, 2023 I-55 crash scene from May 1st where an eighth person has now died. State Police photo.
