Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Sunday, August 27th, 2023
Four arrests were made on Saturday following domestic disturbances. Salem Police arrested 24-year-old Alexander Russell of West Elm in Salem for alleged aggravated domestic battery. Marion County Sher...
Aug 27, 2023
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital Laboratory Receives Accreditation
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital Laboratory in Centralia has been awarded accreditation from the College of American Pathologists. The accreditation was based on a recent on-site inspection. Recognized ...
Aug 27, 2023
State Fire Marshal investigating second suspicious fire in same Wamac mobile home
The Illinois State Fire Marshal's office is investigating a second suspicious fire to hit a mobile home in Wamac left vacant following a recent death. Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Bos...
Aug 26, 2023 What remains of a mobile home that caught fire early Friday morning for a second time at 300 Sanders Street in Wamac. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Salem man faces three counts of forgery
A 30-year-old Salem man faces three counts of forgery for allegedly forging and cashing checks on the account of a deceased person. Korey Brown of Lamar Street was formally charged in Marion County Co...
Aug 26, 2023 Blogtrepreneur / CC
18-year-old Centralia man pleads guilty to his role in Laura Leake Park shooting in Centralia
An 18-year-old Centralia man has pleaded guilty to the lesser of two charges pending against him in connection with an April shooting in Laura Leake Park that sent two to St. Louis hospitals for treat...
Aug 26, 2023 Davion Meredith (Marion County Jail)
Bond set at a $500,000 for Mt Vernon man arrested on sex abuse and child pornography charges
Bond has been set at a half-million dollars for a 56-year-old Mt. Vernon man who has been charged in Jefferson County Court with ten counts of possession of child pornography under the age of 13 and o...
Aug 26, 2023
Police Beat for Saturday, August 26th, 2023
Centralia Police arrested a 36-year-old Centralia man for robbery, assault, and disorderly conduct. Paxton Price, who told authorities he was homeless, was taken to the Marion County Jail. Centralia P...
Aug 26, 2023
Southern Illinois casino opens, sends $25 million to the state
Carterville casino was authorized by a 2019 law expanding Illinois' gambling industry By JENNIFER FULLER,MOLLY PARKER &ANDREW ADAMSCapitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnewsillinois.com CARTERVILLE - G...
Aug 26, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker (center) is joined by state and local leaders to cut the ribbon on Walker’s Bluff Casino and Resort on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jennifer Fuller)
Cairo port project gets additional funding, but construction timeline still uncertain
Long-delayed project moving forward under new leadership By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Both the state and federal governments are pumping additi...
Aug 26, 2023 Barges are pictured on the Ohio River near Cairo. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
White Sox say they weren't aware at first that a woman injured at game was shot
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago White Sox say they were not aware at first that a woman injured during Friday's game at Guaranteed Rate Field was shot and that the Chica...
Aug 26, 2023 A message on the main scoreboard at Guaranteed Rate Field announces the cancellation of an 90s concert that was to feature Vanilla Ice, Tone Loc, and Rob Base after a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Oakland Athletics, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
