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The sixth annual Kaskaskia College Honor Choir Festival was held Thursday night. Nearly 110 singers were selected for the choir from eight participating high schools. The schools were Bond County, Car...
Bruce Kropp Dec 02, 2022
Centralia Police arrested a 30-year-old Centralia man on an outstanding Marion County traffic warrant and a Clinton County felony warrant. Zachery Zeller of South Locust was taken to the Marion County...
Bruce Kropp Dec 02, 2022
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Democrats who control the Illinois General Assembly approved followup clarifications of their watershed criminal justice overhaul Thursday...
Bruce Kropp Dec 02, 2022 State Sen. Robert Peters, D-Chicago, center, testifies before the Senate Executive Committee on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, on his legislation to clarify the SAFE-T Act, a sweeping criminal justice overhaul that notably eliminates cash bail. Accompanying Peters are co-sponsors Sen. Elgie Sims, D-Chicago, left, and Sen. Scott Bennett, D-Champaign. The amendment to the law, which takes effect on Jan. 1, 2023, adds a number of forcible felonies to the list of crimes which qualify a defendant for pretrial detention, but Republicans still have concerns about it. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)
A 36-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for armed violence. Anthony J.G. Barnes had entered a guilty to the Class X charge in Jefferson County Court at Mt. Vernon in Octob...
Bruce Kropp Dec 02, 2022
The Odin Village Board has decided not to take any action for at least a few months on new liquor licenses for video gaming facilities and restaurants because of concerns being expressed privately to ...
WJBD Staff Dec 02, 2022 Odin Village Hall (credit: Odin Village Hall Facebook page)
Construction of a solar array at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital and remodeling of the former Title Max building in the Fairview Shopping Center into an Arby's Restaurant were the highlights of the Cit...
WJBD Staff Dec 02, 2022
Circuit Judge Michael McHaney of Salem is now an Appellate Court Justice. McHaney was sworn in during ceremonies at the Clay County Courthouse at Louisville on Thursday. "I'm incredibly humbled with o...
WJBD Staff Dec 02, 2022 Judge Mike McHaney being sworn in by Justice Mark Boie while his McHaney's wife Laura holds the Bible.
The traditional downtown Centralia Christmas Stroll set for early Friday night has been expanded to include new activities. It's the first year the Centralia Chamber of Commerce has coordinated the ef...
WJBD Staff Dec 02, 2022 Carriage rides at last year's Centralia Downtown Christmas Stroll will be back this year.
A 38-year-old Junction City man has been sentenced to three years in prison for a December 2021 burglary to a maintenance shed at Salem Community High School. Slade Thompson, who formerly resided in S...
WJBD Staff Dec 02, 2022
A 31-year-old Centralia man who formerly resided in Salem has been sentenced to a total of ten years in prison after pleading guilty to charges in connection with two fights at the Marion County Jail....
WJBD Staff Dec 02, 2022