Category Archives: Local News
Salem Police announce new drop off procedure for Little Egypt Festival Parade participants
The Salem Police Department has developed a procedure to drop off participants in the Little Egypt Festival Parade to avoid traffic backups. Police say a 'bottle neck' has developed along the official...
Oct 06, 2023
Salem Police announce street closures and no parking areas for Little Egypt Festival
Salem Police have announced street closures and no parking areas for the Little Egypt Festival on Saturday. The roads will be barricaded at 1:30 until about five pm for the parade. Residents living wi...
Oct 06, 2023 Little Egypt vendors along North Broadway. Photo by Austin Williams.
Salem Police say several special no parking zones set during Little Egypt Festival
Salem Police say parking will be prohibited on the both sides of several streets for the Little Egypt Festival Parade and festivities from noon to five on Saturday evening. No parking will also apply ...
Oct 06, 2023 File Photo: Little Egypt Festival.
State Police identify vehicle and individual involved in US 40 fatal crash in Teutopolis
State Police say with information provided by the community, the Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation has been able to identify the vehicle and driver believed to be involved...
Oct 05, 2023 Video still of vehicle being sought in connection with fatal Teutopolis crash. Source: ISP.
16-year-old rural Dix girl injured in single car wreck
The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports a 16-year-old female resident of rural Dix was injured in a single car crash on Wednesday morning on the Airport Road in rural Centralia. Deputies report...
Oct 05, 2023
Dateline NBC to air all new one hour report on missing Illinois teen later found dead
Dateline NBC Thursday night will provide a one-hour report on the disappearance of a Fairfield teen found dead three years later. The episode is titled 'The Note' and tells the story of Fairfield High...
Oct 05, 2023 Megan Nichols’ mother, Kathy Jo Hutchcraft, speaks to ‘Dateline’ in an exclusive interview this Thursday.
Marion County Soil & Water Conservation District's Annual Fall Fish Sale
The Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District is now accepting orders for their Annual Fall Fish Sales. This year the Conservation District will be offering seven varieties of fish. These fis...
Oct 05, 2023
IDNR announces drawing for trapping permits at Stephen A Forbes State Park
Stephen A Forbes Lake will be opened for trapping beginning November 10th. Permits will be allocated at a drawing to be held at the park office at 11:00 am on October 21st. Permit applicants must subm...
Oct 05, 2023 U.S. Customs and Border Protection
State-run developmental center in Dixon will not lose Medicare funding despite citations
Mabley Center's funding was in doubt after recent "immediate jeopardy" tags By BETH HUNDSDORFERCapitol News Illinoisbhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com A state-operated residential facility that serv...
Oct 05, 2023
Central City man ordered held for mental health evaluation after allegedly threatening police
Marion County Resident Circuit Court Judge Mark Stedelin ordered 79-year-old George Jansen of North High Street in Central City detained under the cashless bond law for a mental evaluation following a...
Oct 05, 2023
