Category Archives: Local News
Marion County Sheriff's Department names employee of the year
Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps has named Jail Investigator Kyle Monical of Omega as the department's Employee of the Year. The announcement came at the department's annual Christmas party over the...
Dec 4, 2023 Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps with sheriff's department employee of the year Kyle Monical. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Sunday, December 3rd, 2023
A 51-year-old Salem woman was arrested by Salem Police for allegedly driving under the influence after her vehicle struck a pole late Friday night at North Walnut and Rogers Street. Reports indicate L...
Dec 3, 2023
Marshall man receives prison time and ordered to make $456,000 restitution for bomb threat
A 29-year-old Marshall man has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for making a bomb threat to the North American Lighting Plant in Paris. The US Attorney's office reports Justin Switzer pleaded gui...
Dec 2, 2023
Mt. Vernon man injured in crash where cigarette embers blew into his face
A 45-year-old Mt. Vernon man was injured when his pickup went out of control Friday afternoon after embers from a cigarette blew into his face. The crash occurred on US 51 north of the Country Bobs Pl...
Dec 2, 2023 Pickup truck involved in crash on US 51 just south of Wamac is hauled off. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Three injured in crash on Selmaville Road at US 50
Three people were injured in a two-car crash on the Selmaville Road at the West Main Street intersection in Salem late Friday morning. Salem Police say a car driven by 43-year-old Rachel Bell of North...
Dec 2, 2023
Centralia man hurt in crash on Old Centralia Lane
A 34-year-old Centralia man was injured in a single-vehicle rollover crash Friday night on Old Centralia Lane south of Walnut Hill Road in rural Walnut Hill. Initial information indicates the vehicle ...
Dec 2, 2023
Police Beat for Saturday, December 2nd, 2023
Salem Police arrested both occupants of a car following a Friday night traffic stop in the 1000 block of West Main Street. The driver, 26-year-old Coleman Ross of Gompers Street in Wamac, was ticketed...
Dec 2, 2023
Illinois Supreme Court: FOID records exempt from public disclosure
Individuals can obtain their own records through other means By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that people...
Dec 2, 2023 Justice Joy V. Cunningham wrote the unanimous opinion that found the Illinois State Police can deny records requests for details about Firearm Owner’s Identification Cards, even if the requester is seeking their own records. (Capitol News Illinois illustration by Andrew Adams)
Chicago and other northern US cities scramble to house migrants with coldest weather just ahead
By CLAIRE SAVAGE and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago is scrambling to house hundreds of asylum-seekers who are still sheltering on sidewalks, at police ...
Dec 2, 2023 Carolina Gonzalez of Venezuala carries supplies into the Chicago City Life Center Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Chicago. The community center and church welcomed about 40 migrants who were previously living at police stations and airports. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Illinois appeals court affirms actor Jussie Smollett's convictions and jail sentence
By ED WHITE Associated Press An appeals court upheld the disorderly conduct convictions Friday of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 ...
Dec 2, 2023 FILE _ Actor Jussie Smollett listens as his sentence is read at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, Thursday, March 10, 2022, in Chicago. An appeals court on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, upheld the disorderly conduct convictions of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)
