Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Wednesday, March 15th, 2023
Centralia Police have arrested a 22-year-old Centralia woman for burglary, criminal damage to property, possession of meth and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police came into contact with Aryana Mo...
Mar 15, 2023
Salem man pleads guilty to drug delivery charge
A 65-year-old Salem man has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. James Whisler of East Olive admitted to delivering less than five grams of meth in a bust coo...
Mar 15, 2023
Central City man pleads guilty to felony resisting a peace officer
A 20-year-old Central City man has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to felony resisting a peace officer. Zykevious Burnett of Richmond Heights Mobile Home Park is accused of running from a Centra...
Mar 15, 2023
Salem woman found fit to stand trial, pleads guilty to burglary
A 34-year-old Salem woman pleaded guilty in Marion County Court on Tuesday to a burglary charge after being found fit to stand trial. Jolee Graham of South Maple admitted to entering a building in the...
Mar 15, 2023
Centralia Fairview Park Pool Committee votes to demolish old Fairview Park Pool
Centralia Fairview Park Pool Committee met on Tuesday and unanimously voted to recommend the demolition of the current Fairview Park Pool to the city council. This is regardless of whatever Burbach Aq...
Mar 15, 2023 Former Fairview Park Pool Complex. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Marion County Board drops study of purchase of Modern Woodman building
The Marion County Board has decided not to pursue the purchase of the Modern Woodman Building at Schwartz and Jefferson Streets across from the Marion County Law Enforcement Center. The decision came ...
Mar 15, 2023 Marion County Courthouse with old flag poles that have now been removed due to structural problems.
ComEd, Madigan focus of federal bribery trial in Illinois
CHICAGO (AP) - Jury selection began Tuesday at a federal trial in Chicago that could offer an inside look at pay-to-play politics in Illinois that prosecutors say involved the state's largest electric...
Mar 14, 2023
Justices consider constitutionality of SAFE-T Act's pretrial detention provisions
Abolition of cash bail was placed on hold in December pending appeal to Supreme Court By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - The state's highest court hear...
Mar 14, 2023 Deputy Solicitor General Alex Hemmer with the attorney general’s office argues before the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday in Springfield. Hemmer defended the cash bail provisions contained in the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform that a lower court ruled unconstitutional last year. Also pictured are House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch (seated to Hemmer's right) and Attorney General Kwame Raoul (far right). Welch and Raoul are both defendants in the lawsuit. (Credit: Blueroomstream.com)
Franklin Park Middle School collects 12,986 cans of food
Franklin Park Middle School collected 12,986 cans of food in its annual canned food drive. The total value of the food is estimated at $6,493. It was taken to the Salem Ministerial Alliance Food Pantr...
Mar 14, 2023 The food is gathered in the Franklin Park Gym from the annual food drive for the Salem Ministerial Alliance.
Driver of crashed car on Green Street Road not located
Salem Fire Protection District firefighters searched around the scene of a car that ran off Green Street Road west of Lakeshore Drive Tuesday morning, but could never find the driver. The initial call...
Mar 14, 2023
