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Salem Elks, Trail Life Troop 262 and Girl Scout Troop 8572 hold flag retirement ceremony
The Salem Elks along with Trail Life Troop 262 and Girl Scout Troop 8572 conducted a flag retirement ceremony for more than 300 flags on Saturday. The program is held yearly on the Saturday closest to...
Jun 12, 2023 Salem Elks Exalted Ruler Mike Hooe gives the history of the US Flag after Chaplain Danny Shuler presented the prayer. All the flags to honorably retired are on the table. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Attorney for man charged with Laura Leake Park shooting says teen was acting in self defense
The attorney for 18-year-old Shavonte Samuels of Ashley was unsuccessful in getting charges dropped against him in connection with the shooting of two men in Laura Leake Park in April. Dennis Hatch ar...
Jun 12, 2023
City of Centralia moves to demolish building where 10 people were found living in deplorable conditions
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to seek the demolition or repair of a derelict property at 334 North Elm where ten people were allegedly found living in deplorable conditions las...
Jun 12, 2023 Two story apartment house Centraia is now seeking permission to demolish. Photo by Pat Hodges.
'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski died by suicide in prison medical center, AP sources say
By MICHAEL R. SISAK AND MIKE BALSAMO AND JAKE OFFENHARTZ Chicago native Ted Kaczynski, known as the "Unabomber," who carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 othe...
Jun 11, 2023 FILE - Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski is flanked by federal agents as he is led to a car from the federal courthouse in Helena, Mont., April 4, 1996. Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber,” who carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died by suicide, four people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press, Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo/John Youngbear, File)
Gunfire into funeral procession in suburban Chicago wounds 4, police say
OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) - Shots were fired into vehicles as a funeral procession passed through a Chicago suburb, badly wounding two people and hurting two others, police said. The shooting happened about...
Jun 11, 2023 Gregory Skylar454 / CC
One killed, one seriously injured in head-on crash on I-57 north of Ina exit (updated 1 pm)
One truck driver was killed and a second seriously injured in a fiery head-on crash involving two semis on I 57 northbound just north of the Ina exit late Saturday night. State Police say preliminary ...
Jun 11, 2023
Two escape serious injury when vehicle crashes into tree in Walnut Hill
Both occupants of a vehicle escaped injury when a car ran off the 500 block of Main Street in Walnut Hill and struck a tree Saturday afternoon. Initial information from the Marion County Sheriff's Dep...
Jun 11, 2023
Centralia man big winner in Salem Shrine Club's Grand Raffle
A Centralia man had the winning ticket to win the 2023 Kawasaki Mule Side by Side in the Salem Shrine Club's Grand Raffle that ended in Saturday night's drawing. Ron Donoho told club members he normal...
Jun 11, 2023
Kinmundy holds Ribbon Cutting for new Dollar General Store
The City of Kinmundy held a ribbon cutting on Friday to officially welcome the Dollar General Store on Illinois Route 37 on the north side of town to the community. The store, which had been open only...
Jun 11, 2023 Kinmundy officials gather for a ribbon cutting for the new Dollar General Store.
On the witness stand, ex-legislator finally acknowledges he wore wire for FBI
Former Sen. Terry Link testifies in bribery trial while awaiting sentencing on tax evasion charge By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - Former state Sen. Terry...
Jun 11, 2023 Former state Sen. Terry Link, a Vernon Hills Democrat, is pictured in a Capitol News Illinois file photo. The Statehouse veteran admitted to working with federal prosecutors in the trial of a politically connected businessman this week. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
