Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Tuesday, May 3rd, 2023
A 57-year-old Salem woman has been arrested by Salem Police for retail theft of more than $300 at the Salem Walmart Store. Sarah Cassidy of Boone Street was taken to the Marion County Jail. 44-year-ol...
May 03, 2023
Cities say shelters full, budgets hit by immigration uptick
By KATHLEEN FOODY, MELISSA PEREZ WINDER and TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - U.S. cities already struggling to shelter thousands of migrants are calling for federal help and an end to R...
May 03, 2023 Yessika Chirino, an immigrant from Venezuela plays with her daughter Charlotte, left, and Avril Brandelli as they take shelter in the Chicago Police Department's 16th District station on Monday, May 1, 2023. Chicago has seen the number of new arrivals grow tenfold in recent days. Shelter space is scarce and migrants awaiting a bed are sleeping on floors in police stations and airports. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Marion County Health Department investigating Hepatitis A virus exposure at Salem restaurant, vaccination event planned Thursday
The Marion County Health Department (MCHD), in cooperation with La Cocina Mexicana Restaurant in Salem, is investigating a report of Hepatitis A virus exposure. As a preventative measure, MCHD is reco...
May 03, 2023
Centralia man gets seven years in prison
A 27-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to a total of seven years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to aggravated battery of a pregnant person and aggravated battery to a p...
May 03, 2023
Gold Medal Flour recall underway
The Illinois Department of Public Health is warning about a multi-state salmonella outbreak connected to Gold Medal brand flour. General Mills has issued a recall of their two, five and 10 pound bags ...
May 03, 2023 Raed Mansour / CC
Centralia issues $101,795 in building permits in April
April was another slow month for building permits in Centralia. 15 permits valued at $101,795 were issued. The two biggest were for installation of solar arrays. One valued at $30,000 is being install...
May 03, 2023
UPDATED: 'ComEd Four' found guilty on all counts in bribery trial tied to ex-Speaker Madigan
Former speaker will stand for his own corruption trial next year By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - A federal jury on Tuesday convicted three ex-lobbyists a...
May 02, 2023 US Prosecutors answer questions after the guilty verdict is returned.
Ashley man found guilty of three sex offenses involving young stepdaughters
Attorney General Kwame Raoul says a Washington County Circuit Court Jury has found an Ashley man guilty of sexually assaulting his two young stepdaughters in 2022. Joseph Smith was found guilty of two...
May 02, 2023 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Kinmundy man injured in semi-SUV crash in Alma
Illinois State Police have released information on a crash involving a semi and SUV on Route 37 (Broadway Avenue) and 8th Street in Alma late Monday afternoon. Police report preliminary investigation ...
May 02, 2023
Salem Community High School Prom is Friday
The Salem Community High School Prom will be held on Friday night. Doors will open to the public at seven pm. Special music will begin at nine pm with the coronation starting at 9:30 and the Grand Mar...
May 02, 2023 Senior Queen and King candidates (left to right) Maya Susmena and Andrew Tate, Bella Krajefska and Nate Smith, Kenadie Hancock and Cole Johnson, Gracy Alli and Rex Brashear, and Kaley Blomberg and Ashton Baldridge. Junior Attendants are (left to right) Ivy Donoho and Joshua Powless, Jillian Green and Landin Binnion, Bella Richardson and Samuel Greene, Miranda Podergois and Noah Slater, and Reagan Lever and Brenan Richardson. Photos provided by SCHS.
