Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Sunday, June 4th, 2023
The Marion County Sheriff's Department has arrested 55-year-old Mary Travis of the 3500 block of Tonti Road in rural Salem for criminal damage to property after she allegedly set a neighbor's trampoli...
Jun 04, 2023
May weather warmer and dryer than normal; parts of South Central Illinois now abnormally dry
May weather was warmer and drier than normal in Illinois as parts of South Central Illinois fall into the abnormally dry category. In Salem, the water treatment plant reported 3.94 inches of rain, wit...
Jun 04, 2023
7 shot, 1 fatally, in Chicago when gunfire erupts amid remembrance for man killed in car crash
CHICAGO (AP) - A 25-year-old woman was fatally shot and six other people were wounded early Sunday when gunfire erupted in Chicago during a remembrance for a man who died in a car crash, police said. ...
Jun 04, 2023 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
Kaskaskia College Receives $258-thousand Bridge and Transitions Grant
Kaskaskia College has been awarded a $258-thousand-dollar Innovative Bridge and Transitions grant from the Illinois Community College Board to provide career exploration and planning opportunities to ...
Jun 03, 2023 One of several robots used for training students at the Kaskaskia College Crisp Center. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Marion County Sheriff's Department releases more details on two wrecks last weekend
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say a 68-year-old Odin man was taken to Salem Township Hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash that apparently occurred last Sunday morn...
Jun 03, 2023
Governor says "Invest in Kids' program could be revived
Governor JB Pritzker says the 'Invest in Kids' program could be revived but might look a little different. Lawmakers did not vote to extend the private school scholarship program for low-income childr...
Jun 03, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Bill on Governor's desk would require health insurers to cover hearing aids
Legislation awaiting the Governor's signature requires health insurers to cover hearing aids. Currently in Illinois, insurance companies only have to cover hearing aids for patients under 18. This bil...
Jun 03, 2023 Joe Haupt / CC
SSM Health Offers Daytime Sleep Studies for Night Shift Workers
Daytime sleep studies are available at both SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia and Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon. The studies diagnose apnea and other issues that disturb our much-nee...
Jun 03, 2023 Franco Dal Molin / CC
Salem firemen put out tree fire
Salem Firemen were called to the 300 block of East William Street in Salem early Saturday morning after a Salem Patrolman found a tree on fire. The blaze was in the backyard of a home occupied by Taba...
Jun 03, 2023
Police Beat for Saturday, June 3rd, 2023
Centralia Police have arrested a 19-year-old St. Louis man on multiple charges following a traffic stop. Dontae Burrage-Carpenter was taken to the Marion County Jail for aggravated unlawful use of a w...
Jun 03, 2023
