Category Archives: Local News
Iuka man charged with first-degree murder in Salem traffic death, person he was allegedly street racing also charged
Two men allegedly street racing before a fatal crash that claimed the life of a Salem woman earlier this month made their first appearance in Marion County Court on Wednesday. The driver of the pickup...
May 17, 2023 Justin Bullard (Photo:
Marion County Jail)
Illinois Democrats say abortion-access protections are a promise: 'You're safe here'
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Access to abortion is essentially locked down in Illinois. But Democrats are looking for ways to further protect the practice and its avai...
May 17, 2023 Gary Todd
Kell Grade School Superintendent resigns; new Superintendent hired
Kell Grade School will have a new Superintendent next school year. SarahBeth Williams has stepped down from the position and will be replaced by current Lebanon School District Superintendant Patrick ...
May 17, 2023
South Central School Board reorganizes and says goodbye to 24-year member
The South Central School Board has reorganized and said goodbye to a 24-year member. Ann Blomberg was thanked for her years of dedicated service. Three board members were sworn in for four-year terms....
May 17, 2023
Police Beat for Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
Centralia Police have arrested two people for felony theft. 47-year-old John Harden of South Perrine and 28-year-old Ronald Hardin of North Pine of Centralia were both taken to the Marion County Jail....
May 17, 2023
Supreme Court lets Illinois keep ban on sale of some semiautomatic guns for now
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Wednesday that Illinois can, for now, keep in place a new law that bars the sale of certain semiautomatic guns and large-capacity magazines. The high court den...
May 17, 2023 US Supreme Court
4 high schoolers die, 3 other people injured in crash near Chicago
WHEELING, Ill. (AP) - A three-vehicle crash in a Chicago suburb killed four high school students and injured a fifth and two other people, authorities said. The teenagers killed in Tuesday night's cra...
May 17, 2023
Salem Police arrest four juveniles for park shelter damage
Salem Police have arrested four juveniles age 13 and 14 for felony criminal damage to state-supported property in connection with the destruction of picnic tables and benches at the city's new Bryan M...
May 17, 2023 The benches ripped from the new Picnic Shelter in Bryan Memorial Park that were later destroyed and thrown into nearby Town Creek. Photo by Toby Gullion.
State revenue drops nearly $2B in April, but budget-makers at the Capitol aren't panicking
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - April's plummeting general funds receipts - a drop of $1.84 billion from the previous year - is stunning in anyone's estimation. But budge...
May 16, 2023 Illinois state Rep. Will Guzzardi, D-Chicago, speaks to a reporter on the floor of the Illinois House, in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, May 11, 2023, about tax increase ideas he's proposed for bolstering funding for education, after-school programs, Medicaid expansion and ending homelessness. He publicized them the week before because of a report that revenue in April dropped nearly $2 billion from the year previous. Guzzardi has legislation to cap the amount of money big-box stores and other large retailers can keep as reimbursement for collecting state sales tax and to implement a tax on billionaires' portfolios, not just income. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)
One person hospitalized after running into parked car in Centralia
Centralia Police say a 47-year-old Centralia woman was injured Monday afternoon when she crashed into a parked car on North Poplar near the Rhodes Street intersection. 42-year-old Ruby Young of Putter...
May 16, 2023
