Category Archives: Local News
Centralia man draws three year prison term on drug charge
A 41-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to three years in prison with substance abuse treatment recommendation after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to a possession of under five grams o...
Feb 26, 2023
Car destroyed by fire in Centralia car wash
A car owned by Tami Fortag of Centralia was destroyed Saturday night by an engine fire that began while the vehicle was in a washing bay at the Buggy Bath Car Wash at 125 North Lincoln. Centralia City...
Feb 26, 2023 Zdenko Zivkovic / CC
Marion County Sheriff's Department investigates burglaries and thefts
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating some weekend burglary and theft cases. The department received a report of a shed being broken into in the 22-hundred block of Paul Road in Sale...
Feb 26, 2023
Police Beat for Sunday, February 26th, 2023
Salem Police have arrested a 29-year-old Carlyle man for felony retail theft and criminal trespass to the Walmart store. Police say Kevin Roper of Slate Street had earlier been trespassed from the sto...
Feb 26, 2023
Centralia woman killed in single-car crash south of Centralia
A 25-year-old Centralia woman was pronounced dead at the scene of a single-vehicle crash on US 51 south of Centralia Friday morning. Washington County Coroner Mark Styninger said Michelle Allen was pr...
Feb 25, 2023
Twelve-year-old Texas girl killed in I-70 crash in Effingham County
State Police say a 12-year-old girl from Azle, Texas was killed in a single-vehicle crash on I-70 at milepost 86 near Altamont in Effingham County on Friday morning. Preliminary information indicates ...
Feb 25, 2023
Pritzker launches children's behavioral health initiative
Goal is to expand services to address youth mental health crisis By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Citing what he called a nationwide crisis in childr...
Feb 25, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at an event in Maywood Friday, unveiling a new report focusing on children's mental health. (Credit: Illinois.gov)
Illinois investigating drugmaker Akorn's abrupt closure
CHICAGO (AP) - State labor officials are investigating an Illinois-based pharmaceutical company's decision to abruptly close all of its operations, including its out-of-state locations in New Jersey, ...
Feb 25, 2023 Akorn headquarters. (Photo: Akorn website)
Chicago mayor's race dominated by concerns about crime
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - For years, Republicans have sought to win over voters by depicting Democratic-led cities as lawless centers of violence that need tough-on-crime policie...
Feb 25, 2023 FIlE - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot participates in a forum with other Chicago mayoral candidates hosted by the Chicago Women Take Action Alliance Jan. 14, 2023, at the Chicago Temple in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)
State Police release more details on Wednesday I-57 crash south of Salem
State Police have released some further details on a two-vehicle crash that shut down southbound traffic on I-57 south of Salem late Wednesday morning. Preliminary information indicates that a vehicle...
Feb 24, 2023
