Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Friday, January 20th, 2023
Four people were brought to the Marion County Jail on Thursday on outstanding warrants. 50-year-old Jerrie Pfister of New Prep Lane in Centralia was arrested by Wamac Police on a Marion County felony ...
Jan 20, 2023
Governor talks to reports from Switzerland on efforts to overturn ban on assault weapons
Lawsuits against Illinois' new ban on assault weapons are being filed in state and federal courts but Governor JB Pritzker says he remains confident the law will be upheld. Speaking on a media call fr...
Jan 20, 2023
Federal and State lawsuits challenge recent Illinois semiautomatic gun ban
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Legal challenges to Illinois' semiautomatic weapons ban began Wednesday with a federal complaint that the 8-day-old law prohibits "commonly possessed" and constitutionally pro...
Jan 19, 2023 FILE - Assault weapons are seen for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply on Jan. 16, 2013 in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
'Unknown substance' sickens Graham Correctional Center staff, inmates
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Several employees of a central Illinois prison were treated at hospitals Wednesday after they became sickened while responding to one or m...
Jan 19, 2023
Police Beat for Thursday, January 19th, 2023
A 35-year-old Iuka man was arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies Wednesday night for illegal possession of a weapon by a felon and driving on a suspended or revoked license. Ryan McCarty of Fro...
Jan 19, 2023
Salem man pleads guilty to eight car burglaries
A 19-year-old Salem man has pleaded guilty to eight car burglaries on a single night in Salem last September. Branden Powell of South Franklin was placed on 30 months second chance probation, with dru...
Jan 19, 2023
Fire destroys vacant rural Salem home
A fire destroyed a vacant home in the Dolores Reed estate at 5000 England Road southeast of Salem late Wednesday night. Salem Firemen say they could see the fire from the south side of Salem when head...
Jan 19, 2023 Five area fire departments battle a fire that destroyed a fire on the England Road southeast of Salem late Wednesday night.
More land to be enrolled in cover crop program
More acres are now available for the Illinois Department of Agriculture's Cover Crop Program. 20,000 additional acres have been added to the fall Cover Crop Program. State Ag Director Jerry Costello s...
Jan 19, 2023
Tax filing season begins Monday
Tax filing season kicks off Monday. Spokesperson Maura Kownacki says the Illinois Department of Revenue will begin accepting State Tax Returns on January 23rd. "We encourage tax payers to try mytaxill...
Jan 19, 2023
Effingham Court Judge to rule Friday on TRO on new weapons law
The unsuccessful candidate for Illinois Attorney General who fought the Governor over COVID-19 restrictions is taking him on again over provisions of the new ban on semi-automatic weapons. Thomas DeVo...
Jan 18, 2023
