Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Police Chief releases crime stats for 2022
Centralia Police Chief Christopher Locke has released information on calls for service and crime stats for 2022. Locke hopes by sharing the information they are taking a positive step toward improving...
Jan 10, 2023 Centralia Police Chief Christopher Locke
Pole barn damaged by fire in rural Salem Tuesday morning
Fire caused damage to a lean-to attached to a pole barn on the Bobby Donoho property at 4187 Tonti Road north of Salem Tuesday morning. The fire started in a chicken roost where a heat lamp appears to...
Jan 10, 2023
Salem Community High School Honor Roll
High Honors: STUDENT NAME GRADE Alli, Gracy S. 12 Anderson, Mykah M. 12 Arnold, Iris L. 12 Bailey, Seth A. 12 Baldridge, Ashton L. 12 Bandy, Alek H. 12 Bandy, Logan M. 12 Beal, Caden J. 12 Berry, Jayd...
Jan 10, 2023
Murray Developmental Center has new Center Director
The Murray Developmental Center has a new Center Director, but he's a familiar face to many. Jeffrey 'Jeff' Wehking will begin the position on February first. The announcement is being made by the Ill...
Jan 10, 2023
Deal reached to ban future assault weapons in Illinois
A deal has been reached on legislation banning assault weapons. The bill passed the Senate on a 34-20 vote. It bans the manufacture and sale of certain firearms, rapid fire devices and 50 caliber rifl...
Jan 10, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
Police Beat for Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
A 26-year-old Sandoval woman has turned herself in on a felony failure to appear warrant in a pending burglary and theft case. Mallory Seals of East Scott is being held in lieu of $50,000 bond. 36-yea...
Jan 10, 2023
Centralia to have two new canines
Centralia Police Chief Christopher Locke has announced the city's one recently retired canine unit will be replaced by two canine officers. The announcement came at Monday night's city council meeting...
Jan 10, 2023 Centralia Police Chief Christopher Locke addresses Centralia City Council.
Centralia Police investigates gunshots fired at man in 500 block of South Elm
The Centralia Police Department is investigating shots fired from a car at a man in an alley off the 500 block of South Elm Street Sunday night. The two men initially exchanged words after the driver ...
Jan 09, 2023
Multibillionaire Pritzker takes 2nd oath as Illinois governor
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - J.B. Pritzker, the multibillionaire whose actions over the past year suggest he may be eyeing a run for president, was sworn in Monday as ...
Jan 09, 2023 Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, right, takes the office from Mary Jane Theis, Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice as his wife M.K. Pritzker, son Don, daughter Teddi watch during ceremonies Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Marion County Sheriff's Department investigates burglary and criminal damage at cemetery
The Marion County Sheriff's Department was called to a residential burglary at a Junction City home late Sunday morning. Entry is believed to have been made to the home through a window. A padlocked b...
Jan 09, 2023
