Category Archives: Local News
Salem woman charged with two drug offenses involving Nitrous Oxide
A 50-year-old Salem woman has been charged in Marion County with two charges related to nitrous oxide. In the first charge, Sandra Bettger of Yards Road in Salem is accused of unlawful manufacture or ...
Oct 15, 2022
AT&T Illinois to pay $23M to settle corruption probe
CHICAGO (AP) - AT&T Illinois has agreed to pay a $23 million fine to resolve a federal probe into its illegal efforts to influence former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, who also faces new...
Oct 15, 2022
Saturday is move over day in Illinois
Move-over day is Saturday across the country and in Illinois. Illinois State Police are pleading with the public to obey the law. Illinois State Trooper Josh Korando says the law has been in effect fo...
Oct 15, 2022 Andrij Bulba / CC
COVID-19 cases remain low in South Central Illinois
The Marion County Health Department is reporting no new COVID-19 related deaths in their weekly report, but say six congregate care facilities remain in outbreak status. Meanwhile, the CDC tracker is ...
Oct 15, 2022
Low water disrupts industry along lower Mississippi River
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Plummeting water levels in the lower Mississippi River are projected to drop even further in the weeks ahead, a projection shows, dampening the region's economic activity and pot...
Oct 15, 2022 Low-water restrictions on the barge loads make for cautious navigation through the Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. The unusually low water level is evidenced by the exposed pier cap pile of the bridge. The low water has caused some barges to get stuck in the muddy river bottom, resulting in delays as reported by the U.S. Coast Guard. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Florida spent almost $1 million for two more migrant flights including one to Illinois
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida has paid nearly $1 million to arrange two sets of flights to transport about 100 migrants who entered the country illegally to Delaware and Illinois, according to docu...
Oct 15, 2022 Taymaz Valley / CC
North American Lighting officials push job opportunities
North American Lighting management made a pitch for more to consider a career in manufacturing when the Illinois Manufacturers Association 'Makers on the Move' bus made a stop outside the Salem NAL fa...
Oct 14, 2022 North American Lighting Salem Plant General Manager Jim Kerner talks during the 'Makers on the Move' stop in Salem.
Both driver's injured in crash on SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital parking lot
Both drivers were injured in a two vehicle crash trying to exit the SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital parking lot late Thursday morning. Centralia Police says 63-year-old James Brown of East Noleman in C...
Oct 14, 2022
Fairfield man found guilty of 2014 murder of his girlfriend
A 26-year-old Fairfield man has been found guilty of first-degree murder for the 2014 disappearance and killing of his then-15-year-old girlfriend Megan Nichols. The Wayne County Jury deliberated for ...
Oct 14, 2022 Brody Murbarger
Kell grade school student struck in front of school by Superintendent
A ten-year-old Kell Grade School student was airlifted to a St. Louis Hospital for treatment of injuries after he was accidentally struck by a vehicle driven by the school's superintendent. Superinten...
Oct 14, 2022
