Category Archives: Local News
Bond set at $100,000 for Centralia man charged with armed violence
Bond was set at $100,000 in Marion County Court on Friday for a 51-year-old Centralia man who was formally charged with a Class X offense of armed violence and three other felonies in the aftermath of...
Oct 08, 2022
Three face new charges in Marion County Court
A 23-year-old Centralia man has been charged in Marion County Court with felony theft for allegedly having possession of bicycles belonging to One Hope United valued at more than $500. Michael Foutch ...
Oct 08, 2022 Marion County Courthouse
Police Beat for Saturday, October 8th, 2022
Salem Police arrested a 21-year-old Salem man Friday night on two counts of domestic battery. Michael Farrar of South Washington was taken into custody at his home and taken to the Marion County Jail....
Oct 08, 2022
Another man arrested after slaying of 1 cop, wounding of 2nd
BRADLEY, Ill. (AP) - Another person has been arrested in connection with the killing of one police officer and the wounding of a second at a northern Illinois hotel in late December, Illinois State Po...
Oct 08, 2022 Darius Sullivan and Xandria Harris (State Police)
Man faces assault charges in Chicago police station shooting
CHICAGO (AP) - A man accused of walking into a Chicago police station and pointing a gun at officers, leading police to shoot and wound him, appeared in court on Friday on assault charges, where a jud...
Oct 08, 2022
Centralia Celebrates Manufacturing Month
The Centralia Chamber of Commerce, the City of Centralia, and Kaskaskia College combined efforts Thursday night to celebrate Manufacturing Month and to emphasize the need for more workers in the heavy...
Oct 07, 2022 One of several robots used for training students at the Kaskaskia College Crisp Center. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Kaskaskia College honors two industries with Business and Industry Partnership Awards
Kaskaskia College has honored two industries with Business and Industry Partnership Awards for their work with the college on training programs. Auto part manufacturer Groupo Antolin of Nashville won ...
Oct 07, 2022 Kaskaskia Dean of Work Force Engagement and Industrial Services Joy Fitts (left) presents Grupo Antolin Energmineer Manager the 2022 KC Business and Industry Award.
Pritzker, Bailey accuse each other of lies in debate
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his Republican challenger Darren Bailey used an hourlong debate Thursday finding different ways to call each other "liar" with Election Day fewer than f...
Oct 07, 2022 State Sen. Darren Bailey, right, the Republican candidate for Illinois governor, and incumbent Illinois Gob. JB Pritzker debate during the Illinois Governor's Debate on the stage in Braden Auditorium at the campus of Illinois State University in Normal, Ill., Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 (Ron Johnson/Illinois State University via AP, Pool)
Tyson Foods consolidates corporate offices, leaves Chicago
Tyson Foods will relocate around 1,000 corporate positions from the Chicago area as well as South Dakota to its headquarters in Springdale, Arkansas. One of the world's largest meat producers said Wed...
Oct 07, 2022 edkohler / CC
Spokane, Washington man banned from Marion County as part of public indecency sentence
A 47-year-old Spokane, Washington man has been ordered not to come back to Marion County as part of his plea on a public indecency charge. Christopher Barker admitted to exposing himself in the campgr...
Oct 07, 2022 Marion County Courthouse
