Category Archives: Local News

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, with assistance from Mt. Vernon Police, is investigating an early Thursday night shooting in rural Dix. Police responded to a report of a man shot at Rolling...

By DEE-ANN DURBIN and TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press Writers ATLANTA, IL (AP) - This Thanksgiving, your pumpkin pie might have a lower carbon footprint. On the central Illinois farms that supply mos...

A car traveling southbound on I-57 was destroyed by fire Thursday morning. Salem Fire Protection District Fire Marshal Bill Fulton says Sharon Wright of Chicago was headed to a family reunion with ano...

Centralia Firemen were called to a furnace fire at the Theresa Chittenden home in the 1400 block of Holly Street Wednesday night. Flames were reportedly showing in the wiring. The occupants threw wate...

Centralia Police arrested 30-year-old Lacie Linder of Choteau Avenue in Odin for criminal damage to property and criminal trespass to land. She was taken to the Marion County Jail. 20-year-old Alexis ...

Behrmann Meat and Processing Inc., an Albers, Ill. establishment, is recalling approximately 87,382 pounds of various ready-to-eat (RTE) meat products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogen...

Salem Police have arrested a 31-year-old Salem man for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. Jerry Summers of South Franklin is accused of committing an act of sexual conduct with an eight-yea...

Sandoval Elementary School celebrated the Blackhawk Students of the Month for September. The students were chosen because of their outstanding display of RESPECT for rules, self, others, school and co...

'Very, very impressive' is how Salem Township Hospital's auditor described the hospital's financial performance during the fiscal year ending March 30th. David Goodman of WipFly says the hospital fini...

Thursday is the first day for early voting at courthouses around the area. Marion County Clerk Steve Fox says they are ready. "Early voting starts 40 days before the election and so does sending out t...