Category Archives: Local News

ZION, Ill. (AP) - Police say a northern Illinois police officer fatally shot a man after he fired shots at officers investigating an attempted home break-in. Zion police said officers responded Thursd...

The 46th Annual Cedarhurst Art and Craft Fair is this weekend. Marketing Director Sarah Sledge says the craft fair will open from 4:30 to 9:30 Friday night and ten to five on Saturday and Sunday. "We ...

Centralia Police have arrested 37-year-old Blake Benden of Hester Street in Centralia for aggravated domestic battery. He was taken to the Marion County Jail. A 61-year-old Centralia man, Harold Rudde...

Centralia Police Lieutenant Steve Whritenour says three schools in Centralia went on lockdown Thursday following two separate incidents that ended up being unfounded. Centralia Junior High and BCMW He...

The state is relaunching the "Opening Doors" homebuyer program. The program sets up eligible homebuyers with a 30-year, fixed interest rate mortgage and a $6,000 down payment. That down payment doesn'...

St. Mary's Church in Centralia will hold AutumnFest on Saturday. After a 'Never Forget' Memorial 5K run in the morning, evening activities begin at four with the Knights of Columbus Blue Mass. During ...

The 33rd Annual Salem Super Cruise car show is set for Saturday behind the Salem Super Eight Motel off North Hotze Road. Organizer Ken Carpenter is hopeful of having more than 100 vehicles this year i...

The Salem Chapter Sleep in Heavenly Peace will join Bunks Across America on Saturday with a bed build at their new location in the old Save-a-Lot building at 406 West Main Street. President Kevin Rake...

A 46-year-old Alma man has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in federal prison on drug and weapons charges. John Doyle of the 4500 block of Kinoka Road admitted to three counts of distribution of a co...

A 30-year-old Carlyle man has pleaded guilty in Clinton County Court to two Class X felony counts of predatory criminal sexual assault. As part of the plea agreement, two other charges of aggravated c...