Category Archives: Local News
Attorney General not pleased with last-minute efforts to block parts of SAFE-T Act
Attorney General Kwame Raoul is expressing his frustration with the last-minute effort of some States Attorneys around the state to block the start of the SAFE-T acts cashless bail system. Raoul calls...
Dec 31, 2022 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Marion County Resident Circuit Court Judge discusses what will change with cashless bond
Marion County Resident Circuit Court Judge Mark Stedelin has explained how the arrest process will change with the implementation of the SAFE-T act if it goes into effect as scheduled on January first...
Dec 31, 2022 Marion County Courthouse with old flag poles that have now been removed due to structural problems.
Water conservation lifted for Centralia and satellite water customers
The City of Centralia has lifted the water conservation request for Centralia and satellite water customers. The city announced Saturday morning that due to the repairs that have been made and the dec...
Dec 31, 2022
Marion County Board Building Committee reviews remaining improvement projects
Some Marion County officials and board members are expressing concern over the 2.7 to 3.7-million dollar price quoted by its construction management company Ameresco to complete further projects for t...
Dec 31, 2022 Ameresco Director Gene Mackey outlines the cost of additional building projects to the Marion County Board's building committee.
Police Beat for Friday, December 30th, 2022
A 34-year-old Centralia man has been arrested for alleged possession of a controlled substance and criminal damage to property. Brock Linder of South Elm was taken into custody by Centralia Police and...
Dec 30, 2022
Critics expect chaos under Illinois bail ban despite ruling
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Critics are worried that the elimination of cash bail in Illinois starting Sunday will create chaos after a judge ruled the ban on such un...
Dec 30, 2022 Gary Todd
Rural Kell home damaged by Thursday afternoon fire
The Kell Fire Department with mutual aid assistance from multiple other fire departments fought a fire Thursday afternoon in a home at 4873 Kell Road just west of Kell. No one was at home at the resid...
Dec 30, 2022
Breese man killed in St. Clair County crash
A 60-year-old Breese man has died in a two-vehicle crash on US 50 between O'Fallon and Lebanon Thursday morning. The victim, Keith Van Ness of North 11th Street, was pronounced dead on the scene by th...
Dec 29, 2022
Three injured in I-57 crash at Jefferson-Franklin County Line
State Police say three people were injured in a crash on I-57 at the Jefferson-Franklin County line where a car crossed the median and broadsided an oncoming vehicle. Preliminary investigation indicat...
Dec 29, 2022
Car destroyed by fire at Applebee's Restaurant
A car owned by a Texico woman was heavily damaged by fire late Thursday morning when it caught fire outside the Applebee's Restaurant. Salem Fire Protection District officials say the car owned by Meg...
Dec 29, 2022
