Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Saturday, October 15th, 2022
An 18-year-old Salem man was taken to the Marion County Jail after being arrested for aggravated battery in a public place and mob action. Carder Owens of North Broadway was allegedly involved in an i...
Oct 15, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Two crashes reported in work zone on I-57 Friday night
No serious injuries were reported in two wrecks that occurred within three minutes of each other on southbound I-57 in the construction zone at mile marker 109 near the Route 161 interchange. Kell Fir...
Oct 15, 2022
Eight fire departments battle 50 acre fire southwest of Mt. Vernon
Eight fire departments battled a fire that burned about 50 acres of soybean field stubble in a field fire in the 9000 block of East Bakerville Road southwest of Mt. Vernon Friday afternoon. Jefferson ...
Oct 15, 2022 file photo
Kell Firemen say firewood fire sends flames 15 to feet in air Friday night
Kell Fire Chief Lonnie McDaneld says a brush fire was blown out of control into a large pile of firewood Friday night. The blaze on the Jason Howard property at 199 Myers Road was stopped before it co...
Oct 15, 2022
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
