Category Archives: Local News
13-year-old juvenile Centralia boy injured in four-wheeler crash
A 13-year-old Centralia male juvenile was injured in a four wheeler crash in the 1700 block of Zion Hill Road in rural Centralia Sunday afternoon. The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports the ju...
Oct 03, 2022
Alma man arrested following fight at Marion County Jail
A 37-year-old Alma man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for aggravated battery following a fight with another inmate in his jail cell. Gregory Bryan is accused of knocking the oth...
Oct 03, 2022
Centralia woman hurt when bike struck by car on South Elm
A 43-year-old Centralia woman was injured when her bike was struck by a car Sunday morning on South Elm Street near the entrance to Hickory Meadows subdivision. Kelly Shookman was taken to SSM Health ...
Oct 03, 2022
The Big Baldridge and Bonfire Music Festival draws 2,500 to Patoka
Downtown Patoka was transformed into an outdoor music festival on Saturday as Drew Baldridge returned to his hometown to provide a night of entertainment. Most of the crowd stuck around to the end of ...
Oct 02, 2022 A large crowd gathers in front of the stage for The Big Baldridge and Bonfire Music Festival set up in a two block long open field in downtown Patoka in October 2022. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Marion County Fair Officials pleased with crowd for 'Fall Brawl' Demolition Derby
Marion County Fair officials are pleased with the crowd that showed up for the first 'Fall Brawl' Demolition Derby held in nearly 20 years. In the Pro-Mod division, Trevor Jackson of McLeansboro won f...
Oct 02, 2022
See the list of winners and large photo gallery of Saturday's Little Egypt Festival
An afternoon of beautiful weather brought the crowds out for the 2022 Little Egypt Festival Parade in Salem. Parade-goers were treated to pleasant temperatures, as well as the chance to hear marching ...
Oct 01, 2022 Isaac Hull Chapter of the DAR Float notng the 80th Anniversar of Rosie the Riveter and 125th Annivesary of Star and Stripes Forever won Grand Marshal Frank Brinkerhoff's trophy.
Two arrested for shooting death of rural Dix man
Two Evansville, Indiana residents are in custody in the aftermath of a shooting death in rural Dix. Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputies say 46-year-old Cadias Jackson was shot multiple times near his ...
Oct 01, 2022
Bond set at $150,000 for Salem man charged with sex crimes
Bond has been set at $150,000 for a 31-year-old Salem man who was formally charged in Marion County Court on Friday with a Class X felony predatory criminal sexual assault of a child along with aggrav...
Oct 01, 2022
Abortion ruling intensifies fight over state supreme courts
Surrounded by states with abortion bans that took effect after Roe v. Wade fell, Illinois is one of the few places where the procedure remains legal in the Midwest. Abortion-rights supporters are worr...
Oct 01, 2022 Matt Hrkac / CC
Low water on the Mississippi River impacting barge traffic
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) - Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time - as crop harvests begin. Some Mississippi River com...
Oct 01, 2022 Chris M Morris / CC
