COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois State Police trooper was seriously injured when a semi-trailer struck him and his squad car while he was responding to a multi-vehicle accident. State police say the trooper was hit while on foot, outside of his marked vehicle about 11 p.m. Wednesday along Interstate 55 in St. Clair County.…… Read More »
CHICAGO (AP) — A second lawsuit has been filed against the Illinois State Police for issuing a firearm license to the convicted felon who killed five people and wounded several police officers when he opened fire at a suburban Chicago warehouse last month. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday by the family of Vincent Juarez, who…… Read More »
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The unemployment rate in Illinois was 4.3 percent in February. Illinois Department of Employment Security officials announced Thursday that the rate has remained unchanged since November. Nonfarm payrolls decreased by 12,600 jobs over the month based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. January’s jobs gain was…… Read More »
BENTON, Ill. (AP) — An 82-year-old Southern Illinois man who says he was desperate when he robbed an Illinois bank has been sentenced to 10 weekends in jail. Federal Judge Phil Gilbert told Arthur Bays that he’s never seen a criminal as old as him. He says he struggled with a sentence Thursday. Bays had…… Read More »
A crowd of several hundred waited in a long line to be one of the first in the new Gordman’s store in the Fairview Shopping in Centralia late Wednesday afternoon. After the ribbon was cut, Gordman’s presented a $1,000 check to Centralia High School Principal Reid Shipley who said the money would go to student…… Read More »
The Salem Wildcats return to action this afternoon with a bit of a schedule change. Their game originally scheduled to be played at Centralia has been moved to Salem High School starting at 4:30. Salem enters at 0-3 after falling to Benton on Tuesday afternoon 8-1. The Cats could only muster 2 hits in the…
