A 37-year-old Centralia man is being held in the Marion County Jail for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. John Lundgreen of Bicknell Street was arrested early Saturday morning by State Police. 41-year-old William Snell Junior of Wheatland, Wyoming was being held Saturday for driving under the influence of drugs. He was arrested…… Read More »
Health officials from around the nation are in Chicago following up on the second case of coronavirus in the United States. The 61-year-old woman who is currently hospitalized traveled back home to Chicago from Wuhan China after caring for her sick father. The Illinois Department of Public Health is one of the agencies working on…… Read More »
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — With a gleaming new museum to Abraham Lincoln open, organizers seeking to populate it with relics of the late president paid $6.5 million for the most symbolic, one of Lincoln’s stovepipe hats. But a dozen years later, there’s still no concrete evidence the hat ever belonged to the Great Emancipator. It…… Read More »
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities in Chicago have learned a traveler’s unwanted marijuana is someone else’s illegally obtained treasure. Chicago police say weed was stolen this week from a box placed at Midway International Airport for travelers who dispose of their marijuana before they board a plane. The “marijuana amnesty boxes” were placed at Midway and…… Read More »
DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in central Illinois say they have arrested three teenagers in the slayings of three people in their 60s whose bodies were found this week inside a residence in the community of Danville. Eighteen-year-old Cloanger T.M. Robinson Jr. and a 16-year-old boy whose name hasn’t been released have been charged with…… Read More »
The Salem Wildcats will play for the consolation championship of the Salem Invitational Tournament after being Highland 64 to 34 Saturday afternoon. Salem will play Mt. Vernon who won the other consolation semi-final. Salem jumped to a 20-12 first-quarter lead and never looked back. The Wildcats led 38 to 23 at half-time and 52-31 at…
The finals are set for the 69th Salem Invitational Tournament after East St Louis and Effingham punched their tickets to the finals in Friday night’s semifinals. Effingham and TTown combined to make 24 three pointers but the Hearts pulled away with a 71-55 win. They will get East St Louis in the 8:30 championship after…
Ayo Dosunmu hit a contested jumper from the free-throw line with 0.5 seconds remaining to give No. 21 Illinois a 64-62 victory over Michigan. The Illini moved into sole possession of the first place in the Big Ten for the moment, and they extended their winning streak to six with a hard-fought victory over the…
