The Marion County Sheriff’s Department has made an arrest in connection with shots fired at the Bethel Baptist Church on Bethel Road in rural Odin. 53-year-old Joseph Busscher who lives next to the church is being held in the Marion County Jail for reckless discharge of a firearm and felony criminal damage to property. Sheriff’s…… Read more »
The Iuka Fire Department reports an out of area man believed to be from the St. Louis area was severely burned on Thursday when apparently trying to start a brush fire. The incident occurred at a lodge located on Dago Hill Road in the far southeast corner of Marion County. Iuka Fire and Rescue and…… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois saw a more than $1.1 billion drop in revenues in the fiscal year that ended last month due to the coronavirus’s impact on the state’s economy, according to state officials. The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability found that the state ended the 2020 fiscal year with a $1.135 billion…… Read more »
The Clay County Health Department is investigating three positive COVID-19 cases reported on Saturday. A female in her 30s and two children under ten were in contact with a COVID-19 positive case before being tested. All are reported to be doing well and are in isolation at home. The Fayette County Health Department is reporting…… Read more »
Bond has been set at $10,000 for a 42-year-old Centralia man who has been charged with robbery of another man on a Centralia street. Charles Anderson of South Maple is accused of approaching another person walking down the 800 block of North Poplar Street on April 22nd. After the man replied that he didn’t have…… Read more »
Centralia Police have arrested two people and are looking for a third in connection with a robbery of a 21-year-old Centralia man on the Lincoln Liquors parking lot late Thursday night. 18-year-old Joshua Hanrahan and 18-year-old Darrion Walker of One Hope United were taken into custody a few blocks from the scene. A 17-year-old juvenile…… Read more »
A 57-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to two years in prison after his probation was revoked on a felony domestic battery conviction. Robert Dabney Senior of Maple Street was originally placed on two years probation when pleading guilty to the original charge in June 2017. He admitted to a petition to revoke his probation…… Read more »
A 34-year-old Wamac man has been arrested by Wamac Police for aggravated domestic battery and criminal damage to property. Brandon Reynolds of Gilmore Street was taken to the Marion County Jail where he remained on Saturday. 20-year-old Matthew Whiting of West Warmouth in Salem was arrested by sheriff’s deputies on an outstanding Marion County felony…… Read more »
Centralia Police are seeking a man who stole a Dilly Bar from a freezer at Dairy Queen and money from a cash register at the nearby Farm Fresh Store on South Poplar Street. Police report when found the suspect will face charges of felony retail theft and burglary. The charge for taking the Dilly Bar…… Read more »
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Aspiring string musicians in Illinois can sign up for a virtual camp offered by the Illinois State University String Project this month. The virtual camp is open to students of the violin, viola, cello, and bass who are entering grades four through eight. Students must have at least one year of…… Read more »