An 18-year-old Salem man has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in connection with what was originally called a home invasion and armed robbery at a Sandoval residence. James Planitz of Circle Drive was placed on three years probation and ordered to undergo alcohol and drug evaluation and…… Read more »
A 30-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced in Marion County Court to three years in prison for unlawful possession of another person’s debit card. Marcus Hicks of East 3rd was arrested on the charge in August 2018. Once he is out of prison, Hicks was ordered to serve one year on parole. The sentence will…… Read more »
Ellis “Sonny” Goostree, age 88 of Salem, passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at Twin Willows Nursing Center in Salem. Funeral arrangements are pending at Crouse Funeral Home in Salem.… Read more »
A 42-year-old Kinmundy man has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to a burglary charge for entering a vehicle during a 2018 Christmas Eve Service at the Kinmundy Christian Church. Randal Armstrong of Armstrong Road was placed on two years probation, ordered to undergo alcohol, drug, and mental health evaluation and treatment with no usage…… Read more »
A 37-year-old Centralia woman has been charged with a probation violation. Sarina Clark of East 3rd was arrested by Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies on Tuesday at the probation office and taken to the Marion County Jail. 30-year-old Jaime Clark of North Elm in Centralia was arrested by Centralia Police on a warrant for failure to…… Read more »
The Marion County Soil & Water Conservation District is now accepting orders for their spring 2019 tree seedling and fish sales. The District is offering seven tree species. All tree seedlings have been selected because they are adapted to the climate of Marion County. Evergreen trees available are White Pine, Norway Spruce and White Spruce.…… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House approved a ban Wednesday on some Chicago suburbs’ red-light enforcement cameras, an unpopular program with motorists which is now part of a federal bribery investigation. Rep. David McSweeney’s plan to ban red-light cameras in non-home rule cities where the Legislature has more power was OK’d 84-4. Senate Transportation…… Read more »
CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and more than 80 other top Illinois Democrats are endorsing Joe Biden for president. Biden’s campaign announced the endorsements on Wednesday. Biden is hoping to notch his first Democratic primary victory in South Carolina on Saturday and take that momentum into next week’s Super Tuesday contests and beyond.…… Read more »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the House has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law. The bill, introduced by Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush and named after Till, comes 120 years after Congress first considered anti-lynching legislation. The House approved the measure, 410-4, on…… Read more »
CHICAGO (AP) — A program that honors women veterans and their service wants to send those in Illinois to Washington, D.C., where they will tour war monuments for a day and be celebrated for their service upon their return home. Operation HerStory is seeking 100 women that served during WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam…… Read more »