Marshall County News

Hundreds of residents from Peoria and Marshall County lined up for an H1N1 Clinic underway in Chillicothe Monday evening.

By the dozens, doses of the H-1-N-1 vaccine went out local residents this weekend.

Nicole L. Timm, 19, 420 W. Washington St., and a 15-year-old girl were cited in connection with a retail theft Thursday at Wal-Mart, 4041 Veterans Drive.

The H1N1 vaccine is in high demand. Health departments in Central Illinois and around the country are waiting to get the vaccine... but there's a shortage.

But for other health departments there's still a shortage of the vaccine. Peoria and Marshall County still have not received the vaccine.

An update on a story we first told you about yesterday regarding changes to Caterpillar's prescription drug policy.

A Bloomington woman was hit and killed by a train Monday near Wenona. A railroad surveyor found Emily K. Valluri dead shortly before noon near the tracks about two miles south of Wenona along the line between La Salle and Marshall counties.

A Bloomington woman was killed when she stepped in front of train while crossing railroad tracks in Marshall County after her sport utility vehicle got stuck in a nearby field.

Wenona City Administrator and Economic Development Coordinator William Simmons is charged with trying to use his position to fix a traffic ticket.

Wenona City Administrator and Economic Development Coordinator William Simmons is charged with trying to use his position to fix a traffic ticket.

Some Sparland residents are fighting to keep a cell phone tower out of their backyards.

The victim of an April-shooting lived on through family and friends all over Central Illinois today, as her alleged killer awaits trial.

A former Streator teenager apparently killed himself last week in Lacon. Marshall County Coroner Dave Lenz Jr.

Travis R. Kruger, 18, 823 Johnson St., was arrested Tuesday in the 1700 block of North Bloomington Street on a warrant for driving license suspended.

Just a few minutes ago...a nearly day long search ended in Marshall County. An inmate escaped from the jail Saturday night but was found just before 5:30 this evening after receiving a tip that he was hiding in a garage just north of he jail.

Marshall County is in "a very good position" to weather difficult financial times that are having an impact on government at all levels, an auditor told the County Board on Thursday morning.

Below are the explanations of the various indexes in the Statistical Composite of the Peoria Economy chart.

A paroled murderer has lost his bid to have a new felony charge here in Stark County heard by someone other than the presiding judge who had once been his defense attorney.

In Marshall Count, a judge has denied bond for accused killer Tony Smith. Smith is accused of shot-gunning his estranged girlfriend, Judith Berchtold earlier this month.

Marshall County Sheriff Rob Russell wheels accused murderer Tony Smith back to jail after a court appearance Monday morning.