MARION, Ill. (KBSI) – The owners of Anderson’s Family of Stores are partnering with Marion Unit 2 elementary schools and the Marion Ministerial Alliance to help families in need during the holiday season. Lowell and Michelle Anderson plan to provide Kroger gift cards to 100 families in the Marion Unit 2 School District to help cover the cost of Thanksgiving...

(Age 93, of Mt Olive, IL formerly of Marion, KY) Funeral service will be Friday, November 6th at 1pm at Maddux Fuqua Hinton Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Ancestral Haven Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Friday from 12noon till the service hour at Maddux Fuqua Hinton Funeral Home The post Anna Schmidt Glenn appeared first on WHOP Radio – Hopkinsville, KY.

MARION, Ill. (KBSI) – An inmate who escaped from a Tennessee prison remains at large after being spotted in Marion, Illinois, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. In an update Monday, Nov. 2, the TBI said there was no new information about the whereabouts of Jacob Allen Morley, who escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex on the night of...

MARION, Ill., (KBSI) – Oasis Sports has introduced its six-member leadership team responsible for overseeing sports facilities, programming and events as part of the Thrillville development in Marion. The team, led by Executive Director of Sports Ralph Santana, manages operations at Oasis Sports Complex, Integrity Dome and Mountain Dew Park. Santana, a former professional baseball player with the Southern Illinois...

COLUMBIA, Ky. (November 1, 2026) – Kentucky State Police Post 15 will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints in the Post 15 area, which includes Green, Taylor, Marion, Washington, Russell, Casey, Adair, Metcalfe, Monroe, Clinton, and Cumberland counties.   These checkpoints will be conducted as part of Post 15’s highway safety [...] The post Kentucky State Police Post 15 Traffic Safety Checkpoints: November 2026  appeared first on Campbellsville Radio – WCKQ, KCountry, Th

Rondell “Ron” Taylor Ford of Summerfield, FL, died on Monday, October 12, 2026, at Hospice of Marion County. Ron was born in Harvey, IL, t...

One person was transported to the hospital Thursday night following a collision with a deer on Cadiz Road in Christian County.  According to the Christian County Sheriff’s Department, a vehicle operated by 58-year-old Elizabeth Goldman of Marion was heading westbound near the five-mile-marker of Cadiz Road. That’s when a deer [...] The post One hurt in vehicle vs. deer collision on Cadiz Road appeared first on WHOP Radio – Hopkinsville, KY.

The Christian County Lady Tigers will play for the Region 2 Volleyball Tournament championship against Henderson County tonight after disposing of District 5 champion Crittenden County in straight sets Wednesday night in Cadiz.  Sammy Walker had 12 kills and Region 2 Player of the Year Madysen Taggart added eight kills [...] The post CCHS, Henderson meet tonight for Region 2 Volleyball title appeared first on WHOP Radio – Hopkinsville, KY.

MARION, Ill. (KBSI) — The Budweiser Clydesdales are scheduled to return to downtown Marion for the city’s annual Very Merry Marion Christmas parade for the first time since 2023. The parade will begin at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29. Participants will travel from Marion Junior High School east along Main Street, around Tower Square Plaza and continue to Washington Elementary...

MARION, Ill. (KBSI) — Authorities searched Marion on Tuesday, Oct. 27, after a truck stolen by an escaped Tennessee inmate serving a life sentence for murder was found behind a local business. According to the Marion Police Department, officers were notified by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation around 10 a.m. that a vehicle stolen by Jacob Allen Morley, 28, had...