Odin High School is holding its 2024 Prom on Saturday night. The theme is Havana Nights! Everyone is invited to the Coronation at the Odin High School Gym at six pm. The dance will follow at 7 pm. Admission will be accepted at the coronation. The cost is $3 for adults, $2 for students (K-12), and free for those from birth to pre-kindergarten.

South Central High School Prom is Saturday night. Prom Coronation will take place at the high school gym in Farina at 5:30 Saturday evening. The public is welcome to attend the coronation.

A 57-year-old Centralia man was killed Friday morning in a UTV crash off the 29,000 block of Sycamore Road in extreme northeastern Washington County. Washington County Coroner Mark Styninger pronounced Anthony Watkins of the address where the crash occurred dead on the scene. Styninger says it appears Watkins was an unrestrained driver of the utility vehicle being used to attempt to corral a pony that had escaped its enclosure. Watkins was reportedly traveling at a high rate of speed when th...

Salem Fire Protection District Chief Jim Cerny says two occupants of a car that ran off Selmaville Road on the curves near Scout Road were airlifted from nearby the scene by medical helicopters. Initial information from Illinois State Police says the driver was northbound south of Joy Lane when the vehicle ran off the right side of the road. The car then struck a culvert and overturned. The driver as well as three passengers were injured. The names of those involved have not been release...

The Keep Salem Beautiful Citywide Cleanup is Saturday morning. KSB Coordinator Kelli Predium is encouraging everyone to come out. "We're going to meet at Shelter #2 which is by the stage. We'll start registering people at 8:30. Give them all of the supplies to go out to the clean up sites. We're going to clean up beginning a little after nine after a brief welcome. Everyone will then come back and convene at the shelter for a light lunch, probably a little after 11." Predium s...

There were 155 students from eight area schools that participated in the Ag in the Classroom Marion County Farm Safety Day. Ag in the Classroom Teacher Meggan Hiestand says students from South Central, Kell, Trinity Lutheran, Centralia Junior High, Iuka, Central City, Raccoon, and Patoka Schools broke into groups for the various activities "This year we have grain safety, water safety, fire safety, chemical safety...fit to be a farmer which is a relay race to teach kids that farmers wear...

Unemployment was down across South Central Illinois in March. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports a seven-tenths of a percent drop in unemployment since February to 4.9-percent. It's still three-tenths of a percent higher than last March. The figures translate into 816 on the unemployment roles, down 38 from February. The county's labor force increased 119 to 16,703. Unemployment fell seven-tenths of a percent in Washington County to 2.6-percent. Clinton County's unemp...

Central City Police arrested a 43-year-old homeless man on multiple counts following a Thursday night traffic stop. Joseph White was arrested for resisting/obstructing arrest, possession of methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. He was taken to the Marion County Jail. 31-year-old Zachery Moore of North Lincoln in Centralia was arrested by Centralia Police on a no bond felony warrant. He was also taken to the Marion County Jail.