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Truck driver escapes injury when cab overturns following freak crash
Illinois State Police say a truck driver escaped injury when the cab of his truck was struck by a wheel that separated from an unknown truck. The incident occurred on the northbound lanes of I-57 just...
Oct 23, 2020
2020 10/28 - Margie Ann Michael
Margie Ann Michael, 90, of Centralia, passed away peacefully, Thursday, October 22, 2020. Margie graduated from Mt.Vernon Township High School in 1948. She did office work in Mt. Vernon during the ear...
Oct 23, 2020
2020 10/26 - Brenda Lee Ritchie
Brenda Lee Ritchie, age 63 of Salem, passed away at her home on Thursday, October 22, 2020. Brenda worked as a CNA for many years. She later worked for Kroger in Paducah for seven years before retirin...
Oct 23, 2020
2020 10/25 - Dorothy Lynch
Dorothy Lynch, 92, of Nason, Illinois, passed away at 10:30 am October 22, 2020 at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon, Illinois. Dorothy enjoyed watching Saint Louis Cardinals baseball...
Oct 23, 2020
2020 10/28 - Lucretia I. Hurley
Lucretia I. Hurley, 88, of Odin passed away Thursday, October 22, 2020 at Odin Health Care Center. Lucretia had great organizational skills that she was able to utilize during her time of being employ...
Oct 23, 2020
2020 10/23 - Linda Kaye Thompson
Linda Kaye Thompson, 78, of Kinmundy, passed away at 11:30 PM, Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at the Flora Gardens Care Center in Flora. Linda was a co-owner of Don's Meat Processing of Kinmundy for 32 yea...
Oct 23, 2020
As State sets new record for daily number of new COVID-19 cases Governor promises crackdown on violators
As the state set a new daily record high for new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, Governor JB Pritzker says the stricter COVID-19 mitigations placed on some regions of the state including southern Illinois...
Oct 23, 2020
Centralia High School adding more career-oriented classes
Centralia High School students will have more career-related classes available to them in the future. Superintendent Chuck Lane discussed the additions to the curriculum at Thursday night’s scho...
Oct 23, 2020
Egyptian Illini All Conference Baseball Team Announced
The Egyptian-Illini Conference released their All-League Baseball Team. Brownstown/St Elmo's Jace McWhorter was voted league MVP. He was joined on the team by teammates Dalton Myers and David Stine. A...
Oct 23, 2020
SIJHSAA State XC Meet Today In DuQuoin, Watch It Via Live Stream
Today is the SIJHSAA State Cross Country meets for Class L and S that will be held at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds without spectators. The Class S meet will get underway first and the finals have bee...
Oct 23, 2020
