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State officials lift extra COVID-19 restrictions on Metro-East including Clinton, Washington and Bond Counties
Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health have announced the Metro East Region will return to Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois Plan at five Friday afternoon. While the rate of test...
Oct 09, 2020
Kinmundy disconnects from electric aggregation over high rates
The City of Kinmundy has pulled the plug on electric aggregation and is advising residents they can purchase electricity for less money directly from Ameren. City officials are not happy with Affordab...
Oct 09, 2020
Grocery Giveaway Saturday at Salem Grace Church
There will be a grocery giveaway on Saturday at the Salem Grace Church of the Nazarene. There will be 300 boxes containing milk, hot dogs, chicken taco meat, potatoes, onions, apples, celery, liquid e...
Oct 09, 2020
Fire burns abandoned home in northwest Jefferson County
A controlled burn got out of hand Thursday afternoon and spread to an abandoned home already being torn down in northwest Jefferson County. Centralia Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Ross Bosh...
Oct 09, 2020
Wildcats XC Competes At Tough Centralia Invite On Thursday
The Salem Wildcat Cross Country teams ran at a tough Centralia Invitational Thursday afternoon in Foundation Park. Leading the way for the girls was Jaedyn Goostree followed by Olivia Powless, Madison...
Oct 09, 2020
Annies Beat Salem In Girls Tennis
The Centralia Annies knocked off visiting Salem in prep girls tennis by a final score of 6-3. For Salem, Metcalf beat Sodsaikitch and Harness over Guy. Salem's doubles team of Banning/Foltz beat Kessl...
Oct 09, 2020
SC To Host North Clay Today For NTC 3rd Place Game
The South Central Cougars will host North Clay this afternoon to finish up the fall baseball season as they play for 3rd place in the NTC Tournament. SC fell to St Anthony in this week's semifinals wh...
Oct 09, 2020
Bobcats Cross Country Gets Final Tune Up Before Regionals
The Franklin Park Bobcats competed in their last regular season cross country meet of the year. In the varsity girls race, the Lady Bobcats fell to Olney 41-27. Aila Laird and Kendall Zimmermann led t...
Oct 09, 2020
Bobcats Prepare For Saturday's State Semifinal
The SIJHSAA state baseball and softball tournaments continue tomorrow with semifinals contests. The Class L tournaments will be at Centralia while the Class M and S Tournaments are to be held in Pinck...
Oct 09, 2020
Late FG lifts Bears over Bucs
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Bears are 4-1 after defeating Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Cairo Santos kicked a 38-yard field with 1:17 left as the Bears beat Brady for the first time in six tr...
Oct 09, 2020
