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Police Beat for Monday, July 1st, 2024
Centralia Police arrested 28-year-old Nikkita Campbell of South Locust Street in Centralia on Sunday for failure to appear on a Marion County misdemeanor case. She was taken to the Marion County Jail ...
Jul 01, 2024
Large crowds attend Gulliver's Travels performances at Salem Theatre
There were nearly full houses for the two performances of Gulliver's Travels by the Missoula Children's Theatre Camp on Saturday. More than 60 students spent the week auditioning, learning about theat...
Jul 01, 2024 Some of the cast of Gulliver's Travels during Saturday performance at the Salem Community Theatre. Photo by Henry Morton.
Unemployment jumps across South Central Illinois
Unemployment was up across South Central Illinois in May. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports 4.9-percent of the Marion County's workforce was on unemployment. That's up four-tenths...
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Commercial algaecide to be applied at Lake Centralia Tuesday
With continued warm air and water temperatures, the City of Centralia will once again be applying a commercial algaecide known as EarthTec at Lake Centralia on Tuesday to prevent growth of nuisance al...
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Trash pickup to be delayed by 4th of July holiday
Both Salem and Centralia city officials have announced there will be no garbage pickup on Thursday, July 4th. In Salem, Thursday trash and landscape waste pickup will both be on Friday. In Centralia, ...
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Olney Beats Salem In 10u District Finals, Next Stop....State Tournament In Paris
The Olney 10u White Squirrels won the District 1 Tournament in Mt Carmel on Saturday beating Salem 10-7. Olney advances to the State Tournament in Paris. For the Wildcats, Bo Martinez went 3-4 with a ...
Jul 01, 2024
12u Run At District Tournament Ends In "If Necessary" Game
The Salem 12u All Stars season came to an end in the If Necessary game of the District 1 Tournament at Lawrenceville. After beating Robinson 5-3 on Saturday to force the Sunday winner-take-all game, S...
Jul 01, 2024
10u Supersonics To Host Tryouts For 24-25 Season
The Centralia Supersonics 10u softball tryouts for the 24-25 season. They will run Sunday July 21st from 4-6pm at the Odin Softball Field. The Coaching Staff includes Josh Tellefsen, Derick Gaston, Da...
Jul 01, 2024
Salem 10u (Rushing) Lady Cats To Host Travel Tryouts
Tryouts for the Salem 10u Lady Cats (Rushing) will be July 6th at 9:30-11 and July 10th from 5-6:30 both times at Bob Jamison Field 1 at the Salem Little League Complex. Contact Jeff Rushing for more ...
Jul 01, 2024
Woolridge, Redenbo & Pappas Show Well At DuQuoin Swim Invite
Salem swimmers had great performances recently at the DuQuoin Invitational. Austin Woolridge and Branson Pappas put in work down south and came away with lower times and some hardware. Woolridge took ...
Jul 01, 2024
