Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Mayor answers Youth Center Executive Director's criticism
Centralia Mayor Bryan Kuder has responded to comments made by the Executive Director of the Centralia Community Youth Center Herb Williams about dropping the summer youth employment program that allow...
May 10, 2022 Centralia Mayor Bryan Kuder
Salem Community High School Seniors honored at Senior Night
The 2022 graduating class of Salem Community High School earned $750,894 in scholarships to continue their education. The scholarships and a number of other special awards were handed out during Senio...
May 10, 2022 Salem High Assistant Principal Clint Wolfe (left), Principal John Boles (at podium) and Superintendent Dr. Brad Detering (sitting) conduct the Senior Awards program as facutly observe on left and seniors on right.
City gets one responsive bid for Hoffman Hart building
The Centralia City Council received one minimum bid for the city owned Hoffman Hart building at 122 East Broadway at Monday's City Council meeting. The $60,000 bid was submitted by Repurpose LLC. City...
May 10, 2022 Hoffman Hart building. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Longest-serving jurist Garman retires from state high court
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The longest-serving jurist in Illinois is stepping down. Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman announced Monday that she will retire, effective July 7. A judge for 48 years, Garma...
May 10, 2022 Illinois Supreme Court.
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Chicago providing $500K to expand access to abortion
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago is providing $500,000 to increase access to abortion, particularly for poor people and people of color. Monday's announcement by Mayor Lori Lightfoot came after a leaked draft o...
May 10, 2022
SCHS Post Prom returns after two year absence
The Salem Community High School Post Prom returned after a two-year absence following Prom early Saturday morning. Co-Chair Tabitha Meador says the community was very generous in their support, with $...
May 10, 2022 2022 Post Prom participants try out the hula hoops.
SCHS Class of 2022 Gallery
May 09, 2022
Spero Family Services gets $864,000 to continue Youth Building Program for Jefferson and Marion County
The US Department of Labor has awarded Spero Family Services of Mt. Vernon an $864,000 grant to continue the Youth Build Program in Jefferson and Marion Counties. Program Manager Cheryl Young says the...
May 09, 2022 Youth Build Facebook Photo.
All South Central Illinois Counties remain at low level for COVID-19
All counties in South Central Illinois remain at the low level for COVID-19 for the past week, but 14 counties in parts of Central and Northern Illinois now have a medium community level. Statewide, t...
May 09, 2022
SCHS graduates participate in "Senior Sunset" Sunday night
The first ever senior sunset was held for the Salem Community High School Class of 2022 Sunday night. The event was planned so seniors could spend the evening before their last day of school together....
May 09, 2022
