Category Archives: Local News
Winter Storm warning for South Central Illinois goes into effect at 6 Wednesday morning
A winter storm warning goes into effect at six Wednesday morning for South Central Illinois. The weather service says heavy mixed precipitation is expected. Total snow accumulation of four to seven in...
Feb 01, 2022
Former Centralia and Salem man receives five-year prison term on federal drug conviction
A former Centralia and Salem man has been sentenced to five years in prison after earlier entering a plea agreement to a one-count indictment of maintaining a drug-involved premise within 1,000 feet o...
Jan 31, 2022 John Fodero II
Fire destroys track hoe in rural Texico
Fire destroyed a track hoe owned by Morton and Sons Farm late Monday morning near the intersection of the Kell and Buchannon Roads in rural Texico. The track hoe was a half-mile off the road when it c...
Jan 31, 2022
Lawsuit accuses Illinois based COVID-19 testing company of faking results
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a lawsuit against an Illinois-based COVID-19 testing company, accusing it of improperly handling tests and providing fake...
Jan 31, 2022
Winter Storm Watch goes into effect at six Tuesday night
Here is the current forecast for the winter storm. Tuesday A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. South wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Tue...
Jan 31, 2022
Pritzker's budget includes $1-billion in sales, property tax relief
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois governor plans to tackle inflation by sparing consumers nearly $1 billion in taxes in the coming year, including freezing taxes on groceries and gasoline and offe...
Jan 31, 2022
Fire destroys barn northeast of Mt. Vernon
Fire has destroyed a 40 by 60 foot barn on the Jerome Tobin property on North Morrison Lane northeast of Mt. Vernon. Tobin's wife was home at the time and spotted the fire after the barn was already f...
Jan 31, 2022
Rural Centralia man receives head injury in tree cutting accident
A rural Centralia man received apparent head injuries when a tree he was cutting down for firewood on a neighbor's property fell on him. Salem Fire Department Fire Marshal Bill Fulton says the departm...
Jan 31, 2022 Bryan Alexander / CC
Illinois taxpayers reminded about Earned Income Tax Credit
The Illinois Department of Revenue is reminding eligible taxpayers to make sure they claim the Earned Income Tax Credit when they file their returns this year. The Earned Income Tax Credit can mean si...
Jan 31, 2022
Police Beat for Monday, January 31st, 2022
Wamac Police arrested a 27-year-old Centralia man for failure to appear in court on an unlawful restraint charge that earlier sent him to prison. Luke DeClue of East 11th Street was taken to the Mario...
Jan 31, 2022
