Category Archives: Local News
One person injured in three vehicle crash on West Main Street in Salem
Salem Police say one person was injured in a three vehicle crash on West Main Street at South Franklin Street late Tuesday afternoon. Police report a pickup truck driven by a 17-year-old Sandoval male...
Mar 30, 2022 Crash on West Main at Franklin. Photo by Darren Dwyer.
Illinois State Police celebrate 100th Anniversary
The Illinois State Police is set to celebrate its 100th anniversary. The State Police began April 1, 1922 with a Director and eight highway patrolmen. The mission originally was to protect new roads f...
Mar 30, 2022 Illinois State Troopers at 100th Anniversary Celebration in Springfield.
Two Salem men sentenced for sex offender registration violations
Two Salem men have been sentenced in Marion County Court for failure to report a change of an address for a sex offender. 53-year-old Christopher Phillips of England Road was sentenced to 30 months pr...
Mar 30, 2022
Vandalia woman sentenced to two years in prison for possession of meth
A 28-year-old Vandalia woman has been sentenced in Marion County Court to two years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of less than five grams of methamphetamine. Joeitta Mansker of West Ed...
Mar 30, 2022
Two Salem juveniles refuse hospital treatment following rollover crash
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies report two 16-year-old male juveniles from Salem declined hospital treatment for apparent minor injuries following a rollover crash Tuesday night on Charleston Road no...
Mar 30, 2022
Central City home heavily damaged in late Tuesday afternoon fire
A fire of undetermined cause heavily damaged the Daniel Russell home at 1405 North Elm in Central City late Tuesday afternoon. Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera says no one was hom...
Mar 29, 2022 Centralia Fire Protection District Captain Doug Long opens an attic vent over the front porch in the third photo to vent the attic and check to make sure the fire hadn’t spread. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
SSM Health in Illinois to lift visitor restrictions due to COVID-19 decrease
SSM Health St Mary's Hospital in Centralia and Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon is lifting visitor restrictions as COVID-19 cases fall. Beginning Thursday, March 31, all SSM Health facilities in ...
Mar 29, 2022
Illinois prison guards' trial in fatal inmate beating opens
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A federal prosecutor says three Illinois state prison guards brutally beat a handcuffed 65-year-old inmate and conspired to cover it up. Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Bass o...
Mar 29, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
ACA 3rd Quarter Honor Roll
Apostolic Christian Academy held the 3rd Quarter Awards Day Ceremony this morning. Awards were given for Highest Grade Average, Most 100's, No Homework, Scripture Memorization, Honor Roll and various ...
Mar 29, 2022
Engineering for Centralia's new water plant to move forward
The Centralia City Council has given Curry and Associates Engineers the green light to complete engineering services for a new $25-million water treatment plant and water main extensions to and from t...
Mar 29, 2022
