Category Archives: Local News
Illinois' Medicaid Reimbursement going up for abortion services
Medicaid reimbursement reimbursement rates for abortion service providers are going up next month. Governor JB Pritzker says Illinois will remain a sanctuary for women to make their own reproductive c...
Aug 5, 2022 New Voices
NovaCare Rehabilitation opens facility in Centralia
NovaCare Rehabilitation now has a facility in Centralia. It's inside the Body Shoppe Facility at 1138 West McCord Street. The Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting this week to w...
Aug 5, 2022 Photo by: Pat Hodges.
State's new tax holiday on school supplies begins Friday
The state's tax holiday on school supplies begins Friday. For 10 straight days the state's sales tax will drop from 6.25% to 1.25%. Governor JB Pritzker says that should ease a little of the cost. "Wh...
Aug 5, 2022 Dan Keck
Four face new felony charges in Marion County Court
New felony charges have been filed against four people in Marion County Court. 56-year-old Robbie Dabney of Howard Street of Centralia was charged with criminal trespass to a residence to a home in th...
Aug 5, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Marion County Fair's new Junior Miss is Paisley Stanford
The Marion County Fair's new Junior Miss is Paisley Stanford of Salem. She was one of 20 vying to be the Marion County Fair's 2022 Junior Miss. "I was like 'oh my gosh'. It was only my first year and ...
Aug 4, 2022 Marion County's new Junior Miss Paisley Stanford receives her crown from outgoing queen Sarah Morris. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
One person killed, one airlifted from scene of car-semi crash on I-57 north of Dix
A Chicago area man is dead and a woman was injured in a car-semi crash on southbound I-57 about two miles north of Dix shortly after one Thursday afternoon. Jefferson County Coroner Roger Hayse says h...
Aug 4, 2022
Washington County Coroner releases names of those killed when hit by Amtrak train
Washington County Coroner Mark Styninger has released the names of the man and woman who were killed when being struck by an Amtrak Train just after midnight Wednesday morning. Both 28-year-old Curtis...
Aug 4, 2022 Richard Eriksson / CC
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese Partners with Gateway Foundation Offering Patients Substance Abuse, Treatment and Recovery Program
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese has launched a substance abuse, treatment and recovery program, provided in conjunction with Gateway Foundation. It will be available to patients in the emergency dep...
Aug 4, 2022 HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital in Breese.
Washington County included in Disaster Proclamation as a result of flooding last week
Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency have approved an Illinois Disaster Proclamation for the severe weather and flooding that hit both Washington and St. Clair County last...
Aug 4, 2022
Tyson Foods to expand Caseyville facility; add 250 jobs
Governor JB Pritzker joined Tyson Foods, Inc. in breaking ground Wednesday for a $180-million expansion of their Caseyville plant in the Metro-East. The expansion will result in 250 new jobs. The new ...
Aug 4, 2022 The Governor joins State Legislators and Tyson officials in the official groundbreaking for the Tyson Foods expansion in Caseyville in the Metro East
