Category Archives: Local News
Grand Marshal named for Centralia Halloween Parade
The Grand Marshal of the Centralia Halloween Parade will be Paralympic rugby player Chuck Melton of the Hoyleton area. Melton broke his neck in a 2002 diving accident. After several years in a state o...
Sep 26, 2025 Centralia Halloween Parade Committee with this year's grand marshal, Chuck Melton. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Kaskaskia College hosts 60th anniversary celebration for Illinois Community College system
Sixty years of the Illinois Community College system were celebrated at Kaskaskia College on Thursday by representatives of community colleges throughout Southern Illinois. ICCB Executive Director Dr....
Sep 26, 2025 Illinois Community College officials at the 60th anniversary celebration. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Centralia man charged with reckless homicide in connection with fatal Easter Day motorcycle crash
A 51-year-old Centralia motorcyclist has been charged with reckless homicide in connection with an Easter Day fatal crash on East McCord Street at Edgewood Lane on the east side of Centralia. Timothy ...
Sep 26, 2025 Timothy Ramsey
Marion County celebrates 40th Relay for Life Saturday night
The Marion County Relay for Life is Saturday night at the Marion County Fairgrounds. It's the 40th year for the local relay and the theme is 'Cheers to 40 Years'. The event will be held at the Marion ...
Sep 26, 2025
Fire causes minor damage to Centralia home
A window air conditioner overloaded a circuit at the Joe Altadonna home at 11 Park Lane in Centralia Thursday morning, setting the back of a couch on fire. Centralia City Firemen say the Altadonnas di...
Sep 26, 2025 Centralia City Fire Truck. File Photo.
Unemployment up slightly in Marion County in August
Unemployment is up three-tenths of a percent in Marion County from July to August. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports August unemployment is at 5.2-percent, up three-tenths of a pe...
Sep 26, 2025
Police Beat for Friday, September 26th, 2025
Two people were taken to the Marion County Jail on outstanding no bond failure to appear warrants on Thursday. 55-year-old Marjorie Woodward of Hoots Chapel Road in Salem was arrested by Marion County...
Sep 26, 2025
Durbin hopes to meet with ICE this week about Chicago-area raids
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois September 24, 2025 Article Summary U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said there is a "chance" Illinois' Democratic members of Congress get a long-requested meeting with imm...
Sep 25, 2025 File: U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin speaks to reporters following an event at the Illinois Air National Guard base in Springfield on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Judge rules feds can't block Illinois' disaster funding in response to immigration laws
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois September 25, 2025 Article Summary Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul won a court order barring the Trump administration from withholding federal emergency f...
Sep 25, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Illinois Department of Revenue Announces 2025 Tax Amnesty Program
The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) is encouraging individuals and businesses to take advantage of the 2025 Illinois Tax Amnesty Program, a unique opportunity to settle outstanding state tax lia...
Sep 25, 2025
