Category Archives: Local News
Crossroads Community Hospital in Mt. Vernon Achieves Five-Star Rating from CMS
Crossroads Community Hospital in Mt. Vernon has received a Five-Star overall hospital quality rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That is the highest possible rating a hospital...
Aug 2, 2022 Crossroads Community Hospital
Police Beat for Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022
A 20-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for domestic battery. Jacob Little of Broadway was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a decision on charges. Two others remain i...
Aug 2, 2022
NYC, Illinois and three other states settle with Postal Service over cigarettes
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. Postal Service has announced it will destroy packages of cigarettes sent illegally to the United States from other countries to settle a lawsuit filed by New York City and fou...
Aug 2, 2022 Craig Dennis / CC
Illinois plans spending of 760-million dollars to fight Opioid Epidemic
Illinois is set to receive as much as $760-million to fight the opioid epidemic. The money will come over the next 18 years, the product of lawsuit settlements with pharmaceutical distributors and man...
Aug 2, 2022 K-State Research and Extension / CC
Salem City Council clears way for giveaway of surplus bicycles
The Salem City Council has passed an ordinance allowing the police department to begin the process of surplussing about 40 unclaimed bicycles. Chief Sean Reynolds says the first step will be to select...
Aug 2, 2022 The bikes lined up at the Salem Police Department for a past surplus bicycle giveaway.
Marion County Fair's Kids Day sets attendance record
Kids Day at the Marion County Fair set a new attendance record on Monday, with 795 kids signing in for a bracelet for free lunch and ice cream. The record beat the record set last year when 780 kids r...
Aug 2, 2022 3-year-old Henry Miller learns to milk a goat from Ashley Rose. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
ITPA Tractor Pull Results; Rabbit and Poultry Champions named at Marion County Fair
The grandstand event Monday night was the Illinois Tractor Puller Association's pull. Mike Vandeveer of Alma driving the Russler took first place in the Light Modified division. Cauy Blomberg of Kinmu...
Aug 2, 2022 Jason Barker of Shelbyville powers to victory in the Limited Pro Stock 9,500 tractor pull. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Two face felony charges following weekend arrests
Two people face new felony charges in Marion County Court following weekend arrests. 47-year-old Michael Lafour of Centralia was charged with possession of under five grams of methamphetamine. He face...
Aug 2, 2022
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts to receive $182,000 tourism grant
Governor JB Pritzker is announcing $15-million in tourism grants, including $182,000 that will go for improvements to the Cedarhurst Center for the arts. The grants are funded by the American Rescue P...
Aug 1, 2022 Cedarhurst Center for the Arts. (Facebook photo)
Marion County 4H selects Super and Junior Showmanship Award Winners
The Marion County 4H large animal shows culminated on Sunday with the Super and Junior Showmanship Awards. The winner of the Super Showmanship Award was Maddox Robb who competed in the competition for...
Aug 1, 2022 Super Showmanship contestants and winners. Left to right: Kayley Lacey, Hailey Shuler, Chezney Robb, Super Showmanship winner Maddox Robb, runner-up Jonathon Wilkins, and Chase Thompson.
