Category Archives: Local News
Score big this Super Bowl Sunday: IDOT, ISP urge you to be the ultimate sober driving MVP
This Super Bowl weekend, the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and numerous local police and sheriff's departments across the state are taking a timeout to spread two import...
Feb 07, 2026 enterlinedesign / Depositphotos.com
Pritzker's new budget report could set tone for conservative 2027 spending plan
Federal cuts and changes exacerbate tightening fiscal landscape By JERRY NOWICKI & BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary The governor's office sought to ...
Feb 07, 2026 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions from a reporter in October 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Centralia Chamber Honors Number of Businesses at Annual Banquet
The Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce honored a number of businesses at its Celebrate Progress Annual Banquet. The Legacy Award was presented to Re:purpose Development, Crooked Creek Winery, and C...
Feb 06, 2026 The Cooney family receives this year's Centralia Chamber of Commerce Legacy Award. Left to right: Centralia Economic Development Director Rob Jackson who presented the award, Shannon and Mindy Cooney, and Centralia Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marcus Holland.
Judge Ericka Sanders Addresses Centralia Chamber Annual Banquet on Resurgence of Community and Volunteerism Making a Difference
Associate Judge Ericka Sanders, in her keynote address to the Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet Thursday night, commended the businesses and volunteers for the resurgence of the com...
Feb 06, 2026 Judge Ericka Sanders provided the keynote address to the Centralia Chamber of Commerce Celebrate Progress Annual Banquet.
Collection of Old Photos from Frank Brinkerhoff to go on Display Saturday at Salem Historical Museum
A large collection of photographs put together by Historian Frank Brinkerhoff will be available for public viewing beginning this Saturday from nine to noon at the Salem Historical Museum. Brinkerhoff...
Feb 06, 2026
Centralia Police Release Details on Crash Involving Centralia High Bus
Centralia Police say no one was hurt when a car broadsided a Centralia High School Bus while it was crossing McCord Street at the Country Club Road intersection on Wednesday afternoon. Police say the ...
Feb 06, 2026
Two Early Friday Morning Crashes on I-57 in Marion County
There were two wrecks with injuries early Friday morning on I-57 in Marion County. The first occurred at mile marker 111 five miles south of Salem when a northbound truck ran into the median and overt...
Feb 06, 2026
Two Injured in Crash on South Side of Salem
Both drivers were injured in a two-vehicle crash on South Broadway and Kell Street on the south side of Salem Friday morning. Salem Police say a car driven by 57-year-old Susan Boerner of Camby, India...
Feb 06, 2026
Police Beat for Friday, February 6th, 2026
A 29-year-old Salem man has been ordered to serve 30 days in the Marion County Jail after being sanctioned in Marion County Court for violation of pre-trial release conditions in a pending domestic ba...
Feb 06, 2026
Byrd Watson Drug Company hold Chamber ribbon cutting to mark opening of new location
Byrd Watson Drug Company has celebrated its new location at 790 West McCord Street in Centralia with a Centralia Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting. Owner-Pharmacist Kim Weiter says the ribbon cutting...
Feb 05, 2026 Ribbon cutting at the new Byrd Watson location. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
