Category Archives: Local News
Salem City Council to lease Save-a-Lot Building to two community organizations
The Salem City Council will have a month to month lease drawn up for Mission Salem and Sleep in Heavenly Peace to utilize the former Save-a-Lot building on West Main Street until the city is ready to ...
Jan 18, 2022 Former Save-a-Lot building. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
One person injured in two vehicle crash on Salem's south side
One person was injured in a two vehicle crash on the south side of Salem early Monday night. Salem Police say the crash occurred at South Broadway and West Kell Street. Reports indicate a southbound c...
Jan 18, 2022
Centralia High School 2022 May Fete Court elected last week
The Centralia High School recently elected May Fete court recently met for a photo. Front row: Deacon Snow (fr.), Mya McGee (fr.) Xavier Koch (fr.) Bailey Maas (fr.) Riley Miller (king) Kylie Gormann ...
Jan 17, 2022
Tornado victim's family sues Amazon over warehouse collapse
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The family of a delivery driver who died last month when a tornado collapsed the Amazon warehouse in central Illinois where he worked has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The M...
Jan 17, 2022 Tornado that hit Amazon facility near Edwardsville in December.
COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Marion County and across South Central Illinois
The number of new and probable cases of COVID-19 continues to rise across most of South Central Illinois. The Centers for Disease Control's COVID-19 tracker show 751 new cases in the week ending Frida...
Jan 17, 2022 Raed Mansour / CC
Miss Perry County wins Miss Illinois County Fair Queen Pageant
Miss Perry County, 19-year-old Addisyn Calloni of Dowell, has been crowned the 61st Miss Illinois County Fair Queen. Calloni was crowned at the end of the 61st annual pageant held in Springfield over ...
Jan 17, 2022 Miss Illinois County Fair Queen Addisyn Calloni of Perry County. Photo from Queen Calloni's Facebook Page.
Irvin, Aurora's 1st Black mayor, makes GOP bid for governor
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin has joined the gubernatorial fray. He entered the race on Monday as a Republican challenger to incumbent Democrat J.B. Pritzker. Irvin was elected t...
Jan 17, 2022 Republican Guberrnatorial candidate Richard Irvin
Illinois eases process of deleting racist terms from deeds
CHICAGO (AP) - A new state law lets homeowners in Illinois request the removal of racist language from property deeds, decades after the language was deemed unenforceable and outlawed. WBEZ reports th...
Jan 17, 2022
Salem City Council to further discuss Mission Salem using former Save-a-Lot building
The Salem City Council Monday night will be asked to give final approval to an agreement to allow Mission Salem to utilize the former Save-a-Lot building on West Main until the city is ready to move f...
Jan 17, 2022
Centralia man refuses hospital treatment following Green Street Road crash
A 34-year-old Centralia man refused hospital treatment for injuries early Sunday night after his vehicle ran off the 1900 block of Green Street Road and overturned. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies id...
Jan 17, 2022
