Category Archives: Local News
Centralia City Grade School's Home to School Liaison Director is this year's Centralia Chamber Shining Star
The person who heads the Centralia City Schools Home to School Liaison program has been awarded the Centralia Chamber of Commerce Shining Star Award. Kathy Donnelly and City Grade School Superintenden...
Jan 03, 2022 Kathy Donnelly accepts Shining Star award from Centralia Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marcus Holland. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Centralia Chamber honors Partners in Progress and Legacy Award Winners
The Centralia Chamber of Commerce honored several businesses at the New Year's Eve Annual Chamber Banquet. Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marcus Holland says Advanced Surgical Technology on Ea...
Jan 03, 2022 Centralia Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marcus Holland presents Conagra Centralia Plant manager Steve Bray with Partners in Progress Award. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Monday, January 3rd, 2022
A 36-year-old rural Salem man posted $1,000 cash bond on two outstanding warrants and was released from the Marion County Jail on Sunday. Joshua Gribbler of Selmaville Road was wanted on misdemeanor f...
Jan 03, 2022
Here's how to dispose of your live Christmas Tree
Several options are available to dispose of your live Christmas trees as the holiday season comes to an end. In Salem, Public Works Director Annette Brushwitz says Christmas trees placed at curbside w...
Jan 03, 2022 http://www.christmasmarine.com/ / CC
Fire destroys vacant mobile home in Brookside Mobile Home Park
Fire destroyed a vacant home in the Brookside Mobile Home Park Sunday morning. Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera says the fire at 1216 South Brookside was through the walls and roo...
Jan 02, 2022 All that remains of a vacant mobile home that burned Sunday morning in Brookside Mobile Home Park. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Fairfield man injured in single-pickup truck crash early Sunday morning
A 39-year-old Fairfield man was injured in a one-vehicle crash just after midnight Sunday morning at the intersection of Wayne County roads 2400E and 545N southeast of Fairfield. State Police say prel...
Jan 02, 2022
Illinois misses deadline to end federal immigration detention
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois' plan to end federal immigration detention in the New Year has hit another legal snag. Under a law signed in August, local governments can't sign new agreements with federal im...
Jan 02, 2022
Congresswoman Mary Miller to run in 15th District in 2022 election
Congresswoman Mary Miller, who currently represents most of South Central Illinois, has decided to run in the new 15th District in the 2022 election. That pits Miller against incumbent Republican Rodn...
Jan 02, 2022 Congresswoman Mary Miller
COVID-19 closures and rules take effect Monday in Illinois
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago will require proof of a COVID-19 vaccine for indoor venues starting Monday. That includes restaurants, bars, gyms, and other indoor venues like sport entertainment arenas. The r...
Jan 02, 2022
2021 ends as Chicago's deadliest year in a quarter century
CHICAGO (AP) - The year 2021 ended as one of the deadliest on record in recent years in Chicago. According to statistics released by the city's police department on Saturday, there were 797 homicides ...
Jan 02, 2022 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
