Category Archives: Local News
Centralia City Council approves budget for 2022 fiscal year
The Centralia City Council approved an operating budget for the 2022 fiscal year at its meeting on Monday night. The budget includes a two percent increase in Centralia's cumulative property tax levy,...
Dec 07, 2021 Centralia City Manager Scott Randall. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Rural Alma man runs off West Main and strikes Burger King sign and fence
An 80-year-old Alma man was found unconscious in his car Monday morning after it ran off West Main Street and struck the Burger King sign pole before ricocheting into the fence between the parking lot...
Dec 06, 2021
Illinois State Police say FOID card backlog continues to shrink
The Illinois State Police is announcing a significant decrease in the backlog of FOID cards that need to be processed. Thanks to a lot of hard work and hiring more analysts, ISP Trooper Jason Wilson s...
Dec 06, 2021
Centralia man allegedly fires shot and chases wife down street
Centralia Police say a 32-year-old Centralia man was arrested on multiple charges after allegedly firing a gunshot inside his home and later chasing his wife down the street during an early Saturday m...
Dec 06, 2021
Salem Police shop with 60 kids in this year's Shop with a Cop program
Members of the Salem Police Department shopped with 60 kids on Saturday as the yearly Shop with a Cop program continues to grow due to more donations from the community. Canine officer Dustin Duncan h...
Dec 06, 2021 Salem Deputy Police Chief Susan Miller helps six-year-old Jaxon Reeves pick out gifts for himself and family during Shop with a Cop on Saturday. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies and Salem Police both investigate burglaries
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating a burglary that occurred at a home in the 1100 block of Walnut Hill Road in rural Centralia. The break-in was reported just before noon on Sunda...
Dec 06, 2021
Salem City Council to consider adding liquor license for Pizza Hut building and residency requirement for new City Employees
The Salem City Council will be asked Monday night to approve a new Class "A" liquor license that would be used for a new business in the former Pizza Hut building on West Main Street. Rosa and Luis Ro...
Dec 06, 2021
Centralia City Council to be asked Monday night to approve annual budget
The Centralia City Council will be asked Monday night to give final approval to its annual Fiscal Year budget. City Manager Scott Randall says the budget is balanced. A public hearing is scheduled for...
Dec 06, 2021
Christmas Events bring big crowds out in Salem
A large number of kids streamed in to visit Santa and pick up free gifts during his stop at Sweney Corner in downtown Salem Saturday afternoon. The event culminated with Santa helping to light the cit...
Dec 06, 2021 Santa after he leads the countdown to turn on the city Christmas Tree at Sweney Corner during festivities last year. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Smollett testifies he paid for nutrition advice, not hoax
CHICAGO (AP) - Jussie Smollett is testifying that he paid a friend and his brother $3,500 for nutrition and training advice, not to help him stage a racist, anti-gay attack on himself. The former "Emp...
Dec 06, 2021
