Category Archives: Local News
COVID-19 surge forces Legislative veto session postponement
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois General Assembly is postponing its veto session due to the surge of COVID-19 in the state. Senate President Don Harmon said Tuesday the surge of the pandemic is n...
Nov 10, 2020
Centralia City Council declares Monday George "Jeff" Carling Day
The Centralia City Council declared Monday as George “Jeff” Carling Day in the city to recognize the significance of his contributions to the basketball world. The former Centralia High Sc...
Nov 10, 2020
Corn and soybean harvest wrapping up
Corn and soybean harvesting is starting to wrap up as we hear in the weekly crop report. State Crop Statistician Mark Schleusener says it was a warm, dry week in Illinois, giving farmers plenty of tim...
Nov 10, 2020
Centralia City Council sees $300,000 savings on liability and workers comp insurance
The Centralia City Council has approved a liability and worker’s compensation insurance package for the coming fiscal year that will save them $300,000 a year. City Manager Lowell Crow commended...
Nov 10, 2020
Sparta man killed in Route 185 crash in Fayette County
A 47-year-old Sparta man was killed in a Fayette County crash Monday morning. State Police say preliminary information indicates Chad Kinstler was killed when the driver of the pickup in which he was ...
Nov 09, 2020
Marion County Health Department offers tips to monitor yourself if you test positive
The Marion County Health Department says they are inundated with positive COVID-19 cases. If you have tested positive and have not heard from the health department yet, you are asked to take the follo...
Nov 09, 2020
Gospel Lighthouse Helping Hands Food Pantry set for Tuesday morning
The Gospel Lighthouse Church on U.S. 50 between Salem and Odin will be holding their November Food Pantry distribution on Tuesday morning, November 10th. The distribution will be drive-through only. Y...
Nov 09, 2020
Pritzker welcomes Biden's COVID-19 plan for masks, testing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' Democratic governor on Monday welcomed Joe Biden's immediate response as president-elect to the coronavirus pandemic, signaling the incoming Democratic administratio...
Nov 09, 2020
Illinois marijuana sales top $100 million in October
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois saw more than $100 million in marijuana sales in October. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation says there was a record $75 million in recr...
Nov 09, 2020
Prosecutors: Man's hatred was behind Minnesota mosque attack
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Prosecutors say the leader of an anti-government group in Illinois and alleged mastermind behind a 2017 attack on a Minnesota mosque was acting on his hatred of Muslims when he ...
Nov 09, 2020
