Category Archives: Local News
Five State Police squad cars hit while working the winter storm
Illinois State Police say five State Troopers were struck while trying to assist motorists in Central and North Illinois during the blizzard-like conditions on Thursday. Only one of the crashes involv...
Feb 19, 2022 One of the Illinois State Police cars damaged in collissions during the most recent winter storm.
I-39 in central Illinois reopens after pileup in snowstorm
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A stretch of interstate in central Illinois that had closed after a pileup involving about 100 cars, trucks, and big rigs in a blinding snowstorm fully reopened Friday. There ...
Feb 19, 2022 Marcin Wichary / CC
Survey: farm prices, equipment sales soar across 10 states including Illinois
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A new monthly survey of bankers released Thursday says the strength of the economy in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states including Illinois continues to drive farmland pric...
Feb 19, 2022 Tom Bower / CC
Widow pleads guilty to role in late cop husband's scheme
CHICAGO (AP) - The widow of a northern Illinois police officer who killed himself in 2015 amid an investigation into his theft of thousands of dollars from a youth program has pleaded guilty to a char...
Feb 19, 2022
Centralia mourns death of former Mayor Becky Ault
The City of Centralia is mourning the death of former Mayor Becky Ault. Ault died Friday morning at Centralia Manor at the age of 80. The Mayor and City Council are extending their deepest condolences...
Feb 18, 2022 Former Centralia Mayor Becky Ault following meeting with US Senator Dick Durbin. City of Centralia Photo.
Patoka School Board hires Principal as new Superintendent
The Patoka School Board has hired a new superintendent but he's not an unfamiliar face. Justin Venhaus has worked his entire career at the Patoka School. He will move from Principal to Superintendent ...
Feb 18, 2022 Patoka's new Superintendent Justin Venhouse.
Governor to appeal mask mandate to Illinois Supreme Court
Governor JB Pritzker will ask the Illinois Supreme to overrule an appellate court decision issued overnight agreeing with a lower circuit court judge that the Governor overstepped his bounds with the ...
Feb 18, 2022
Marion County Health Department reports two more deaths of COVID-19 positive residents
The Marion County Health Department has announced the deaths of two more Marion County residents who were positive for COVID-19. Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow says the deaths were a f...
Feb 18, 2022
Roads mostly clear; water levels dropping in aftermath of latest winter storm
Major highways in South Central Illinois are mostly clear with a few isolated icy spots on untreated roads. The Illinois Department of Transportation reports scattered ice and snow cover from Fayette ...
Feb 18, 2022 Water levels got so high in his yard Zachary Hodge of East 3rd in Centralia put in a fishing pole. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Salem Mayor Nic Farley cites lots of positives, but says more needs to be done in first State of the City Message
Salem Mayor Nic Farley told those gathered for his State of the City message before the Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce Thursday afternoon that after the community has taken it on the chin for the p...
Feb 18, 2022
