Category Archives: Local News
Illinois Department of Labor warning about dangers of carbon monoxide
The Illinois Department of Labor is warning about the dangers of carbon monoxide on the job. Certain workers are at higher risk of exposure to C-O, such as mechanics, welders, firefighters, toll booth...
Nov 15, 2021 Abi Begum / CC
Rural Odin home damaged in wood stove chimney fire
A fire that started in a wood stove flu spread to a portion of the kitchen and porch in a rural Odin home before being extinguished by firefighters. Odin Fire Chief Greg Smith says the fire was at the...
Nov 15, 2021
1100 meals provided during this weekend's Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Saving with Amazing Grace and the YMCA report 1100 meals were served during this year's Community Thanksgiving Dinner held Saturday at the Salem Apostolic Church. Chris Watkins with SWAG says everythi...
Nov 15, 2021 File photo: Food is prepared at the Salem Community Thanksgiving Dinner.
Salem City Council to consider allowing steel cargo shipping containers as storage buildings
The Salem City Council Monday night will consider "officially" allowing steel cargo shipping containers in some zoning codes. They are currently not allowed by International Building Code in any zone,...
Nov 15, 2021
17-year-old Sandoval juvenile escapes serious injury in roll over crash
A 17-year-old Sandoval juvenile boy refused hospital treatment for apparent minor injuries after the vehicle he was driving overturned twice when running off the 3300 block of Barton Road in rural Jun...
Nov 15, 2021
New projects documents over 300 WWI memorials in Illinois, including several in local area
A new online database has cataloged more than 300 historic World War I monuments and memorials in Illinois, from doughboy statues to public spaces honoring people who served in the Great War. The data...
Nov 14, 2021 Doughboy statue honoring World War 1 soldiers in Fairview Park in Centralia. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Police Beat for Sunday, November 14th, 2021
Centralia Police arrested a 27-year-old Centralia man for alleged criminal damage to property and criminal damage to state-supported property. Ethan Suthey of Nelms Street was taken to the Marion Coun...
Nov 14, 2021
One person hurt when car goes out of control and shoves pickup into house in Salem
One person was hurt when the car he was driving went out of control when he accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake pedal when heading eastbound on Whitaker Street at the College Street intersec...
Nov 13, 2021 A car went out of control traveling east on Whitaker and slammed into a parked truck forcing it into a home.
One airlifted from crash on I-57 near Farina
A 25-year-old Hoyleton man was airlifted from the scene of a two-vehicle crash on southbound I-57 near the Farina exit Friday morning. State Police say preliminary investigative details indicate an SU...
Nov 13, 2021 Photo courtesy of ISP website.
Castle Ridge and Harris Family Christian Foundation start Veterans Day tradition
Castle Ridge and the Harris Family Christian Foundation started what they called a new tradition when hosting Veterans for a free lunch on Veterans Day. Mayor Bryan Kuder and his wife Christy, along w...
Nov 13, 2021 Councilman Rob Jackson (left-right), Kurt Harris of Castle Ridge and The Harris Family Christian Foundation, Councilman 'Spanky' Smith and Mayor Bryan Kuder help serve Veterans lunch at Castle Ridge.
