Category Archives: Local News
University of Illinois requiring vaccine booster for students, employees
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Students, staff, and faculty in the University of Illinois system will be required to get a COVID-19 booster shot once they are eligible for a shot. School President Tim Killeen...
Jan 07, 2022
Bond set at $25,000 for Centralia woman charged in stabbing case
Bond was set at $25,000 in Marion County Court Friday for a 29-year-old Centralia woman charged in connection with a Wednesday night stabbing at the Midtown Motel in Centralia. Rayann Mandrell of Circ...
Jan 07, 2022
Marion County Highway Department ready for winter
Marion County Highway Department Engineer Mike McCormick says they are ready for winter. He told the Road and Bridge Committee Thursday night that their salt bins are full and they have enough employe...
Jan 07, 2022 Marion County Highway Department building.
Salem taking applications for matching grants in downtown TIF District
Salem Economic Development Director Tabitha Meador is accepting applications for matching grants from businesses in the downtown tax increment financing district. Meador is looking at giving five $10,...
Jan 07, 2022
Wrong way crash on I-64 in Wayne County claims life
A 26-year-old Evansville, Indiana man has died after losing control of his westbound van on I-64 in Wayne County, crossing the median and ending up in the eastbound lanes where it collided with a semi...
Jan 07, 2022
Centralia Police fall short of sending five to police academy
Centralia Police Chief Greg Dodson says they will only be able to send four to the State Police Training Academy next week, leaving one of their slots open. Dodson says even though they started with 1...
Jan 07, 2022 Centralia Police Chief Greg Dodson.
On split vote, Marion County Board agrees to provide $150,000 match for parking lot grant
The Marion County Board has agreed to provide $150,000 towards a $1.4-million downtown parking lot project if the county receives a state grant to pay the rest. However, some board members were concer...
Jan 07, 2022 The current unimproved county parking lot is at two levels with concrete baracades between them with the only pavement from what was left behind from prior buildings that have since been torn down.
Centralia issues building permits for $7-million in projects in 2021
The City of Centralia issued building permits totaling just over $7-million in 2021. Two of the projects were for over $1-million. They include a $2.1-million project at Hawkins, Inc. for a 44,000 squ...
Jan 06, 2022 Martin Pettitt / CC
Suspicious fire on front porch of condemned home put out before spreading
Salem Fire Protection District Firemen say a suspicious fire was set in a small bag on the enclosed entryway of a condemned home late Wednesday night. Fortunately, a neighbor to the home at 420 East C...
Jan 06, 2022
Salem Firemen successfully rescue dog that fell through ice of swimming pool
Salem Firemen were able to successfully rescue a dog that had fallen through the ice of an above-ground swimming pool on Thursday. Firemen were called to the Gary Benjamin home near the intersection o...
Jan 06, 2022 Chris Grazioli / CC
