Category Archives: Local News
Patoka School Board starts over on search for new Superintendent
The Patoka School Board has decided to start over on its search for a superintendent to replace the retiring David Rademacher. The board had narrowed their field to two finalists last week and offered...
Jan 22, 2022
Statewide Unemployment Rate Down, Payroll Jobs Up in December
The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced Friday that the unemployment rate fell four-tenths of a percent to 5.3 percent, while nonfarm payrolls increased by 22,800 in December, ...
Jan 22, 2022 Alachua County / CC
Home east of Mt. Vernon damaged by fire
Jefferson Fire Protection District firefighters were able to knock down a fire inside a home east of Mt. Vernon early Saturday morning quickly. Firemen say the Tim Hurst family on North McCulley Lane ...
Jan 22, 2022
Police Beat for Saturday, January 22nd, 2022
A 22-year-old Salem man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for alleged possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Joseph Mengarelli of North Broadway was taken to the Mar...
Jan 22, 2022
Kaskaskia College to offer accelerated EMT program
The Kaskaskia College Paramedicine Program will offer an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program beginning March 15th. Students successfully completing the program will be eligible to take the Nati...
Jan 22, 2022 File: Kaskaskia College Clock Tower and campus.
Flags lowered to honor slain Illinois child welfare worker
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Flags at Illinois state office buildings were lowered for three days to honor a child welfare worker who was stabbed to death this month. Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered that U.S. ...
Jan 22, 2022 Bill Morrow / CC
Mix-up leads to switched verdict in Illinois murder trial
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A jury's paperwork mix-up resulted in a central Illinois judge announcing a not guilty verdict in a murder trial, only to inform the defendant minutes later that he had in fact bee...
Jan 22, 2022 lightest light / CC
Here is the latest Big Ten Conference sports news from The Associated Press
UNDATED (AP) - There's at least one major difference in the way pandemic-related postponements have impacted college basketball schedules over the last two seasons. Teams and conferences knew this was...
Jan 22, 2022
You can file Illinois tax returns beginning Monday
Tax filing season begins next week. Illinois Department of Revenue spokesperson Maura Kownacki says it's that time of year again. "The Department of Revenue will start expecting 2021 state individual ...
Jan 21, 2022
Four Centralia businesses receive grants in latest round of state assistance
Governor JB Pritzker is announcing a new round of back to business grants for small businesses in Illinois and four Centralia businesses are included. The latest round is more than $111-million says t...
Jan 21, 2022
