Category Archives: Local News
Marion County Health Department reports three deaths and 60 new COVID cases on Friday
The Marion County Health Department has reported three more COVID-19 deaths and 60 new cases on Friday. All three of the deaths were males in their 70s. Two of the deaths were long-term care residents...
Aug 20, 2021
Two New Jersey residents killed in fatal Fayette County crash Friday morning
Two residents of Brick, New Jersey was killed in a three-vehicle crash Friday morning on I-70 at milepost 55 near Mulberry Grove in Fayette County. State Police say preliminary investigative details i...
Aug 20, 2021 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
Centralia home and garage heavily damaged by fire
A vacant Centralia home and garage were destroyed by fire late Friday morning. Centralia Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Ross Boshera says a neighbor first spotted the fire in the garage at 1...
Aug 20, 2021 Smoke billows from a home on Gary Street just outside of Centralia during a Friday morning fire. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Illinois Democrats to redraw political maps using census
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Democrats say the Legislature will return to Springfield to redraw political districts that will be used for legislative elections over the next decade, this time using data fr...
Aug 20, 2021
Missouri man charged with murder in death of officer
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A Missouri man has been charged with first-degree murder and other counts in the death of an Illinois officer who was killed while trying to stop a car fleeing police. Twenty...
Aug 20, 2021
Police Beat for Friday, August 20th, 2021
A 22-year-old Salem man has been arrested on several weapons charges after a gun was found in his vehicle following a traffic stop in the 500 block of West Main Street Thursday morning. Salem Police t...
Aug 20, 2021
Two injured when motorcycle strikes deer in Centralia
Centralia Police say both the driver and passenger on a motorcycle were injured when the cycle hit a deer on the 500 block of Country Club Road early Thursday morning. Police say both the driver, 54-y...
Aug 20, 2021
Salem Grade School Board keeps masking requirement in place
Story and photo by Bruce Kropp The Salem Grade School Board heard from about a dozen parents at Thursday night's meeting that the masking mandate to be lifted. However, the board took no vote to make ...
Aug 20, 2021 Parent Lane Whisenant expresses his frustration with the Salem Grade School Board in not acting to remove the mandatory masking of students at Thursday night's meeting.
Patoka School Board to wait until next week to decide if they will come back into compliance with state's masking mandate
The Patoka School Board did not reach a decision on Thursday whether to bring the school into compliance with the mask mandate enacted by Governor J.B. Pritzker earlier this month. The board heard pub...
Aug 20, 2021
Over 1,000 jobs to be featured at Centralia Regional Career Expo Friday and Saturday
More than two dozen employers with more than a thousand open jobs will be in attendance at the Centralia Regional Career Expo on Friday and Saturday. The event will also feature information on various...
Aug 20, 2021
