Category Archives: Local News

A 56-year-old Salem man was injured when the semi he was driving was involved in a head-on crash with an SUV on the Dieterich Blacktop in Sailor Springs in Clay County. State Police say Ricky Burton w...

State Police say three people were injured Monday night in a two truck crash on U.S. 50 at the Old Route 50 intersection in Xenia. Preliminary investigation indicates a box truck driven by 34-year-old...

The Centralia City Council was told Monday night that it appears another round of funding to businesses and non-profits impacted by COVID-19 is on the way from the State of Illinois. City Manager Lowe...

Four fire departments battled an early Tuesday morning pole barn and garage fire northeast of Boyd. Jefferson Fire Protection District officials say the fire was on the Bobby Voyles property on Meadow...

A 34-year-old Odin woman has been arrested by Salem Police for felony retail theft. Police say Laura Spitler of O’Fallon Street had been sought by police following a February 2nd incident at the...

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory until six Tuesday morning for South Central Illinois. The weather service expects mainly light snow and sleet, with some light freezin...

The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to accept a $125,000 Strong Communities Program grant from the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Community Development Director Gayla Hartin...

The franchise owner of Dominos Pizza in Centralia at the new restaurant with the vehicle toppers for delivery drivers. Photo by Bruce Kropp. A brand new Dominos Pizza Restaurant that is more than twic...

A teacher at the Kaskaskia Special Education District’s Bridges Learning Center in Wamac is this week’s WJBD-WSIQ Teacher of the Week. Cory Wisniewski says he has spent his entire adult li...

More than 400 Marion County educators received their first vaccination for COVID-19 during a mass clinic at Centralia High School on Saturday. Centralia High School Superintendent Chuck Lane is apprec...