Category Archives: Local News
Salem Community High School names new head basketball coach
The Salem Community High School Board has voted unanimously to name Pete Colclasure as its new head varsity boys basketball coach. Colclasure served as an assistant coach and sophomore coach last seas...
Jul 29, 2021 Salem Community High School's new head boys basketball coach Pete Colclasure.
Marion County Highway Department makes plea to truckers to stay off Route 161 Skillet Fork Bridge
Marion County Highway Department Engineer Mike McCormick is making a plea to truckers to stay off the Route 161 Extension Bridge over Skillet Fork. An emergency ten-ton weight limit was placed on the ...
Jul 29, 2021
Governor warns schools about masking guidelines
Governor JB Pritzker says school districts should keep the new masking guidelines from the CDC and Illinois Department of Public Health in mind when developing plans for the new school year. The Gover...
Jul 29, 2021
Illinois works to attract and support more early childhood teachers
Illinois is boosting efforts to attract and support more early childhood teachers. State Board of Higher Education Executive Director Ginger Ostro says the new law creates a consortium of Illinois Col...
Jul 29, 2021 Nenad Stojkovic / CC
SCHS Board discusses, but takes no action on new head basketball coach
The SCHS Board of Education met in a special session Wednesday night to discuss the open head boys basketball positions and interview possible candidates. The meeting will reconvene Thursday night. Su...
Jul 29, 2021
Two arrested on felony drug charges
Two people were taken to the Marion County Jail following separate arrests on felony drug charges. Sandoval Police arrested 21-year-old Alexus Louvier-Gibson of North Hickory Street in Centralia for p...
Jul 29, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Centralia man charged with March burglary
A 27-year-old Centralia man has been charged in Marion County Court with a March 16th burglary to a building in the 1000 block of South Maple in Centralia. If found guilty, Jacob Schleuter of South Ma...
Jul 29, 2021
Marion County Sheriff's Department investigating burglary and theft
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating a burglary to a truck at an oil rig on US 51 in rural Sandoval. Locks were cut off. Several tools and other items were taken. The sheriff's depa...
Jul 29, 2021
Severe storms leave outages, tree damage in Chicago area
CHICAGO (AP) - Severe thunderstorms that swept through the Chicago area and northern Illinois early Thursday packed high winds that left thousands of homes and businesses without power. The National W...
Jul 29, 2021 Don Miller / CC
Illinois seeks Ben & Jerry's divestment over Israel stance
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois regulators plan to take action against Ben & Jerry's for its decision to stop selling ice cream in the West Bank or east Jerusalem. State law prohibits investment...
Jul 29, 2021 Mike Mozart / CC
