Category Archives: Local News
Salem High Superintendent cites adversities overcome in Class of 2021 graduation remarks
Salem Community High School Superintendent Dr. Brad Detering cited 'One Wildcat Voice' in remembering the accomplishments of the 149 graduating seniors at Sunday's graduation in spite of COVID. Deteri...
May 16, 2021 The Salem Community High School Class of 2021 during Sunday afternoon graduation activities.
594 graduate from Kaskaskia College
Kaskaskia College graduates were congratulated Friday night for making their way to graduation despite the pitfalls of COVID-19. A total of 594 students earned degrees or certificates during the sprin...
May 16, 2021 The outgoing President of the Kaskaskia College Student Congress Chase Ibendahl gets his diploma from KC President George Evans as Board Chair Bill Hawley (left) waits to offer his congratulations. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem High School graduation at two Sunday afternoon
It's graduation day at Salem Community High School. The Class of 2021 includes 149 students. With relaxed COVID-19 mitigations, each student received ten tickets to graduation that will be held inside...
May 16, 2021
IDPH Saturday COVID-19 Update: 1,513 new cases and 47 additional deaths
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 1,513 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. There were also 47 additional deaths around the state. None were in South Central or Southern Illinois. A...
May 16, 2021 Yuri Samoilov / CC
Police Beat for Sunday, May 16th, 2021
Centralia Police have arrested a 34-year-old Centralia man for burglary and criminal damage to property in connection with a March incident where he is accused of entering a home in the 1000 block of ...
May 16, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Interstate signs to mark Illinois electric-vehicle stations, but I-57 and I-64 not included
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Transportation has plans to install signs along interstate highways directing motorists to charging stations for electric vehicles. State officials ...
May 16, 2021 Alan Trotter / CC
Legacy of Coach Jerry Sloan lives on in his hometown of McLeansboro
MCLEANSBORO, Ill. (AP) - The small Illinois hometown of former Utah Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan and his wife Bobbye still bears hallmarks of his legacy. The couple and their three children lived in McLeans...
May 16, 2021 1969 Publicity Shot of Jerry Sloan.
Odin Healthcare Center has new owner and new name
The Odin Healthcare Center has announced a change in ownership and a new name. The new name is Odin Health and Rehab Center. The new ownership team is a group of skilled nursing facility managers and ...
May 15, 2021 The Odin Health and Rehab Center's Executive Director stands next to the sign of the renamed facility that also has new ownership.
Four receive minor injuries in single vehicle crash on I-57 near Farina
State Police say four persons received non-life-threatening injuries in a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning in the southbound lanes of I-57 south of the Farina exit in extreme northern Marion Coun...
May 15, 2021
1,600 layoffs coming at Illinois Jeep Cherokee factory
BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) - Some 1,600 jobs are being cut at a Jeep Cherokee factory in northern Illinois as automakers continue being plagued by the global shortage of semiconductors. The U.S. arm of Stel...
May 15, 2021
