Category Archives: Local News
Centralia home receives minor damage in late Tuesday afternoon fire
Fire caused minor damage to a modular home occupied by Dietrich Starks and Cedric Garrett at 902 McKee Street in Centralia late Tuesday afternoon. Centralia City Firemen say all available firemen were...
May 05, 2021
Flora man receives 20 years in prison for multiple stabbings at motel
A Flora man has been sentenced to a total of 20 years in prison in connection with an altercation that led to three stabbings last December at the Oyo/Roadway Inn on North Olive Road in Flora. Shane H...
May 05, 2021 James Case
Governor predicts entire state may be ready to fully open by July
If COVID-19 numbers continue to improve, Governor JB Pritzker says Illinois is on track to enter Phase Five in July. With the City of Chicago setting July 4th as the goal to fully reopen, Governor Pri...
May 04, 2021 Fusion Medical Animation / Unsplash
Alabama trucker hurt in Jefferson County crash
State Police say a 55-year-old trucker from Mobile Alabama was seriously injured when his truck overturned on the I-64 and 57 tri-level Monday night. Preliminary investigative details indicate Tony Jo...
May 04, 2021 Overturned truck on I-64 blocks traffic early Monday night. Photo courtesy of Jefferson County Fire Protection District.
Illinois selling James R. Thompson Center in Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois says it's officially placed the James R. Thompson Center that houses state government offices in downtown Chicago up for sale. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Dep...
May 04, 2021 Kevin Dooley / CC
Weather Service: 4 tornadoes confirmed in central Illinois
MECHANICSBURG, Ill. (AP) - The National Weather Service said Tuesday that four tornadoes touched down Monday evening in central Illinois but no damage was reported as the storms swept across farm fiel...
May 04, 2021 Aiko, Thomas & Juliette+Isaac / CC
Central Illinois woman charged in deaths of boyfriend, baby
TUSCOLA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois woman has been charged with murder and other counts in connection with the March deaths of her infant daughter and her boyfriend in a fire. Illinois State Polic...
May 04, 2021 Brian Turner / CC
America's new normal: A degree hotter than two decades ago
America's normal temperature is now a degree hotter than just 20 years ago. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Tuesday released climate figures showing the nation's new normal tempera...
May 04, 2021 jetsandzeppelins / CC
Amy Troutt Named to the Salem City Council
The Salem City Council Monday night selected Kaskaskia College Administrator Amy Troutt to fill the remainder of the council term of now Mayor Nic Farley. Troutt says she's excited about the opportuni...
May 04, 2021
Clinton-Jefferson-Marion-Washington County Regional Superintendent of Schools retiring
The Regional Superintendent of Schools for Clinton-Jefferson-Marion-Washington Counties has announced his retirement. Ron Daniels is in his tenth year as Regional Superintendent, first for Jefferson a...
May 04, 2021
