Category Archives: Local News
Fall Family Night planned in Salem Friday night
A fall family night titled Falling for Festive Fun is set for Bryan Memorial Park in Salem on Friday night. Salem Recreation and YMCA Director Jed Casburn says activities will be held from six to nine...
Oct 14, 2021 Adam Bartlett / CC
Both drivers refuse hospital treatment following Centralia car crash
Both drivers declined hospital treatment following a two-vehicle crash at Pine and McCord in Centralia Wednesday afternoon. Centralia Police say a pickup truck driven by 53-year-old Kristi Minix of Sh...
Oct 14, 2021
Deere & Co. workers go on strike after rejecting contract
MOLINE, Ill. (AP) - More than 10,000 Deere & Co. workers went on strike Thursday after the United Auto Workers union said negotiators couldn't deliver a new agreement that would meet the "demands ...
Oct 14, 2021 Dan Davison / CC
South Central FFA Press Release Illinois Press Foundation and IAA Foundation
The South Central FFA Chapter received $1500 for two Dell laptops, to be used by the Chapter Officers, for the betterment of the FFA Chapter, and the promotion of Agricultural Education. The funds wer...
Oct 14, 2021 Pictured: (L to R) Jeff Rogers, Katie Albert, TJ Bolin, Alec Langley, Brandt Hiestand, Chezney Robb, and Carter Holmes.
Odin three story high school to be renovated instead of abandoned
Odin School Superintendent Kimberly Briggs is convinced after talking to numerous architects and engineers the three story portion of Odin High School can be renovated and have another 25 years of lif...
Oct 14, 2021 File: Odin High School. Photo by Sam Snodsmith.
Recommendations made to improve safety and care of nursing home residents
The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is issuing recommendations for improving the safety and care of nursing home residents. For starters, HFS wants to move to a "patient driven p...
Oct 14, 2021 Official U.S. Navy Page
Governor says he'll continue to fight lawsuits over state COVID-19 mandates
Governor JB Pritzker says the state will continue to fight lawsuits over the state COVID-19 mandates. Suits have been filed on a variety of fronts, including the requirement that kids wear masks in sc...
Oct 14, 2021
One person injured when two semis collide on I-57 near Kinmundy exit
State Police say one of the truck drivers involved in a two-rig collision on Southbound I-57 just north of the Kinmundy exit went to an area hospital for treatment. Preliminary investigation details i...
Oct 14, 2021 Kinmundy-Alma Firemen battle fire in trailer of semi following a two truck crash on I-57 just north of the Kinmundy exit. Photo by Richard Day.
134 new COVID cases in Marion County; five deaths in Jefferson and Fayette Counties
The Marion County Health Department is reporting 134 new cases of COVID-19 during the five-day period of Saturday through Wednesday. There have been no new deaths in Marion County, but three have been...
Oct 13, 2021
Chicago police union head urges cops to defy vaccine mandate
CHICAGO (AP) - The head of the Chicago police officers union has called on its members to defy the city's requirement to report their COVID-19 vaccination status by Friday or be placed on unpaid leave...
Oct 13, 2021
