Category Archives: Local News
Corn and soybean harvest underway
Corn and soybean harvesting is underway as we hear in the weekly crop report. This past week was warmer than normal and rainfall was just a bit above average, leaving about 5.5 days suitable for field...
Sep 28, 2021
Sandoval Elementary September Students of the Month
Sandoval Elementary School celebrated the Blackhawk Students of the Month for September. The students were chosen because of their outstanding display of RESPECT for rules, self, others, school and co...
Sep 28, 2021
Death and suspected home invasion under investigation in Clay County
Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation has been called in to assist the Clay County Sheriff's Office with a death investigation and suspected home invasion. State officials say 80-ye...
Sep 27, 2021 Tom Britt / CC
Regional Office of Education seeking community help in filling school openings
The Clinton-Jefferson-Marion-Washington County Regional Superintendent of Schools office is seeking help from the community to help school districts in the four-county area fill open positions. The sc...
Sep 27, 2021
Raccoon Grade School Superintendent gets call from the Governor
Raccoon Grade School Superintendent Misty Johannes and Governor JB Pritzker quickly agreed during a Friday phone call that neither of them had signed up for dealing with COVID-19 restrictions when tak...
Sep 27, 2021 Students begin using an outdoor tent for a classroom on Friday to allow more outside time and less required masking.
Seven Marion County area vets set to go on Honor Flight to Washington DC on Tuesday
Seven Marion County area veterans will spend the day in Washington DC on Tuesday during an Honor Flight. They will see the various monuments dedicated to those who served in World War II, Korean, and ...
Sep 27, 2021 Arlington National Cemetery
"Seeds of Hope" sculpture dedicated in Bryan Statue Gardens
The Daffy Dill Garden Club has dedicated a sculpture in the William Jennings Bryan Statue Gardens. Andy Crouch of Salem created the piece "Seeds of Hope" specifically for the gardens. It shows a butte...
Sep 27, 2021 Myron Lloyd (left) presides over the ceremony to unveil the marker dedicating the sculpture made by Andy Crouch (right). His mother Teresa Crouch is in the middle.
Fire heavily damages Centralia home Sunday afternoon
A fire believed to be electrical in nature heavily damaged the attic area of a Centralia home Sunday afternoon. Centralia City Firefighters say the occupants of the home at 617 South Maple smelled a "...
Sep 27, 2021 Fire burns through the attic of this home on South Maple causing heavy damage. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Child setting piece of paper on fire believed to be cause of Centralia fire that caused minor damage
A child setting a piece of paper on fire before placing it in a trash can outside the Tara Turner home at 1219 South Lincoln is believed to have started a small fire in the siding of the home late Sun...
Sep 27, 2021 Asela Jayarathne / CC
Police Beat for Monday, September 27th, 2021
A 22-year-old Central City man has been arrested by Central City Police for domestic battery. Brandon Hooker of South Marion Street was taken to the Marion County Jail. 38-year-old Nathan Harmon of Wa...
Sep 27, 2021
