Category Archives: Local News
Some GOP-led states target abortions done through medication
About 40% of all abortions in the U.S. are now done through medication - rather than surgery - and that option has become all the more pivotal during the COVID-19 pandemic. Abortion rights advocates s...
Apr 12, 2021
Illinois Department of Corrections to resume in-person visitation for prisoners
The Illinois Department of Corrections is resuming in-person visitation at its correctional facilities. This will be the first time loved ones have been able to see their family members in more than a...
Apr 12, 2021
ACA teacher Tracy Claunch is WJBD-WSIQ Teacher of the Week
A teacher who has been at the Apostolic Christian Academy since it opened 31 years ago is this week’s WJBD-WSIQ Teacher of the Week. Tracy Claunch is also a nurse but said after completing her d...
Apr 12, 2021
Salem plans gas meter replacement work beginning next Monday
The City of Salem will be changing out gas meters on a portion of the southwest side of town starting next Monday. Public Works Director Annette Brushwitz says residents from the 1000 block of South C...
Apr 12, 2021
Centralia City Council to consider establishment of a truancy code
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to approve a truancy ordinance or code. Police Chief Greg Dodson says the ordinance will amend the Centralia Municipal Code to add it with the abi...
Apr 12, 2021 Centralia Police Chief Greg Dodson.
Franklin Park 3rd Quarter Honor Roll
4th Grade High Honor Zane Applegate Issac Beatty Corey Cano Kyris Cantrell Kara Crain Presley Eddy Peyton Fuller Holden Gambill Morgan Holland Rebekah Howe Alaigha Hughes Jeremiah Inman Jayce Keller B...
Apr 12, 2021
Illinois National Guard facing numerous duties as 2021 gets underway
2021 is shaping up to be a busy year for the Illinois National Guard. Adjutant General Major General Richard Neely says the importance of the Guard is more apparent than ever, with members assigned to...
Apr 12, 2021
South Locust Street Historical Fair set to resume in Centralia
The South Locust Street Historical Fair is making plans to return on Saturday, May 1st, following a year off due to COVID-19. It’s one of three annual events the Centralia City Council is being ...
Apr 12, 2021
Police Beat for Monday, April 12th, 2021
A 20-year-old Kinmundy man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies for violation of an order of protection. Louis Krueger of Hollowell Road remains in the county jail pending court...
Apr 12, 2021
Salem High School crowns Homecoming King and Queen
SCHS Homecoming King Julian Huggins and Queen Delaney Kell. (Photo by Greg Maxey) The Salem Community High School Homecoming King and Queen are Julian Huggins and Delaney Kell. The two were crowned du...
Apr 12, 2021
