Category Archives: Local News
Vacant Wamac mobile home destroyed by fire
A vacant Wamac mobile home has been destroyed by fire. Centralia Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Ross Boshera says the home owned by Tim Gibson at 125 Frazier was fully engulfed upon their ar...
Apr 05, 2021
Salem Firemen use thermal imaging camera to rescue cat following 16 foot fall down fireplace flue
Salem Fire Protection District firemen used a thermal imaging camera Monday afternoon to help locate and free a cat following a 16 foot fall down a fireplace flue. Salem Fire Chief Dave Duncan says th...
Apr 05, 2021
Marion County reports 12 new COVID-19 cases over past four days
The Marion County Health Department is reporting 12 new COVID-19 cases Friday through Monday. The department reports none of the cases were in long-term care residents. Three of the cases are consider...
Apr 05, 2021
Rural Illinois bar event caused 46 COVID-19 cases, school closure
CHICAGO (AP) - An indoor event at a rural Illinois bar led to 46 cases of COVID-19, one resident of a long-term care facility being hospitalized, and school closure. That’s according to a Center...
Apr 05, 2021
LaHood resigns Lincoln Museum job after loan fine disclosure
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Former Illinois congressman and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has resigned as chairman of the board of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Spring...
Apr 05, 2021
Salem and Wamac both hold successful drive-through Easter Egg hunts, but attendance down
The Easter Bunny greets those arriving at the drive-through Wamac Easter Egg Hunt. Both Salem and Wamac held successful drive-through Easter Egg hunts, but they didn’t attract the crowds of the ...
Apr 05, 2021 Wamac Easter Bunny at drive through Egg Hunt last year.
Freezing temperatures have minimal effect on fruit crops
Temperatures that dipped below freezing on Thursday and Friday mornings will not have any noticeable effect on the fruit crops. That’s the word from Tom Schwartz at the Schwartz Orchards in Cent...
Apr 05, 2021
Salem High School Green Team to host traditional Electronics Recycling Drive
There will be an Electronics Recycling Drive at Salem Community High School this spring. One of the Co-Sponsors of the Green Team, Drew Johnson, says the drive has been set for Friday morning, April 2...
Apr 05, 2021
Fire causes heavy damage to Central City mobile home
Fire has heavily damaged a mobile home in Central City. Centralia Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Ross Boshera says upon arrival there was heavy smoke coming from the Jamie Meier home at 24 R...
Apr 05, 2021
Trash fire causes 2-3 acre brush and field fire in rural Centralia
A trash fire that got away is blamed for starting a fire that burned two to three acres of brush and field late Sunday afternoon in rural Centralia. Kell Fire Chief Lonnie McDaneld says the fire was o...
Apr 05, 2021
