Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Walmart gets permit for $1.4-million makeover
The Centralia Walmart has been granted a $1.4-million building permit to update the dcor with new colors and refacing of all the signs. The renovation of the Walmart store made up most of the construc...
Nov 2, 2021
Police: Chicago-area Halloween party shooting gang-related
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Police say a shooting at a suburban Chicago Halloween party that left two people dead appears to be gang-related. The Will County Sheriff's Office on Monday updated the number of p...
Nov 2, 2021 Tom Britt / CC
Judge suspends deadline for Chicago cops to get vaccinated
CHICAGO (AP) - A judge has suspended a Dec. 31 deadline for Chicago police officers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. But he didn't interfere with a requirement that officers be regularly tested. Pol...
Nov 2, 2021
Illinois governor calls gun violence a public health crisis
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has declared gun violence a public health crisis and says $250 million in state and federal money will be directed toward the issue over three years. Pritzke...
Nov 2, 2021
Central City Honor roll
EIGHTH GRADE - HIGH HONORS Aurora Amason Katilynn Knapp Nora McKinzie Sophia Pennington Nolan Thompson SEVENTH GRADE - HIGH HONORS Brylee Bailey Ryleigh Claybourn Elcie Cullip Jacob Ellis Sienna Feig ...
Nov 2, 2021
ISBE issues report on how pandemic has impacted Illinois schools
The Illinois State Board of Education is releasing the latest school report card, with a look at how the pandemic has affected Illinois schools More than $7-billion in federal funding has gone to scho...
Nov 1, 2021
Sandoval Fire Department dedicates new truck in name of long time member and former Chief
The Sandoval Fire Protection District held a special dedication ceremony on Sunday welcoming a new vehicle and dedicating it in the name of long-time member and former Fire Chief Tom Nicolay. Current ...
Nov 1, 2021 A smile comes across Retired Sandoval Fire Chief Tom Nicholay as the department's new truck is dedicated in his honor on Sunday.
"The Apollo Experience" opens at Bryan Bennett Library on Monday
A new exhibit is set to open at the Bryan Bennett Library in Salem on Monday. Librarian Kim Keller says "The Apollo Experience" will feature Apollo 11 memorabilia. "A gentlemen from Glen Carbon has co...
Nov 1, 2021 Project Apollo Archive
Centralia Halloween Parade Chair happy with participation
Centralia Halloween Parade Chair Jackie Butch Mathus is calling this year a rebuilding year for the Fall Festival and is pleased with how everything came back together following a year off for COVID-1...
Nov 1, 2021 Wamac Mayor and Centralia Parade Chair Butch Mathis having fun riding down the parade route Saturday night. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Marion County Sheriff's Department investigates theft
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating a theft of a number of items outside a home just outside the southeast Centralia City Limits. A resident in the 1700 block of South Perrine repo...
Nov 1, 2021
