Category Archives: Local News
Missing ISU graduate student Jelani Day drowned: coroner
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A coroner says an Illinois State University graduate student who disappeared before being found dead died from drowning. Twenty-five-year-old Jelani Day was last seen on Aug. ...
Oct 26, 2021 David Wilson / CC
Another victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy identified
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities have identified the remains of one of the victims of John Wayne Gacy, who was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys in the Chicago area in the 1970s. Cook County Sherif...
Oct 25, 2021 Stephen Hogan / CC
Centralia City Council to consider liquor license for cosmetic services
The Centralia City Council Monday night will consider creation of a new Class H liquor license for cosmetic service establishments. The request for the new license is being made by Hollywood Hair. Ini...
Oct 25, 2021
Centralia Halloween Parade Chair fears they may be missing some parade entries
Centralia Halloween Parade Chair Butch Mathis says a change in websites may have resulted in some turning in parade entry forms that were never received. Mathis says the old website that they have not...
Oct 25, 2021
Severe thunderstorms move across South Central Illinois, but no damage reported
Severe thunderstorms crossed South Central Illinois Sunday night spawning tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings. A National Weather Service spotter reported a tornado near the Walnut Hill Road just...
Oct 25, 2021 Aiko, Thomas & Juliette+Isaac / CC
Trick or Treat set in most area communities
Trick or Treat night will come before Halloween night in most area communities since October 31st falls on Sunday. In Salem, Trick or Treat activities are planned on Friday evening from six to eight p...
Oct 25, 2021 Lisa Zins / CC
Centralia BPW Equal Pay Day
(By: Austin Williams) The Centralia Business and Professional Women organization hosted the Equal Pay Day Rally Saturday afternoon at the Centralia American Legion building. Carrie Perkins-Schnicker, ...
Oct 25, 2021 Photo Credit - Austin Williams.
National Weather Service predicts severe thunderstorms could hit South Central Illinois late Sunday night
After a sunny and unseasonably warm Sunday afternoon, storm activity is expected to move across the region by late Sunday night and early Monday morning. Temperatures are expected to reach 79 Sunday a...
Oct 24, 2021
Early Sunday morning fire damages Village Garden restaurant in Salem
Fire damaged a portion of the Village Garden Restaurant on West Main Street in Salem early Sunday morning. Salem Fire Marshal Bill Fulton says a passing Marion County Sheriff's Deputy first saw flames...
Oct 24, 2021 Fire on the back roof of the Village Inn is attached by a water stream from Salem's aerial truck early Sunday morning. Photo by Andrew Strong.
Mt. Vernon man injured in crash involving construction site of Skillet Fork Bridge over 161 Extension
A 72-year-old Mt. Vernon man was injured late Saturday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on the Route 161 Extension near Klomp Road near the start of the Skillet Fork Bridge repair project. Initial ...
Oct 24, 2021
