Category Archives: Local News

Centralia Police execute two drug trafficking search warrants
Centralia Police Chief Greg Dodson says the police department in conjunction with the FBI Drug Task Force executed two coordinated simultaneous search warrants Thursday morning. Dodson says the warran...
News Nov 19, 2020

Rapid test offered at Salem Pharmacy finding positivity rate of around 30%
A rapid result test for COVID-19 that has been offered by the Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in Salem has proved popular and is finding about 30-percent of those tested are positive. Pharmacist Craig Morton...
News Nov 19, 2020

Salem Library to stay open to public
The Salem Bryan Bennett Library will remain open to the public until further notice. The library board Tuesday night voted to remain open during the same hours they have observed since June when reope...
News Nov 19, 2020

More candidates file for Salem and Centralia City Council
Additional candidates filed for open city council seats in both Salem and Centralia on Wednesday. In Salem, appointed city councilman Jacob Hockett has filed to retain the seat. He was selected to rep...
News Nov 19, 2020

Ameren Illinois suspended disconnections for winter months
Ameren Illinois has announced with colder temperatures on the way and the recent increase in Coronavirus cases, they are suspending service disconnections for residential customers immediately. Ameren...
News Nov 19, 2020

Fourth Circuit Court Justices elected new Chief Judge
The Circuit Judges in the Fourth Judicial District that includes Marion, Clinton, Fayette, Clay, Effingham and four other counties have elected a new Chief Judge. Douglas Jarman was selected to replac...
News Nov 19, 2020

Final defendant in Central City area murder pleads guilty to reduced charge
The final person charged with the December 2019 murder of 39-year-old Clender Edmond at a home just east of Central City has entered a negotiated plea. Krystal Scerba pleaded guilty to a robbery charg...
News Nov 19, 2020

Bankers survey in Illinois and nine other Midwest states projects drop in holiday retail sales
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - More than half of bankers surveyed in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states including Illinois are projecting a drop in holiday retail sales this year from last year as the co...
News Nov 19, 2020

Centralia closing facilities to public under COVID-19 mitigation plan
Centralia City Manager Lowell Crow has announced the city will be closing the lobby of city hall, animal shelter and public works department beginning Friday under the Governor’s Tier 3 Mitigati...
News Nov 18, 2020

Four indicted in scheme to allegedly influence Speaker Madigan
CHICAGO (AP) - Four people, including an associate of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, have been charged with orchestrating a bribery scheme with Commonwealth Edison. The alleged scheme had the...
News Nov 18, 2020