Category Archives: Local News
Salem High School graduation at two Sunday afternoon
It's graduation day at Salem Community High School. The Class of 2021 includes 149 students. With relaxed COVID-19 mitigations, each student received ten tickets to graduation that will be held inside...
May 16, 2021
IDPH Saturday COVID-19 Update: 1,513 new cases and 47 additional deaths
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 1,513 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. There were also 47 additional deaths around the state. None were in South Central or Southern Illinois. A...
May 16, 2021 Yuri Samoilov / CC
Police Beat for Sunday, May 16th, 2021
Centralia Police have arrested a 34-year-old Centralia man for burglary and criminal damage to property in connection with a March incident where he is accused of entering a home in the 1000 block of ...
May 16, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Interstate signs to mark Illinois electric-vehicle stations, but I-57 and I-64 not included
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Transportation has plans to install signs along interstate highways directing motorists to charging stations for electric vehicles. State officials ...
May 16, 2021 Alan Trotter / CC
Legacy of Coach Jerry Sloan lives on in his hometown of McLeansboro
MCLEANSBORO, Ill. (AP) - The small Illinois hometown of former Utah Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan and his wife Bobbye still bears hallmarks of his legacy. The couple and their three children lived in McLeans...
May 16, 2021 1969 Publicity Shot of Jerry Sloan.
Odin Healthcare Center has new owner and new name
The Odin Healthcare Center has announced a change in ownership and a new name. The new name is Odin Health and Rehab Center. The new ownership team is a group of skilled nursing facility managers and ...
May 15, 2021 The Odin Health and Rehab Center's Executive Director stands next to the sign of the renamed facility that also has new ownership.
Four receive minor injuries in single vehicle crash on I-57 near Farina
State Police say four persons received non-life-threatening injuries in a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning in the southbound lanes of I-57 south of the Farina exit in extreme northern Marion Coun...
May 15, 2021
1,600 layoffs coming at Illinois Jeep Cherokee factory
BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) - Some 1,600 jobs are being cut at a Jeep Cherokee factory in northern Illinois as automakers continue being plagued by the global shortage of semiconductors. The U.S. arm of Stel...
May 15, 2021
Six more residents of Marion County long term care facility test positive for COVID-19
Six more residents of a long-term care facility in Marion County have tested positive for COVID-19. It continues an outbreak that started last week and included six other positive cases and one death....
May 15, 2021
Fire causes minor damage to Centralia apartment
Fire caused damage to one wall of the kitchen of an apartment at 1104 East 13th in Centralia occupied by Jerry and Suzanna Tate. The two were not home Friday afternoon when a neighbor called 911 after...
May 15, 2021 Centralia Fire Chief John Lynch helps with the removal of smoke from an apartment after a fire in a trash container is quickly extinguished. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
