Category Archives: Local News
Report: LaSalle virus crisis response 'reactive and chaotic'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An investigative report by an Illinois inspector general found a chain of miscommunication, lax policy, and missed opportunities leading up to and during a COVID-19 outbreak l...
Apr 30, 2021
Centralia High to offer in-person and on-line summer school
Centralia High School will offer both in-person and on-line summer school this year. Principal Reid Shipley made the announcement Thursday night at the monthly meeting of the CHS Board of Education. S...
Apr 30, 2021 TLC Jonhson
Emergency Housing Assistance Legislation heading to Governor's Desk
Illinois lawmakers are sending emergency housing assistance legislation to the Governor's desk. Both the House and Senate have now passed the bill, which creates a program for doling out over a billio...
Apr 30, 2021 Maryland GovPics / CC
May Market previews in Salem this weekend
A new event debuts in Salem this weekend. May Market will be held Friday evening and Saturday at the Marion County Fairgrounds. The Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring what they want to ma...
Apr 30, 2021
Police Beat for Friday, April 30th, 2021
A 25-year-old Centralia woman has been arrested on an outstanding warrant and for possession of under five grams of methamphetamine. Centralia Police took Shatavia McGee of North Cherry into custody w...
Apr 30, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Salem Grade School Board seats new member and reorganizes
The Salem Grade School Board seated a new member and reorganized at a special meeting Thursday night. Jason Smith is joining the board. "I wanted a chance to serve my community and help my kids. They ...
Apr 30, 2021
Marion County has four new COVID cases in past two days
The Marion County Health Department is reporting four new COVID cases on Wednesday and Thursday. All four of the cases are considered community spread. One is a student for which contact tracing is be...
Apr 29, 2021
Black and Latino nursing home deaths linked to overcrowding
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Overcrowding at some Illinois nursing homes caused a disproportionate number of preventable deaths among Black and Latino residents of those facilities. That is the conclusion...
Apr 29, 2021 Alachua County
White farmers sue seeking government loan forgiveness
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Some Illinois farmers and from other Midwestern states are suing the federal government alleging they're ineligible for a COVID-19 stimulus loan forgiveness program because they'r...
Apr 29, 2021 frankieleon / CC
Sheriff: Central Illinois inmate dies after Taser shocks
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a central Illinois jail inmate has died after correctional officers shocked him with Tasers when he resisted health checks and attempts to handcuff him. Sangam...
Apr 29, 2021 Anarchimedia / CC
