Category Archives: Local News
Wamac mobile receives minor damage from electrical fire
Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera says a fire in a wire under a mobile home at 1207 South Brookside in Wamac Sunday morning resulted in minor damage. Boshera reports the occupant, ...
Jul 11, 2021 Centralia Fire Protection District officials work to remove insulation under a mobile home following a wiring problem started a fire Sunday morning. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Last of four Central Illinois jail escapees captured
LEWISTOWN, Ill. (AP) - Authorities in central Illinois say the last of four escapees from the Fulton County Jail last week has been captured. The sheriff's office says Zachary Hart was caught Sunday n...
Jul 11, 2021
SIU researcher studying bobcat, coyote habitat in Illinois
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - A Southern Illinois University researcher is tracking coyotes and bobcats to understand the habitats they seek and how they affect them. Nicole Gorman is a graduate zoology stu...
Jul 11, 2021 Nicole Gorman, a graduate student in zoology and research assistant at Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, fits a captured bobcat with a GPS tracking collar. Gorman is studying bobcat and coyote movement in Southern and Central Illinois and their impact on areas where they live. She is focusing on multispecies systems and the spatial behavior of wildlife in the two different environments – one forested and the other agricultural and more influenced by humans. (Photo provided)
Route 66 exhibit opens with Illinois State Fair
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Visitors to this year's Illinois State Fair will be able to visit one of the nation's more historic highways with the Route 66 Experience. The multiyear project will turn the ...
Jul 11, 2021 Bob Sponge / CC
Contested elections held for two seats on the Tri-County Electric Cooperative Board
There was a contest for two open seats to represent Marion County on the Tri-County Electric Cooperative Board at Saturday's annual meeting. Normally only one representative per county is elected each...
Jul 11, 2021 Tri-County Electric Board candidates. Left to right: Sam Phillips (who is reelected), James Baker (who failed at his two attempts to win a board seat), and Michelle Barbee (who claims a board seat for the first time). Photos by Bruce Kropp.
Heavy rains early Saturday night result in flooding and more down trees
For the second time on Saturday, severe thunderstorm warnings were issued early Saturday evening and flooding rains fell across most of Marion County. The Salem Water Plant recorded an additional 1.15...
Jul 11, 2021 Rian Castillo / CC
Two arrested by Centralia Police on drug charges following altercation
Centralia Police arrested two people on multiple drug charges after initially responding to a domestic battery at Saddler and Jackson Streets on Saturday night. Police reports indicate two females wer...
Jul 11, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Second Vaccine Lottery set for Monday in Illinois
The next drawing for the state's vaccine lottery will be held Monday. In the second drawing, three prizes of $100,000 will be awarded from a statewide pool of adults. Governor JB Pritzker says that wi...
Jul 11, 2021
IDHS and AFSCME encourage Murray Developmental Center Staff to get vaccinated
AFSCME Council 31 Director Roberta Lynch has joined State of Illinois Department of Human Services Secretary Grace Hou to urge employees of Murray Developmental Center to get vaccinated before Tuesday...
Jul 10, 2021
Severe thunderstorms move across South Central Illinois early Saturday morning, dumping more than inch of rain
Severe thunderstorms early Saturday morning dumped heavy rains and had strong wind gusts that downed several trees and numerous tree limbs. Salem Police say the storm broke one electric pole and cause...
Jul 10, 2021 A tree falls out of the ground off the South Hoots Chapel during the early Saturday morning severe thunderstorm activity. Photo by Sam Phillips.
