Category Archives: Local News
Jesse Jackson's wife headed home from hospital after COVID
CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson's wife will be released from a Chicago hospital where she has been treated for COVID-19. A statement Friday from Jonathan Jackson, one of the couple's five childr...
Sep 3, 2021
Patoka Fall Festival set for this weekend
The Patoka Fall Festival returns after a year's absence. The activity begins on Friday night with the carnival and the opening of the food vendors at five pm. The Friday night entertainment in the are...
Sep 3, 2021 EvelynGiggles / CC
Police Beat for Friday, September 3rd, 2021
Sandoval Police have arrested two men for theft of a dump trailer that was reported missing Thursday afternoon from the 200 block of North Main Street. 27-year-old Caleb Forby of Benton and 34-year-ol...
Sep 3, 2021
Patoka School students and staff required to wear masks starting next Tuesday
The Patoka school board voted on Thursday to implement a new back-to-school plan that complies with the school mask mandate that was issued by Governor Pritzker in August. Facing pressure from the sta...
Sep 3, 2021
Governor expresses concerns about continued growth in COVID-19 numbers
The latest daily total of new cases is 4,224. On Wednesday, new cases hit over 5,000, the highest number since January 22nd. 51 additional people have died. Governor JB Pritzker says there are 26 know...
Sep 3, 2021
Governor promises to work to protect women's rights in Illinois following new Texas law
Governor JB Pritzker says he's deeply concerned about the abortion law passed in Texas. Texas now has one of the most restrictive laws in the country, banning abortions after about six weeks of pregna...
Sep 3, 2021 New Voices
Police start "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign for Labor Day weekend
The Illinois Department of Transportation is reminding the public not to drink and drive over the holiday weekend. I-DOT spokesperson Paul Wappel says the "Drive sober or get pulled over" campaign is ...
Sep 3, 2021
Both Salem and Centralia offering assistance to file "Back to Business" grants
Both Salem and Centralia have announced additional help for businesses to file applications for the State of Illinois' Back to Business grant program. The B2B grant program is designed to depl...
Sep 3, 2021 Matt Turner / CC
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital prepares for opening of larger and renovated emergency room
The President of SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia says the final touches are being put on the enlarged and renovated 7,700 square-foot emergency room. Damon Harbison says they will soon be ...
Sep 2, 2021 The Blessing of the new Emergency Department. Left to right: Bishop Michael G. McGovern of the Belleville Diocese, Father Steve Pautler of St. Mary's Catholic Church - Centralia, and Jeff Stewart - Regional Director of Pastoral Care at SSM Health
Centralia man arrested in connection with Tuesday night high speed chase
The Marion County Sheriff's Deputies has taken a 41-year-old Centralia man into custody following a high-speed chase Tuesday night from Odin to Wisher Road south of Patoka. A resident near where the p...
Sep 2, 2021
