Category Archives: Local News
Rural Illinois bar event caused 46 COVID-19 cases, school closure
CHICAGO (AP) - An indoor event at a rural Illinois bar led to 46 cases of COVID-19, one resident of a long-term care facility being hospitalized, and school closure. That’s according to a Center...
Apr 05, 2021
LaHood resigns Lincoln Museum job after loan fine disclosure
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Former Illinois congressman and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has resigned as chairman of the board of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Spring...
Apr 05, 2021
Salem and Wamac both hold successful drive-through Easter Egg hunts, but attendance down
The Easter Bunny greets those arriving at the drive-through Wamac Easter Egg Hunt. Both Salem and Wamac held successful drive-through Easter Egg hunts, but they didn’t attract the crowds of the ...
Apr 05, 2021 Wamac Easter Bunny at drive through Egg Hunt last year.
Freezing temperatures have minimal effect on fruit crops
Temperatures that dipped below freezing on Thursday and Friday mornings will not have any noticeable effect on the fruit crops. That’s the word from Tom Schwartz at the Schwartz Orchards in Cent...
Apr 05, 2021
Salem High School Green Team to host traditional Electronics Recycling Drive
There will be an Electronics Recycling Drive at Salem Community High School this spring. One of the Co-Sponsors of the Green Team, Drew Johnson, says the drive has been set for Friday morning, April 2...
Apr 05, 2021
Fire causes heavy damage to Central City mobile home
Fire has heavily damaged a mobile home in Central City. Centralia Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Ross Boshera says upon arrival there was heavy smoke coming from the Jamie Meier home at 24 R...
Apr 05, 2021
Trash fire causes 2-3 acre brush and field fire in rural Centralia
A trash fire that got away is blamed for starting a fire that burned two to three acres of brush and field late Sunday afternoon in rural Centralia. Kell Fire Chief Lonnie McDaneld says the fire was o...
Apr 05, 2021
Police Beat for Monday, April 5th, 2021
Sandoval Police arrested two Salem residents following separate incidents for possession of a controlled substance. 26-year-old Autumn Respondek of South Lincoln and 32-year-old Jolee Graham of Allmon...
Apr 05, 2021
In fireworks-wary Illinois, 'fountain' sparklers are debated
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Fireworks enthusiasts want Illinois lawmakers to loosen some of the nation’s strictest laws by legalizing backyard ground-based sparklers called "fountains.” The b...
Apr 05, 2021
Central City man facing multiple charges following series of early Sunday morning events
A 53-year-old Central City man is being held in the Marion County Jail on multiple charges that began when an off-duty Wamac Police Officer saw him driving the wrong way on North Elm Street early Sund...
Apr 04, 2021
