Category Archives: Local News
Salem Water Treatment Plant Bulk Water Machine to be unavailable beginning April 19th
The bulk water machine at the City of Salem Water Treatment Plant will not be available beginning April 19th. Water plant officials say it will be taken out of service for maintenance and upgrades. No...
Apr 12, 2021
Salem Police Chief warns of $20 counterfeit bills
Salem Police Chief Sean Reynolds says two businesses have received counterfeit $20 bills and he’s alerting everyone in the community to check for the authenticity of the money they receive. With...
Apr 12, 2021
Video shows Black player forced to sit near banana peels
A Black football player at a northwest Illinois high school is seen on video sitting down in a locker littered with banana peels after a teammate threatens to break his knees if he doesn’t compl...
Apr 12, 2021
2 police shootings in 2 days in Rockford
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Authorities are investigating two-weekend police shootings in Rockford, including one in which a man was killed. The first shooting happened Saturday afternoon a Winnebago County...
Apr 12, 2021
Some GOP-led states target abortions done through medication
About 40% of all abortions in the U.S. are now done through medication - rather than surgery - and that option has become all the more pivotal during the COVID-19 pandemic. Abortion rights advocates s...
Apr 12, 2021
Illinois Department of Corrections to resume in-person visitation for prisoners
The Illinois Department of Corrections is resuming in-person visitation at its correctional facilities. This will be the first time loved ones have been able to see their family members in more than a...
Apr 12, 2021
ACA teacher Tracy Claunch is WJBD-WSIQ Teacher of the Week
A teacher who has been at the Apostolic Christian Academy since it opened 31 years ago is this week’s WJBD-WSIQ Teacher of the Week. Tracy Claunch is also a nurse but said after completing her d...
Apr 12, 2021
Salem plans gas meter replacement work beginning next Monday
The City of Salem will be changing out gas meters on a portion of the southwest side of town starting next Monday. Public Works Director Annette Brushwitz says residents from the 1000 block of South C...
Apr 12, 2021
Centralia City Council to consider establishment of a truancy code
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to approve a truancy ordinance or code. Police Chief Greg Dodson says the ordinance will amend the Centralia Municipal Code to add it with the abi...
Apr 12, 2021 Centralia Police Chief Greg Dodson.
Franklin Park 3rd Quarter Honor Roll
4th Grade High Honor Zane Applegate Issac Beatty Corey Cano Kyris Cantrell Kara Crain Presley Eddy Peyton Fuller Holden Gambill Morgan Holland Rebekah Howe Alaigha Hughes Jeremiah Inman Jayce Keller B...
Apr 12, 2021
