Category Archives: Local News

No decision Friday in Bryan Kuder’s attempt to get the Mayor’s job back in Centralia. Judge Kimbara Harrell heard nearly 2 and a half hours of argument on if the Centralia City Council imp...

An 86-year-old St. Elmo woman was killed in a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 at milepost 91 in Effingham County late Friday morning. State Police identify the victim as Evadine Goers. She was pro...

The Marion County Health Department is reporting 13 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and Friday. Four of the cases are considered community spread while nine were considered to be from household or c...

Centralia Police say one of 19 licensed retail businesses in Centralia that sell tobacco sold to an underage person during the latest compliance checks completed on Thursday. Ronald Winkenwerder of Bi...

A 59-year-old Salem man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies for theft of services. Kelly Krutsinger of Lamar Drive is accused of leaving Telford Tire without paying for repair ...

Senator Jason Plummer is not happy with the Governor’s ‘Bridge Phase’ for COVID-19 recovery. He says the Governor needs to stop dragging his feet, be transparent about how he’s...

The Illinois Department of Employment Security says unemployment jumped across the state and all South Central Illinois counties in January compared to December and January a year ago. Marion County&#...

An Effingham man has been charged with manufacturing, possessing, and attempting to pass counterfeit U.S. currency throughout southern Illinois. The charges were brought in a five-count federal indict...

Gov. Pritzker announced today that his administration is extending the individual income tax filing and payment deadline from April 15 to May 17. The Illinois Department of Revenue will continue to pr...

The Salem Grade School Board has named Marita Williams as the new Assistant Principal at Franklin Park School. Williams had been in charge of the district’s special education department and repl...