Category Archives: Local News
Centralia City Council Monday night to look at adding a half-cent sales tax
The Centralia City Council Monday night, will consider adopting a half-cent Non-Home Rule Municipal Occupation Tax. It will bring the sales tax rate up to a full one percent as allowed by the state go...
Sep 08, 2025
Two injured in Friday morning crash in Centralia
Two people were injured in a two-car crash at McCord and Cherry Streets in Centralia early Friday morning. Centralia Police say the crash occurred when 27-year-old Dakota Hensley of Clay Street in Ash...
Sep 08, 2025
Juvenile boy injured in single vehicle crash on Hoots Chapel Road
A 17-year-old Salem juvenile boy was injured in a single-vehicle crash on the Hoots Chapel Road northwest of Salem on Saturday night. The crash was reported by Salem Township Hospital when the boy was...
Sep 07, 2025
Police Beat for Sunday, September 7th, 2025
Central City Police arrested 33-year-old Sarah Bushong of North Park in Central City for alleged domestic battery. She was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a final decision on charges. A 35-ye...
Sep 07, 2025
Arrest made following I-57 shooting in Jefferson County
A 23-year-old Muncie, Indiana, man has been arrested in connection with the shooting of another vehicle on I-57 at northbound mile marker 91 at the south split with I-64 south of Mt. Vernon. Mason Pri...
Sep 06, 2025 Mason Prichard - Jefferson County Sheriff's Department
Replacement of Salem City Hall Roof to Begin Monday
The replacement of the Salem City Hall Roof project is scheduled to begin on Monday. The roof project is part of a multi-phase project to shore up the condition of City Hall. As a result of the work, ...
Sep 06, 2025
Illinois Route 161 Extension to be closed for railroad repairs Monday and Tuesday
The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced Illinois Route 161 Extension will be closed Monday and Tuesday between Heinzmann Road and State Route 37. The full closure will allow the Union ...
Sep 06, 2025
Police Beat for Saturday, September 6th, 2025
Kinmundy Police have arrested 35-year-old Timothy Pomeroi for alleged theft of a motor vehicle. Pomeroi indicated he was homeless. He was transported to the Marion County Jail to await a final decisio...
Sep 06, 2025
A wildly popular 15-year-old computer whiz is becoming the Catholic Church's first millennial saint
By JESSIE WARDARSKI and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - At a Catholic school in Pope Leo XIV's hometown of Chicago, fifth graders read comic books about Carlo Acutis' life titled "Digi...
Sep 06, 2025 The Rev. Ed Howe, the pastor at Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish in Chicago's Northwest Side, leads a Mass themed for Acutis, who will be canonized a saint by Pope Leo XIV, at the parish church on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Chicago's Mexican Independence Day celebrations shadowed by Trump's threats for the city
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO, BEN FINLEY, MELINA WALLING and SARAH RAZA Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - President Donald Trump's plan to dispatch National Guard troops and immigration agents into Chicago has...
Sep 06, 2025 People march during Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights' "Chicago Says No Trump No Troops" protest Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
