Category Archives: Local News

The Marion County Health Department is reporting six new COVID-19 cases from Friday through Monday bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 4,268. There were no add...

A new President and CEO has been named at Iuka State Bank. The Board of Directors has named Carson Smith to succeed Mark Gibson in the position. Gibson has been President and CEO since 2010. He’...

Releases from Carlyle Lake will be increased to 10,000 cubic feet a second starting Friday to bring down the level of the lake. The increase will result in flooding on the Kaskaskia River downstream. ...

Two people were brought to the Marion County Jail on outstanding warrants. 47-year-old Charles Hamburg of East 3rd in Centralia was transferred from the Clinton County Jail at Carlyle where he was arr...

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - Evanston, Illinois, is using tax money from the sale of recreational marijuana to become the first U.S. city to make reparations available to its Black residents for past discrim...

Still no decision on the Marion County Court case seeking to have Bryan Kuder seated as Mayor. Judge Kimbara Harrell made an entry into the court file Monday afternoon in the aftermath of the two and ...

The Illinois Housing Development Authority is going to complete a Comprehensive Housing Plan for Centralia that could open up additional funding sources for housing improvements. City Manager Forrest ...

The Centralia City Council Monday night agreed it was time to begin work on plans to replace the city’s water treatment plant in hopes some extra federal money may become available as part of th...

Clinton County Sheriff Doug Maue says a 45-year-old rural Centralia man died as a result of a pickup truck – train crash early Saturday morning. The sheriff identifies the victim as Brian Starr....

It’s going to be easier for students to apply to multiple state universities this fall. Three schools currently use the common application, letting students apply to a bunch of colleges at once....