Category Archives: Local News

Three facing felony drug charges (left to right) Erika Neskil, Peter Trudeau, and Justin Heern. Two residents of a room at the Home Motel on West Noleman in Centralia were formally charged in Marion C...

CHICAGO (AP) - The White House says the U.S. attorney for northern Illinois appointed by former President Donald Trump won't be forced to resign as originally planned. President Joe Biden's team had w...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the emergency use of a COVID-19 saliva test developed by the University of Illinois. Despite the lack of FDA approval until ...

COLUMBIA, Ill. (AP) - The longtime mayor of the southern Illinois city of Columbia has resigned in the wake a federal indictment accusing him of public corruption. A federal grand jury last week indic...

The 60th Sandoval Homecoming was held over the weekend and was done a little differently as all things have been since the Covid pandemic began. The day began with a parade through town with the court...

Salem City Clerk Bev Quinn (left) swears in Acting Mayor Nic Farley as Kendra Rose holds the Bible. The Salem City Council has appointed an acting Mayor to serve out the remainder of the term of the l...

Salem City Manager Rex Barbee says the city is quickly moving towards groundbreaking on the new Bryan Memorial Park Inclusive Playground as well as other recreational improvements in the park. The cou...

The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting only 1,143 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the lowest number of cases for a single day since July 28th. An additional 20 deaths were reported, no...

The Centralia and Salem Relay for Life events will be merged back together for a single event this year. Both events had to be canceled last year due to COVID-19 and the American Cancer Society has ha...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a southern Illinois construction company has agreed to pay back $400,000 to settle a federal complaint accusing it of fraudulently accepting $8 mill...