Category Archives: Local News
Centralia City Council to consider appointment of Forrest Langenfeld as Interim City Manager
The Centralia City Council will consider the appointment of Financial Services Consultant Forrest Langenfeld as Interim City Manager on Monday night. The action is on the agenda after the council will...
Mar 06, 2021
Minor injuries reported in three-vehicle crash in Patoka
The Marion County Sheriff’s Department reported minor injuries but no one transported to the hospital following a three-vehicle crash on U.S. 51 at the Boat Dock Road in Patoka late Thursday aft...
Mar 06, 2021
Legislation filed to return to paper election ballots
State Senator and Republican Gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey of rural Xenia has filed a bill in Springfield to bring back the use of paper ballots. Bailey feels they are the best and most reliab...
Mar 06, 2021
Judge dismisses lawsuit by Democratic AGs to recognize ERA
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by three Democratic state attorneys general including Kwame Raoul of Illinois seeking to force the federal government to recognize Virginia's vote last year to ...
Mar 06, 2021 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Schutt Sports planning to leave Salem and Illinois
Schutt Sports have informed employees at the Salem plant of their plan to move out of Illinois to Plainfield, Indiana in stages during 2021. The move will start as early as this spring and finish perh...
Mar 05, 2021
Marion County Health Department reports five new COVID-19 cases
The Marion County Health Department is reporting five new positive COVID-19 cases for Thursday and Friday. None of the new cases involve long-term care residents or students. Three are considered comm...
Mar 05, 2021
NAL Ford Bronco headlight finalist in IMA Makers Madness contest
North American Light’s Ford Bronco headlight is a finalist in the Illinois Manufacturer’s Association’s Makers Madness contest on a mission to find the Coolest Thing Made in Illinois...
Mar 05, 2021
Two face new felony drug charges in Marion County Court
Two people have been charged with new felony drug charges in Marion County Court. 36-year-old Jacques Larue of Macon, Georgia was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance and po...
Mar 05, 2021
Police Beat for Friday, March 5th, 2021
A 31-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for alleged aggravated assault and two counts of criminal damage to property. Allen Hirsch of Frazier Avenue was taken to the Marion C...
Mar 05, 2021
COVID-19 Thursday update: 1,740 new cases and 42 additional deaths
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 1,740 new COVID-19 cases and 42 additional deaths on Thursday. None of the deaths were in South Central Illinois. The Marion County Health Departm...
Mar 05, 2021
