Category Archives: Local News

The Salem Grade School Board has taken another step forward on a $4 to $5-million improvement program. The school board, meeting in special session Thursday night, gave Superintendent Dr. Leslie Foppe...

The availability of COVID-19 vaccine is ramping up in Marion County. Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow says 1st shot vaccine is once again flowing through her department. Another clinic f...

The City of Centralia has announced the spring leaf vacuuming service will start on Monday, March 15th and last four weeks. The last day of operation is scheduled for Friday, April 9th. City officials...

The City of Salem has announced East Lawn Cemetery will be cleaned on Monday, March 22nd. Public Works Director Annette Brushwitz says all grave blankets, flowers and decorations will be removed. If y...

Balloon Fest will be held this August. However, Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marcus Holland is uncertain how the event will look due to COVID-19 restrictions. Holland says ...

As other state’s are beginning to lift mask mandates and size control limits, Governor JB Pritzker says they will remain in place in Illinois. He was questioned about continued mitigations when ...

A 20-year-old Kinmundy woman has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies for alleged possession of meth and a controlled substance. Katlin Hollinsead of East 5th was the subject of a t...

Bond has been set at $,9000 for a 47-year-old Centralia man formally charged in Marion County Court Wednesday with possession of under five grams of methamphetamine. Justin Brake of East 3rd faces an ...

Clinton County State’s Attorney Douglas Gruenke has been appointed as the 4th Judicial Circuit’s newest Associate Judge. Gruenke says his starting date as a judge has tentatively been set ...

There will be an Easter Egg Hunt for the Centralia area on Easter afternoon, April 4th, but it won’t be traditional. Wamac Mayor Butch Mathis says continued limitations on crowd gatherings becau...