Category Archives: Local News
Centralia City Council to be asked to move forward on five demolition projects; sell vacant property
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to direct the demolition or repair of five dangerous and dilapidated homes. With the council’s concurrence, letters will be sent to the prop...
Jan 25, 2021
Centralia City Council to approve new Cemetery Advisory and Parks and Recreation Committees and name first members
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to approve the new structure and the first members of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee and the Cemetery Advisory Commission. The two co...
Jan 25, 2021
Chicago teachers vote to teach from home, defying district
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago teachers have voted to defy the school district's order to return to their classrooms for the resumption of in-person instruction despite not being vaccinated against the corona...
Jan 24, 2021
Highland woman sentenced to 18 months prison in medical hoax
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A 36-year-old southern Illinois woman has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison in a medical hoax that tricked people who gave her money and other benefits. Sarah D...
Jan 24, 2021
Sole bank in southern Illinois town on brink of closure
DESOTO, Illinois (AP) - The only bank in the small southern Illinois community of DeSoto will close later this year. That’s left village officials scrambling to draw another bank to the town of ...
Jan 24, 2021
ISBE Student Advisory Council lays out goals for year
The State Board of Education’s Student Advisory Council is laying out some of its goals for the year. Council President Kaitlyn Zhou says one of the top priorities for the council is to reduce t...
Jan 24, 2021
Senator Plummer Launches Valentine's For Seniors Program
In an effort to lift the spirits of Illinois' senior citizen community, 54th District State Senator Jason Plummer is collecting Valentine's Day cards for his newly introduced Valentine's For Seniors P...
Jan 24, 2021
Police Beat for Sunday, January 24th, 2021
Centralia Police have arrested a 25-year-old Centralia resident for violation of bail bond and criminal trespass to state-supported land. Shatavia McGee of North Cherry was taken into custody after po...
Jan 24, 2021
Judge: Kenosha shooter can't associate with supremacists
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin judge has modified bail conditions for an 18-year-old Illinois teen charged with fatally shooting two people during a protest in southeastern Wisconsin. Kyle Rittenhou...
Jan 24, 2021
Bond set at $200,000 for Salem man facing sex assault and child pornography charges
Bond was set at $200,000 in Marion County Court on Friday for a 19-yea-rold Salem man who was formally charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and three counts of child pornography. ...
Jan 23, 2021
