Category Archives: Local News

The Illinois Department of Employment Security says tax forms are now available for those who received unemployment benefits. IDES Director Kristen Richards says whether you received regular unemploym...

Centralia High School Instrumental Music Instruction and Band Director Stephanie Aarons next to some of the awards won the CHS Marching Showcase so far this year. Photo by Bruce Kropp. Centralia High ...

Some flooded low lying roads are once again passable Monday morning. Salem Township Road Commissioner Jim Bryant reports the South College Street Extension is reopened, but South Hotze, South Hoots Ch...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - New Illinois House Speaker Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch says he has stepped back from his role as a partner in a law firm that provides services to local governments in the stat...

CHICAGO (AP) - The state of Illinois is buying a building on Chicago’s near West Side $73 million building. It’s part of a wider plan to consolidate state employees from several downtown b...

A 27-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Sandoval Police on an outstanding St. Clair County warrant and for unlawful possession of a weapon or ammunition. Randall Withers of East Noleman was t...

The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 65 additional COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, including three in South Central Illinois. The department is reporting the death of a female in her 60s...

SSM Health in Illinois, including St. Mary’s Hospital in Centralia and Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon, is updating its visitation policy. Beginning Monday, one support person per day will...

A 28-year-old Vandalia man was airlifted from the scene of a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 51 near the Patoka Oil Tank Farm late Friday night. State Police say Christopher Carroll received life-threate...

Left to right: Alexander Johnson and Jacob Koelmel (Marion County Jail Photos) Bystanders were able to hold two suspects involved in an altercation outside the Lucky Marble bar with Patoka Police Chie...