Category Archives: Local News
Centralia City Council to consider budget and putting sales tax increase on April ballot
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to approve its operating budget for the fiscal year beginning January first. City Manager Lowell Crow says the budget is balanced across the board...
Dec 07, 2020
Salem City Council to consider garbage collection and leaf vacuum fee increases
The Salem City Council Monday night will consider increases in the garbage collection and leaf vacuum fees. City Manager Rex Barbee is suggesting a $1 a month increase in the garbage collection fee an...
Dec 07, 2020
Centralia Police make arrest on man wanted on outstanding warrants
Centralia Police have arrested a 28-year-old Centralia man on multiple warrants after responding to a disturbance call at 500 West Broadway. Police say Shaundre Pickett of North Lincoln is wanted on M...
Dec 07, 2020
Centralia Downtown Christmas Stroll
Downtown Centralia was lively during the Christmas Stroll Friday night. Christmas music filled the air as local artists played along the street, while people passed by some on foot others riding in a ...
Dec 06, 2020
Airgo plane makes safe emergency landing at Mt. Vernon Outland Airport
An Airgo plane safely on the ground at Outland Airport in Mt. Vernon following an emergency landing. Photo courtesy of Mt. Vernon Professional Firefighters Facebook Page. An Airgo plane with an instru...
Dec 06, 2020
Three separate felony drug arrests made in Marion County
Salem Police say they recovered both heroin and cocaine during a traffic stop on a car driven by a Kankakee woman. Police initially stopped the car driven by Kimberly Miller on West Main Street becaus...
Dec 06, 2020
Police Beat for Sunday, December 6th, 2020
Salem Police arrested a 22-year-old Salem man for domestic battery following an incident involving his girlfriend at his home Saturday night. Police report Alexander Russell of South Lincoln had left ...
Dec 06, 2020
Illinois Republican Party chairman Tim Schneider resigning
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The head of the Illinois Republican Party is stepping down after more than six years. Tim Schneider informed members of the Republican State Central Committee during an online...
Dec 06, 2020
Four more COVID-19 deaths reported in South Central Illinois, State death toll tops 13,000
The death toll from COVID-19 continues to rise rapidly with an additional 208 COVID-related deaths reported in Illinois on Saturday. That brings the total number of deaths in the state since the pande...
Dec 05, 2020
Large tents back up outside emergency rooms of St. Mary's and Good Samaritan Hospitals
A tent to handle overflow COVID-19 patients is back outside SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Centralia. Photo by Pat Hodges. As the number of COVID-19 grows, the large tents that were erected a...
Dec 05, 2020
