Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Chamber Honors Number of Businesses at Annual Banquet
The Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce honored a number of businesses at its Celebrate Progress Annual Banquet. The Legacy Award was presented to Re:purpose Development, Crooked Creek Winery, and C...
Feb 06, 2026 The Cooney family receives this year's Centralia Chamber of Commerce Legacy Award. Left to right: Centralia Economic Development Director Rob Jackson who presented the award, Shannon and Mindy Cooney, and Centralia Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marcus Holland.
Judge Ericka Sanders Addresses Centralia Chamber Annual Banquet on Resurgence of Community and Volunteerism Making a Difference
Associate Judge Ericka Sanders, in her keynote address to the Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet Thursday night, commended the businesses and volunteers for the resurgence of the com...
Feb 06, 2026 Judge Ericka Sanders provided the keynote address to the Centralia Chamber of Commerce Celebrate Progress Annual Banquet.
Collection of Old Photos from Frank Brinkerhoff to go on Display Saturday at Salem Historical Museum
A large collection of photographs put together by Historian Frank Brinkerhoff will be available for public viewing beginning this Saturday from nine to noon at the Salem Historical Museum. Brinkerhoff...
Feb 06, 2026
Centralia Police Release Details on Crash Involving Centralia High Bus
Centralia Police say no one was hurt when a car broadsided a Centralia High School Bus while it was crossing McCord Street at the Country Club Road intersection on Wednesday afternoon. Police say the ...
Feb 06, 2026
Two Early Friday Morning Crashes on I-57 in Marion County
There were two wrecks with injuries early Friday morning on I-57 in Marion County. The first occurred at mile marker 111 five miles south of Salem when a northbound truck ran into the median and overt...
Feb 06, 2026
Two Injured in Crash on South Side of Salem
Both drivers were injured in a two-vehicle crash on South Broadway and Kell Street on the south side of Salem Friday morning. Salem Police say a car driven by 57-year-old Susan Boerner of Camby, India...
Feb 06, 2026
Police Beat for Friday, February 6th, 2026
A 29-year-old Salem man has been ordered to serve 30 days in the Marion County Jail after being sanctioned in Marion County Court for violation of pre-trial release conditions in a pending domestic ba...
Feb 06, 2026
Byrd Watson Drug Company hold Chamber ribbon cutting to mark opening of new location
Byrd Watson Drug Company has celebrated its new location at 790 West McCord Street in Centralia with a Centralia Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting. Owner-Pharmacist Kim Weiter says the ribbon cutting...
Feb 05, 2026 Ribbon cutting at the new Byrd Watson location. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Damon Harbison elected to second term on Illinois Health & Hospital Association Board of Trustees
SSM Health has announced that Damon Harbison, President of SSM Health Good Samaritan and St. Mary's Hospitals, as well as the SSM Health Rural Health Network in Illinois, has been elected to a second ...
Feb 05, 2026
Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon recognized as one of top performing hospitals in country
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon has been recognized as one of the top-performing hospitals in the nation on the inaugural Forbes Top Hospitals 2026 list. The ranking evaluates hospita...
Feb 05, 2026
