Category Archives: Local News
Centralia's Downtown Summer Concert Series features new day and new bands
The Downtown Summer Concert Series opens for the fifth year this Saturday in downtown Centralia by Crooked Creek Winery. The event will run every Saturday through August 9, featuring a variety of arti...
Jul 04, 2025 A scene from the 2024 Downtown Centralia Concert Series.
Centralia swears in new patrolman
The Centralia Police Department welcomed new patrolman Joshua Hall as he was sworn in as a patrolman at City Hall on Thursday. Originally from Gardner, Illinois, Hall has over ten years of experience ...
Jul 04, 2025 Centralia's newest police officer Joshua Hall is sworn in during a Thursday afternoon ceremony at Centralia City Hall. Photo by Austin Williams.
Mt. Vernon man gets 24-year prison term for retail theft
A 54-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been sentenced in Jefferson County Court to a total of 24 years in prison for felony retail theft. Tyrone Alexander received the maximum six-year prison term on each o...
Jul 04, 2025 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Centralia man receives 18 month prison term for domestic battery
A 21-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced in Marion County Court to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to felony domestic battery. Armani Moore of South Locust was charged with the offense...
Jul 04, 2025
Police Beat for Friday, July 4th, 2025
Centralia Police have arrested 26-year-old Troy Brown of North Hickory in Centralia for alleged domestic battery, interference with the reporting of domestic violence and violation of an order of prot...
Jul 04, 2025
Most Government Offices Closed Friday for 4th of July, Trash Pickup in Centralia on Regular Schedule
Most federal, state, and local government offices are closed for the 4th of July holiday on Friday. That includes Centralia and Salem City Halls. However, trash pickup will remain on the regular sched...
Jul 03, 2025 Utah Reps
Salem Issues More Than $6-Million in Building Permits in 1st Half of Year
The City of Salem has issued more than $6-million in building permits during the first half of the year. The new 618 Plastics Commercial building on Selmaville Road accounts for more than half the amo...
Jul 03, 2025 Constructon continues on the 618 Plastics manufacturing facility on North Selmaville Road. The plant is the largest building permit issued so far this year. Photo by Alex Wellen.
Pritzker signs health care legislation
Bills aim to rein in pharmacy benefit managers, expand insurance coverage By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Gov. JB Pritzker signed a pair of health care-related ...
Jul 03, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker signs two bills related to health care costs at a hospital in Peoria, including a bill that puts more controls on pharmacy benefit managers. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
State ends fiscal year with record revenue
Attention turns to volatile FY26 forecast as uncertainty continues By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Despite uncertainty over the economy and federal funding du...
Jul 03, 2025 The Illinois Capitol is pictured on May 31, 2025, during the final day of the spring session. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Drive-by shooting kills 4 and wounds 14 others after a party at a Chicago restaurant
By LAURA BARGFELD and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - The upbeat mood in a busy Chicago neighborhood known for its restaurants and nightlife quickly turned into horror late Wednesda...
Jul 03, 2025 A sign shows Artis Restaurant and Lounge in Chicago has been closed by police on Thursday, July 3, 2025 following a deadly shooting the previous night. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)
