Category Archives: Local News
Apostolic Christian Academy Awards Night & Graduation
Apostolic Christian Academy held their Awards Night & Graduation on Thursday, May 22. Congratulations to Kindergarten graduates: Joelle Burner Mason Green Jaxon Grover Amira Hayes Lucas Smith Jax ...
May 30, 2025
Centralia Police Department announces 'Click It or Ticket' campaign numbers
The Centralia Police Department's Lieutenant Steve Whritenour announced that it issued 38 citations during the Memorial Day "Click It or Ticket" enforcement period. Whritenour explains, "Through the M...
May 29, 2025 Michael Sheehan / CC
Matt Donoho named Salem Community High School Foundation Teacher of the Year
An English teacher at Salem Community High School has been named the school's Academic Foundation Teacher of the Year. Superintendent Dr. Brad Detering announced Matt Donoho had won the annual award a...
May 29, 2025 SCHS Teacher of the Year Matt Donoho (left) receives a gift from Don Decker of the Academic Foundation (right). Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Bids to go out on Salem Township Hospital OR-ER renovation next Friday
Progress continues to be made on the $17 million Salem Township Hospital emergency and operating room renovation and expansion. Hospital CEO James Timpe hopes new construction work will be underway by...
May 29, 2025
Abandoned mobile home in Wamac destroyed by fire
An abandoned mobile home in Wamac that had been on fire several years ago burned again on Wednesday afternoon. The fire was at 109 Apple Street. All that is left now is a pile of ruble. The Centralia ...
May 29, 2025 Abandoned Wamac mobile home destroyed by fire. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Bill would require police training for sexual assault, conflicts of interest
by Jade Aubrey and UIS Public Affairs Reporting (PAR), Capitol News Illinois May 27, 2025 SPRINGFIELD - Illinois police officers soon could be required to undergo trauma-informed sexual assault traini...
May 29, 2025 State Sen. Mary Edly-Allen is pictured on the Senate floor on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Salem Police arrest homeless man for aggravated battery to police officer
A 54-year-old homeless Salem man has been arrested by Salem Police for aggravated battery to a police officer and resisting arrest. Police report their confrontation with Charles Hall culminated a ser...
May 29, 2025
Salem Police finalize arrests in Bryan Memorial Park and Mills Cart Road mob action fights
Salem Police say they have now arrested eight people for swarming a car and starting a fight in Bryan Memorial Park and six for an earlier incident where a juvenile was beaten up along Mills Cart Road...
May 29, 2025
Many Potential Changes Presented at the Older American Act Day of Action Meeting
By Cole Wimberly Due to the imminent Federal Budget cuts, the 60-year-old, Older American Act (OAA), is potentially going to undergo many extreme changes along with the programs that work with it. Mid...
May 28, 2025
Marion County Board restores funding to U of I Extension Service
The Marion County Board Tuesday night restored $163,200 in funding to the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service. The money had been collected in a property tax levy specifically for the...
May 28, 2025 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
