Category Archives: Local News
Salem Fire handle two minor fires on Saturday
Salem Firemen were called to two small fires on Saturday. Firemen were called to the edge of County Farm Road north of Apple Ridge Road where there was a smoldering grass and leaf fire. Since the fire...
Oct 20, 2024
State Police release details on crash that took life of State Trooper
State Police have released more details on a traffic crash that took the life of a 28-year-old State Trooper in Champaign County in east central Illinois. Director Brendan Kelly reports Trooper Corey ...
Oct 20, 2024
SSM Health provides containers to dispose of prescription drugs in Centralia and Mt. Vernon
SSM Health is aligning with the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by hosting a Southern Illinois ministry-based Drug Take ...
Oct 20, 2024
4 decades after rising to power and nearly 4 years since his fall, former Speaker Madigan goes to trial
Lengthy jury selection portends arduous trial for ousted Democratic powerbroker By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - On a late October day in Springfield ne...
Oct 20, 2024 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan – a mainstay of Illinois political power for over four decades – is pictured leaving the Dirksen Federal Courthouse earlier this year after a hearing regarding the corruption charges he faces. Opening statements in his trial are slated for next week. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Monster Crawl planned in downtown Centralia Saturday night
The Rail Annual Monster Crawl is set for the 100 block of West Broadway in Centralia on Saturday night. One of the organizers Jessiycka Coleman says this frightfully even begins at five. "We started t...
Oct 19, 2024 Some scary people joined the crowd for last year's Monster Crawl in downtown Centralia.
Police Beat for Friday, October 18th, 2024
Three people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Thursday on outstanding no-bond warrants. 39-year-old Joshua Gripler of Selmaville Road in Salem was arrested on a felony failure to appear warrant...
Oct 18, 2024
Adopt-a-Family returning for Christmas Season, but with some new sponsors
The Adopt-a-Family Christmas Program will continue its tradition in Marion County, but with some new sponsors. The Social Service Agency BCMW is bowing out of its major role and will be replaced by th...
Oct 18, 2024
Prison workers at Centralia and across state take to picket line Thursday for 'Safety Matters' day
Union members at prisons across Illinois including Centralia, Big Muddy, and Vandalia held demonstrations Thursday afternoon outside the prison entrance to send a message to the Illinois Department of...
Oct 18, 2024 Picketers outside the Centralia Correctional Facility. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Salem Grade School Board names new Assistant Principal at Hawthorn
The Salem Grade School Board has hired its current Franklin Park Assistant Principal Marita Williams as the new Assistant Principal at Hawthorn Grade School. Williams will take over the position next ...
Oct 18, 2024 Salem Grade School Board honors Franklin Park Baseball Team for 1st in State. Zane Applegate, Bentley Bryan, Emit Gibson, Dakota Gregg, Jayce Keller, Ben Lux, Kellen Nix, Jax Schaubert, Grant Squibb, Rhett Starnes, Carter Summers, Owen Tennyson, and EJ Wolfe. (Not Pictured) Kai Graham, Nolan Krutsinger, Eli Purdy, Tanner Purintun, Kameron Rasul, Coach Ricky Huge, Coach Tyson Moore, and Coach Jeff Malone. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Odin Village Board moves forward with grants for water system improvements and demolition of downtown buildings
The Odin Village Board Thursday night approved submittal of a $1-million grant that would pay for most of the cost of hooking the west side of the water system to Gateway Regional Water. That portion ...
Oct 18, 2024 Odin Village Clerk Susan Gordon swears in Brian Vowell as a new Village Trustee. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
