Category Archives: Local News
Salem Lions Club seeking donations for post prom
The Salem Lions Club is seeking donations for the Salem Community High School Post Prom early Saturday morning. Retired Salem High Athletic Director Scott Steward remains involved because he feels the...
Apr 30, 2025 Salem Lions Club members taking part in Post Prom 2022.
Centralia man arrested on child pornography charges
A 39-year-old Centralia man has been arrested for a Class X felony charge of Production of Child Pornography and multiple Class 2 felony charges of possession of child pornography. Lucas Connaway of N...
Apr 30, 2025
Centralia man sentenced to prison for theft of air conditioner units
A 36-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to felony theft of air conditioning units from a West Second Street address last Ju...
Apr 30, 2025
Barn and apartment destroyed by fire west of Mt. Vernon
A barn that contained an apartment on the Richard Jones property at 10099 East Richview Road west of Mt. Vernon was heavily damaged by fire Tuesday morning. Jefferson Fire officials say the 30 by 40 f...
Apr 30, 2025
Heavy rains and severe storms cross South Central Illinois
Two lines of severe thunderstorms pushed through South Central Illinois on Tuesday bringing considerable rain and flooding in low lying areas. The Salem Water Plant recorded 2.41 inches of rain and th...
Apr 30, 2025 Storm damage to a home on Meadow Lane off Raccoon Lake. Photo by PJ Norville
$771,263 grant awarded to start work on Hoffman-Hart Building renovation
Re:purpose Development has been awarded a $771,263 state Community Revitalization Grant to begin work on restoration of the Hoffman-Hart building on 122 East Broadway in downtown Centralia. Mindy-Kuhl...
Apr 29, 2025 Hoffman Hart building. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Police say driver likely did not target after-school camp in crash that killed 3 kids and 1 teen
By JOHN O'CONNOR Associated Press CHATHAM, Ill. (AP) - Three young children and a teenager were killed when a car barreled through a building used for an after-school camp in central Illinois, but aut...
Apr 29, 2025 Jennifer Walston, 43, hugs daughter Lexi Walston, 6, while sisters Briley Walston, 9 and Madison Foster, 10, place flowers and stuffed animals at the site where several were killed Monday, when a car barreled through a building used for an after-school camp in Chatham, Ill., on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)
Kaskaskia College Board welcomes new student trustee
The Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees saluted its outgoing student trustee at Monday night's meeting and welcomed the board's student trustee for the 2025-2026 school year. Board Chairman Bill Hawle...
Apr 29, 2025 Meagan Mahlandt (left) shakes hands with Kaskaskia College Board Chairman Bill Hawley after being sworn in as student trustee on Monday. Photo by Steven Stilt
Hawley re-appointed chairman of Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees
By Steven Stilt The Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees swore in three of its members to new terms during Monday night's meeting, and voted to maintain the board's current leadership structure. Truste...
Apr 29, 2025 (From left) Bill Hawley, Linda Stover, and Craig Finke take the oath of office for new terms as Kaskaskia College trustees on Monday evening. Photo by Steven Stilt.
Centralia welcomes new recreation coordinator
The Centralia City Council welcomed Eli Cox as the new recreation coordinator for the city of Centralia at Monday night's council meeting. Cox, who previously worked for four years at the Clinton Coun...
Apr 29, 2025 Centralia recreation coordinator Eli Cox. Photo by Austin Williams.
