Category Archives: Local News
BCMW Looks to Partner with Summer Youth Programs
BCMW Community Services is now welcoming summer youth programs interested in partnering to support summer programming for youth across the four-county service area of Bond, Clinton, Marion and Washing...
Mar 30, 2026
Illinois State Police Announces Completion of Statewide Next Generation 911 Service Upgrades
The Illinois State Police (ISP) is announcing all 169 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) throughout Illinois, commonly called 911 call centers, have successfully transitioned to Next Generation 91...
Mar 30, 2026
1,200 Receive Free Easter Dinner
There were 1,200 free Easter dinner's served Saturday thanks to the work of volunteers in the Salem area. For the second year in a row, the free dinner was coordinated by Saved with Amazing Grace, the...
Mar 30, 2026 File photo: Visitors dining in at the 2025 Community Easter Dinner. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Community Expo at Kaskaskia College Draws Right Crowd for Exhibitors
The Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce is happy with the results of the first Regional Business Expo held at the Kaskaskia College gym on Saturday. Chamber Executive Director Marcus Holland wraps u...
Mar 30, 2026 Businesses set up at the Regional Business Expo in the Kaskaskia College gymnasium. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
15-Year-Old Cisne Boy killed in Crash Involving Semi and Side-by-Side
A 15-year-old Cisne boy was killed when the side-by-side he was operating collided with a semi. Clay County Coroner Bryce Henry identifies the victim as Owen W. Bailey. He was pronounced dead at the s...
Mar 30, 2026
Salem Firemen Answer Four Calls Over the Weekend
This weekend was busy for the Salem Fire Protection District as they fought three fires and helped free a man from an elevator. Firemen were called at 4:19 Sunday afternoon to the Georgia Turner home ...
Mar 30, 2026
Vacant Farm House Destroyed in Fire on Shattuc Road
A vacant farmhouse on the Bob Grote Farm at 9002 Shattuc Road in rural Centralia was destroyed in a late Sunday afternoon fire. Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera says the fire star...
Mar 30, 2026 Firefighters respond to the farmhouse fire on Shattuc Road. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Police Beat for Monday, March 30th, 2026
Centralia Police arrested 19-year-old Hannah Berry of McKee Street in Centralia for domestic battery. She was taken to the Marion County Jail. A 46-year-old Jesse Blades of North Elm in Pana was arres...
Mar 30, 2026
Two Teen Brothers Killed in Farina House Fire
Two young brothers were killed, and a third escaped without injury after fire broke out at their Farina home early Sunday morning. Fayette County Coroner Dave Harris pronounced 19-year-old Brandon Ful...
Mar 30, 2026 liz west / CC
Kaskaskia College Foundation Awards More Than $407,000 in Scholarships to 271 Students
The Kaskaskia College Foundation recently hosted its annual Scholarship Celebration, recognizing both the generous donors who support student scholarships and the Kaskaskia College students whose acad...
Mar 29, 2026 John & Connie Cavaletto (pictured right), Scholarship Winner Jackson Althoff (middle), Jeff Althoff, and Miranda Kelly (representatives and recipient of the Michele Cavaletto Title III Scholarship)
