Category Archives: Local News
More crashes Sunday on Southbound I-57 south of Mt. Vernon
Illinois State Police report two additional traffic crashes on southbound I-57 south of Mt. Vernon during the noon hour on Sunday. While on the scene of a motorist assist at mile marker 89 the two cra...
Jan 27, 2025 ISP FILE PHOTO: An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo.(Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
State Representative Meier working against legalization of prostitution
State Representative Charlie Meier of Okawville has announced he's collecting petition signatures for residents who oppose a recent legislative proposal that seeks to legalize prostitution in Illinois...
Jan 27, 2025 State Representative Charlie Meier.
Senior Meals Program in Salem ends with 4,747 meals delivered
As the Social Service Agency BCMW reopens the Project Bread Meal Sites on Monday, the replacement program in the Salem area led by the Salem Ministerial Alliance is looking back with pride on what the...
Jan 27, 2025 Volunteers putting together the final meals for the senior meals program before the reopening of Project Bread.
Selmaville Grade School Honors Accelerated Readers while Teacher Gets Slimed
The Selmaville Grade School celebrated the top accelerated readers during the second quarter with a school assembly on Friday where one teacher was slimed. Physical Education Teacher Paige Davidson wa...
Jan 27, 2025 A bucket of slime being dumped on PE teacher Paige Davidson by fellow teachers Dawn Jayne (left) and Angie Courtright (right).
Illinois Unemployment Rate is Down, and Jobs Demand is Up in December
The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) has announced that nonfarm payrolls increased +8,800 while the unemployment rate fell - 0.1 percentage point to 5.2 percent in December. The infor...
Jan 27, 2025
Salem Community High School Prom Court Announced
The Salem Community High School Junior and Senior Prom Court Attendants have been announced. Prom will be held this year on Friday, May 2nd. 2025 Senior Prom Attendants Makayla Braddy Miking Ettress E...
Jan 27, 2025
Centralia City Council to consider waiving bid for wastewater treatment plant generator
The Centralia City Council Monday night will consider a resolution to waive bidding requirements for repairs to the generator at the wastewater treatment plant. Instead, the council will be asked to a...
Jan 27, 2025
Marion County Sheriff's Department investigates shots fired complaint
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating a shots fired complaint. The department received a complaint at four Sunday morning that a newer F-150 or F-250 truck fired several shots out th...
Jan 27, 2025
Centralia High School May Fete Court Announced
Centralia High School has announced Peyton Cole and Mya McGee will be the 2025 May Fete King and Queen. The rest of the court includes Senior Attendants Nathaniel LeCrone and Eliza Glascock as well as...
Jan 26, 2025 2025 Centralia High School Maye Fete Court.
Mobile home destroyed by fire in rural Odin
An unoccupied mobile home in rural Odin was destroyed by fire Saturday morning. Odin Fire Chief Greg Smith says the home at 2709 Queens Avenue in Royal Lake was well involved in flames upon their arri...
Jan 26, 2025 Odin mobile home is fully engulfed in flames when Odin Firemen arrive Saturday morning.
