Category Archives: Local News
Salem Community High School Board votes to renovate two science labs
The Salem Community High School Board voted Monday night to complete the renovation of two of the science labs on the third floor this summer. The board amended the contract with Ameresco to oversee t...
Feb 25, 2025 A teacher works with students in Salem Community High School's chemistry lab. Photo by Cole Wimberly.
Centralia City Council approves engineering projects
The Centralia City Council passed resolutions for several projects at its regular meeting on Monday. Sidewalk improvements to portions of Airport Road and Country Club Road were approved from Jordan E...
Feb 25, 2025 The Centralia City Council presents the Equal Pay Day proclamation with members of Centralia BPW. Photo by Austin Williams.
Kaskaskia College sets tuition for next academic year
The Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees approved a resolution that will slightly increase tuition and fee rates for classes in the 2025-26 school year. Including fees, the in-district rate will increa...
Feb 25, 2025
Police Beat for Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
A 31-year-old Centralia man has been arrested for threatening a public official, resisting arrest and on an outstanding Clinton County warrant. Centralia Police say Emmanuel Robinson of McKee Street i...
Feb 25, 2025
Jefferson County Sheriff's Department investigating shooting death in rural Mt. Vernon
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department has made an arrest in connection with a 33-year-old Mt. Vernon man being found dead in a home in the 12,000 block of East Oakton Road in rural Mt. Vernon. The...
Feb 24, 2025
As federal deadline approaches, Illinois Secretary of State urges residents to "Get Real"
by Jade Aubrey and UIS Public Affairs Reporting (PAR), Capitol News Illinois February 20, 2025 With a deadline approaching for U.S. citizens to obtain Real IDs, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giann...
Feb 24, 2025 Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias exits the House chambers in the Illinois Capitol. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
Salem Police no longer responding to non-violent mental calls
The Salem Police Department is no longer dispatching officers to non-violent mental calls. Deputy Police Chief Tyler Rose says the department is participating in a pilot program ahead of a new law tha...
Feb 24, 2025
Kaskaskia College supports Community Colleges offering 4-year degrees, but don't plan to do so on their own at the present time
Kaskaskia College President George Evans says the college has no immediate plans to offer four-year degrees under a new program unveiled by the Governor in his budget message last week. Evans says at ...
Feb 24, 2025 Kaskaskia College President George Evans.
Sandoval sets graduation dates; gives final approval to large retractable flag in high school gym
The Sandoval School Board has set graduation. High School graduation will be held on Friday night, May 16th, with the exact time still to be set. Eighth grade graduation will be Friday, May 23rd, at 5...
Feb 24, 2025 Sandoval Junior-Senior High School. Photo from District website.
Centralia man arrested for attack on Wamac man last November
Wamac Police have arrested a 53-year-old Centralia for aggravated battery to a man at his home in Wamac last November. John Willis of North Poplar allegedly demanded the victim give a female $30. The ...
Feb 24, 2025 John Willis
