Category Archives: Local News
Marion County Relay for Life to be held Saturday 'Rain or Shine'
The Marion County Relay for Life will be held Saturday 'Rain or Shine'. However, due to the good chance of rain, plans have been made to move the event inside the exhibit building. The goal of this ye...
Sep 26, 2024
Marion County Board makes $25,000 contribution to CASA
The Marion County Board has made a $25,000 contribution to CASA of South Central Illinois. The money will come from the opioid settlement fund. The $207,000 received so far from pharmacies and drug co...
Sep 25, 2024 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Central City village board passes sales tax ordinance, seeks grant for sewers
Central City became another of the municipalities keeping the grocery sales tax in a unanimous vote at the village board meeting Tuesday night. Board members agreed that the village could not afford t...
Sep 25, 2024
One person receives minor injury in three vehicle crash on Route 161
One person was treated on the scene following a three-vehicle rear end crash on Route 161 near the Schwartz Road intersection east of Centralia. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say the crash occurred...
Sep 25, 2024
Salem man arrested after allegedly forcing his way into Salem home
Salem Police arrested a 38-year-old Salem man after he allegedly forced his way into a grandparents home where two of his children had gone to get away from him. James Phillips of Jeanne Drive is bein...
Sep 25, 2024
BCMW Community Services announces the start of the Energy Assistance Program next week
Social service agency BCMW Community Services says the Energy Assistance Program will begin October first for residents in Bond, Clinton, Marion, and Washington County. The program is designed to assi...
Sep 25, 2024
Marion County Supervisor of Assessments to present 'The Property Cycle'
Marion County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Miller will present 'The Property Tax Cycle' program at the Centralia American Legion Thursday night. The program will begin at 6:30 pm and is expected to ...
Sep 25, 2024 Marion County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Miller.
Centralia man charged with aggravated battery after hitting woman with wooden tire thumper
A 48-year-old Centralia man has been charged in Marion County Court with aggravated battery and misdemeanor battery after allegedly striking a woman with a wooden tire thumper at a rural Salem home on...
Sep 24, 2024 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Marion County Sheriff's Deputy makes second arrest in rural Walnut Hill burglary
The Marion County Sheriff's Department has arrested a second man in connection with a burglary and theft at a rural Walnut Hill home last week. Jeff Skibinski of East 15 in Centralia is charged in con...
Sep 24, 2024
Salem Grade School Board approves budget, CD and bonds
The Salem Grade School Board approved a budget with a projected deficit of $844,930 at its meeting on Monday. Superintendent Dr. Leslie Foppe says this is a conservative budget that estimates low reve...
Sep 24, 2024
