Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Fire Department swears in new lieutenant
The Centralia City Fire Department has sworn in a new lieutenant. Devan Orrill was given the oath by City Clerk Kim Enke at Centralia City Hall on Thursday afternoon. "Three years ago I started a drea...
Mar 08, 2025 Devan Orrill is sworn in as Centralia Fire Department lieutenant.
Current flag wins state flag redesign vote
by Bridgette Fox and UIS Public Affairs Reporting (PAR), Capitol News Illinois March 6, 2025 The Illinois state flag may be around a lot longer, it turns out. About 43% of the 385,000 votes in an advi...
Mar 07, 2025 The U.S. and Illinois flags over the state capitol in Springfield in May 2024. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Pritzker wants Illinois to be latest state to ban cellphones in classroom
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois March 6, 2025 Are cellphones a useful tool or a distraction in the classroom? According to Gov. JB Pritzker, they're a distraction, and he has proposed banning ...
Mar 07, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker is asking lawmakers to pass a plan banning cellphones in schools during class time. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Salem Ministerial Alliance food pantry is moving
The Salem Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry is moving. The final distribution was made from the Salem Community Activity Center on Thursday. Food Pantry Coordinator Carol Ann Short says the new locatio...
Mar 07, 2025 Salem Community Activity Center presents plaque to Salem Ministerial Alliance for their work. Left to right: Community Center Board President Ellen Neff, Community Center Executive Director Marci Auvit, Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry Director Carol Ann Short, Peggy Oelke, Mike Lund, Sheena Rollinson, Becky Helton, and Patricia Cox of the Salem Community Center. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem close to getting new city manager and police chief
The City of Salem is close to naming a new city manager and police chief. Mayor Nic Farley says the Salem City Council could consider a contract with a new city manager at the March 17th meeting. The ...
Mar 07, 2025 Salem City Manager Annette Sola.
Police Beat for Friday, March 7th, 2025
Centralia Police have arrested a 26-year-old Centralia resident for aggravated battery to a police officer and resisting arrest. Brook Nossett of North Edgewood Lane was charged in Marion County Court...
Mar 07, 2025
St. Mary's takes first at Raccoon JV Scholar Bowl tournament
Raccoon Grade School hosted their yearly JV Scholar Bowl Tournament on Tuesday, March 3, 2025. Seven teams participated in the tournament including Raccoon, St. Mary's Centralia, New Horizon, Kell, Ce...
Mar 06, 2025 All-Tournament Team: MVP - Griffin Knowles (St. Mary's), Cameron McBride (Nashville), Asher Veller (New Horizon), Rayner Finley (CJHS), Riene Justin (Willow Grove)
Legislative revenue estimate more than $700M lower than Pritzker's proposed budget
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois March 5, 2025 SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers' projections for revenues in the coming year aren't as high as Gov. JB Pritzker's, raising questions about how much money ...
Mar 06, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker discusses his proposed fiscal year 2026 budget with reporters at the Capitol on Feb. 19, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
State lawmakers brace for possible federal cuts to Medicaid
by Peter Hancock, Jade Aubrey and UIS Public Affairs Reporting (PAR), Capitol News Illinois March 5, 2025 SPRINGFIELD - Health care advocates, hospital officials and people who rely on Medicaid for th...
Mar 06, 2025 A.J. Wilhelmi, president and CEO of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association, testifies to a House budget committee about the impact of proposed cuts in federal funding for Medicaid. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Kaskaskia College announces May 2025 graduation deadlines
The Kaskaskia College Records Office is announcing that this year's graduation ceremony will be held at the main campus on Friday evening, May 16, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. This ceremony will recognize all s...
Mar 06, 2025
