Category Archives: Local News
Centralia home undergoing renovation damaged by suspicious fire
A Centralia home undergoing renovation was damaged by a suspicious fire late Sunday night. Centralia City Firemen say the home in the 1400 block of South Maple was undergoing renovation by its owner C...
Feb 03, 2025 Centralia City firemen responding to a fire on South Maple. Photo by Tim Ferguson
Marion County Board Names Acting County Engineer
The Marion County Board's Road and Bridge Committee has named Board Secretary Lori Linder as Acting County Engineer. The decision came in a special meeting on Friday following the earlier resignation ...
Feb 02, 2025 Marion County Highway Department building.
Marion County Road and Bridge Committee discusses road damage from solar project northwest of Salem
The Marion County Road and Bridge Committee has authorized County Board Chair Steve Whritenour to sign an addendum to a resolution requiring general contractor Alberici Corporation to pay $75,000 upfr...
Feb 02, 2025 File photo. Construction underway on a solar farm near the intersection of Hoots Chapel and West Boone Street. Photo by Henderick Morton.
Police Beat for Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a 35-year-old Salem man Saturday morning for aggravated battery to a child and domestic battery. Brian Weems of Nation Road is accused of causing injury to a ...
Feb 02, 2025
Two Mt. Vernon residents enter guilty pleas to reduced charges in Centralia home invasion
Two Mt. Vernon residents charged in connection with a November home invasion in Centralia have pleaded guilty to lesser charges, while the case continues against a third defendant. The three were all ...
Feb 01, 2025 Leshanna Derixson, Lee Derixson, and Eric Nabors.
Fire destroys shed in Odin
Fire destroyed a 12 by 12-foot shed in Odin Saturday morning. Odin Fire Chief Greg Smith says the fire was at a home occupied by Richard Atchison and owned by Joel and Marsha Hodge at 408 DeWolfe Stre...
Feb 01, 2025
Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Punish Sexual Assault in Schools
Bill is among more than 2,000 filed this month By BEN SZALINSKI and JADE AUBREY bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com and jaubrey@capitolnewsillinois.com Capitol News Illinois Republican lawmakers put fo...
Feb 01, 2025
Democrats introduce bill to Divest Pensions from Fossil Fuels
Some Illinois Democrats are pushing the General Assembly to pass legislation that would require the state's five pension systems to divest from fossil fuel companies. Under Senate Bill 130, the pensio...
Feb 01, 2025 joshuarainey / Depositphotos.com
Salem Economic Development Director positive on Salem's future
Salem Economic Development Director Leah Dellicarpini is seeing positive signs on the local economy with developments started last year and planned for this year. She told the monthly luncheon of the ...
Jan 31, 2025 Salem Economic Development Director Leah Dellicarpini.
Salem to Soon Have Combined Economic Development, Zoning, Building and Code Enforcement Department
The City of Salem is combining several city departments into one. Economic Development Director Leah Dellicarpini says zoning, building, and code enforcement services are being combined with economic ...
Jan 31, 2025
