Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Showcase on Stage performs A Christmas Story this weekend
Students at Centralia High School are ready to put on a show as the Showcase on Stage opens this year's winter play, A Christmas Story, Thursday night. Director Jami Jacobs says this show is a unique ...
Nov 21, 2024 The cast of Centralia High School's A Christmas Story takes a bow after the preview performance Wednesday night. Photo by Pat Hodges.
16-year-old Mt. Vernon juvenile sentenced to 28 years as an adult in connection with fatal shooting
A 16-year-old Mt. Vernon juvenile has been sentenced to 28 years in prison in connection with the January shooting death of a 16-year-old Mt. Vernon girl. Decoleis Dunn-Harris had earlier pleaded guil...
Nov 20, 2024 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Centralia firemen report minor damage in mobile home fire
Centralia City Firemen report minor damage in a mobile home fire at 808 East 15th in Centralia Tuesday night. Fire officials say the occupant Ryan Scott ran to a neighbor's home for help after ashes f...
Nov 20, 2024
Three fire departments knock down fire in mobile home being torn down in rural Dix
Three fire departments responded to a report of what appeared to be a house fire from a passing motorist on I-57 near Dix on Monday night. Jefferson Fire initially went to the scene with Mt. Vernon Ci...
Nov 20, 2024
One person injured in two vehicle crash on Selmaville Road
One person was injured in a two vehicle crash late Tuesday afternoon on Selmaville Road near the Red Stripe Road intersection southwest of Salem. The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports an SUV ...
Nov 20, 2024
Ashley man enters Alford Plea to nine child pornography charges
A 58-year-old Ashley man has entered an Alford Plea in Jefferson County Court to nine counts of child pornography. With an Alford plea, Robert Paul of North Riddle Lane admitted prosecutors had enough...
Nov 20, 2024 Robert Paul
State Representative Meier pushes 'Feed Our Seniors Act' to restore Project Bread
State Representative Charlie Meier is chief co-sponsor of a bill designed to give the Project Bread meal sites and Meals on Wheels programs in Salem and Centralia a state source of funding. The House ...
Nov 20, 2024 State Representative Charlie Meier.
Salem Community High School names new principal
Salem Community High School has named Assistant Principal Clint Wolfe as the new principal to replace John Boles who retires at the end of this school year. The school board approved an administrative...
Nov 19, 2024 New SCHS Principal Clint Wolfe.
EPA begins cleanup design for Sandoval Zinc Company Superfund site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with the US Army Corps of Engineers has started the process of designing the cleanup for the Sandoval Zinc Company Superfund Site. The estimat...
Nov 19, 2024 EPA official Michael Berkoff addresses the audience at Sandoval City Hall.
Suspicious fire heavily damages home in Starlight Mobile Home Park
Salem Police and the Illinois State Fire Marshals office is investigating a suspicious fire that heavily damaged a mobile home during the noon hour Monday at 19 Starlight Mobile Home Park. Salem Fire ...
Nov 19, 2024 Salem Fire Protection responds to the mobile home fire.
