Category Archives: Local News
Sign Up begins for WJBD/Centralia Youth Center Adopt-a-Family program
Sign up begins on Monday for the Adopt-a-Family program. The Centralia Community Youth Center will partner with WJBD-WSIQ this year to provide struggling families with some Christmas help. Signup will...
Nov 04, 2024
Salem's new police chief to be formally sworn in Monday night
Salem's new Police Chief Susan Miller will be formally sworn into her new position at Monday night's City Council meeting. Miller takes over for retiring chief Kyle Ambuehl who will remain active in s...
Nov 04, 2024 Retiring Salem Police Chief Susan Miller
Two injured in crash on Walnut Hill Road
Two people were injured in a rollover crash on the Walnut Hill Road at the Sleepy Hollow Road intersection southeast of Centralia late Friday night. State Police say a preliminary investigation indica...
Nov 03, 2024
State Police release names of those involved in crash on US 50 at Omega Road
State Police have released the names of those involved in a crash last Sunday afternoon on US 50 at the Omega Road in Iuka. Reports indicate the driver of a pickup truck was 21-year-old Jackson Johnso...
Nov 03, 2024 ISP FILE PHOTO: An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo.(Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Police Beat for Sunday, November 3rd, 2024
Centralia Police have arrested a 43-year-old Salem man for domestic battery and on an outstanding no-bond Marion County felony failure to appear warrant. Corey Irvin of Illinois Street was taken to th...
Nov 03, 2024
Project Bread Meal Sites in Salem and Centralia temporarily close because of no federal payments
Project Bread meal sites in Salem and Centralia have temporarily shut down due to a lack of federal funding. The Executive Director of the Community Action Agency BCMW Jessica Backs says the difficult...
Nov 02, 2024 Some of those at Project Bread in Salem Friday were working collectively on a puzzle. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
State officials urge inspection of smoke and carbon dioxide detectors as daylight savings time ends
The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) remind residents to test, inspect and replace any broken or expired smoke and CO alarms while t...
Nov 02, 2024 stillfx / Depositphotos.com
Police Beat for Saturday, November 2nd, 2024
A 45-year-old homeless Centralia man was arrested by Centralia Police for violation of pretrial release on two pending felonies and one domestic violence case. Shawn Stokes was taken to the Marion Cou...
Nov 02, 2024
Halloween costume contest winners and Salem Trick or Treat in photos
Kids went home with lots of candy after making their way through downtown Salem, at several trunk or treats, and in the neighborhoods Thursday night. Salem Police and the Marion County Sheriff's Depar...
Nov 02, 2024 Familiy division winners (left to right) 1st place: Casey, Ryan, Even, Maverik and Emily Young. 2nd place: Summers family Destiny, Remi, Sabrina, Noah, Amber, and Tim holding Addison. 3rd place: Milan and Ramerez and Izayah Romerez. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Illinois officials take first step toward construction of 2 new prisons
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois officials Friday announced their impending search for a firm to manage the planning and construction of two prisons with a combin...
Nov 02, 2024 FILE - Stateville Correctional Center, a historic but dilapidated prison set to close and a replacement built, can be seen, Sept. 16, 2024, in Crest Hill, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
