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It will be another summer of major improvements at Salem Community High School. The SCHS Board Monday night agreed to $ 2.1 million in improvements and amended a contract with Ameresco to oversee much...
Bruce Kropp Feb 27, 2024
By Steven Stilt The Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees on Monday night approved a land lease agreement with the Clinton County Board, paving the way for construction to start later this spring on a r...
Bruce Kropp Feb 27, 2024 Clinton County Board Chairman Brad Knolhoff speaks during Monday's meeting of the Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees. Photo by Steven Stilt.
By Steven Stilt Tuition rates for most courses at Kaskaskia College will stay the same next school year following action taken Monday night by the college's board of trustees. The board approved a mot...
Bruce Kropp Feb 27, 2024
The Centralia City Council approved bids for two public works projects at its meeting on Tuesday. Neumann Contractors was approved with a bid of $171,300 for protective coating restoration on the wate...
Bruce Kropp Feb 27, 2024
Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton along with the new Secretary of the Illinois Department of Human Services Dulce Quintero made their first visit to Murray Developmental Center in Centralia last we...
Bruce Kropp Feb 26, 2024 Lt. Governor Stratton meeting individuals and staff on Berry Cottage
Four storage units at Red Roof Storage on South Broadway in Salem were damaged when hit by an SUV late Sunday night. Salem Police say the driver, 49-year-old William McDaneld of Kinmundy Road of Salem...
Bruce Kropp Feb 26, 2024 Damage to the Red Roof storage units from an SUV striking the building Sunday night. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
A 30 by 40-foot detached garage was heavily damaged by fire on the Rodney Carpenter property in the 10-thousand block of Rileyville Road in rural Dix Sunday afternoon. Kell Fire reported heavy fire wa...
Bruce Kropp Feb 26, 2024
The USDA is reporting corn production in Marion County totaled 13,413,000 bushels in 2023 and soybean production at 5,468,000 bushels. The average corn yield per acre was 157.8 bushels, down from 194....
Bruce Kropp Feb 26, 2024 Corn crop south of Salem last July. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to approve the restoration of the 300,000-gallon elevated water storage reservoir near Kaskaskia College on College Road. Neumann Company Contract...
Bruce Kropp Feb 26, 2024
Centralia Police arrested 29-year-old Madeline Stevens of Marion for alleged domestic battery, unlawful use of a weapon, and possession of a controlled substance. She was taken to the Marion County Ja...
Bruce Kropp Feb 26, 2024