Category Archives: Local News
Salem Township Hospital CEO feels they are in good shape to weather any changes in Medicaid funding
Salem Township Hospital CEO James Timpe feels the hospital is on good financial footing entering a time of change. One area he is watching is Medicaid that assists the low income with medical expenses...
Mar 05, 2025 Salem Township Hospital President/CEO James Timpe. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Kaskaskia College receives almost $900,000 in grants to improve student experience
Kaskaskia College has been awarded almost $900,000 through four grants to improve student experience specifically in the trades and agriculture. KC Dean of Career and Technical Education Traci Masau s...
Mar 05, 2025
Centralia man charged with unauthorized videotaping of victim under 18
A 40-year-old Centralia man has been charged in Marion County Court with unauthorized videotaping of a victim under 18. Brooks Simpson of Meadowbrook Drive was arrested by Centralia Police Tuesday nig...
Mar 05, 2025 Brooks Simpson
Vernon woman escapes serious injury in one car crash
A 75-year-old Vernon woman received apparent minor injuries in a one car crash on the Ballance Road between Willet and Whitehaven Roads in rural Vernon during the noon hour on Tuesday. Vicky Heinrich ...
Mar 05, 2025
Centralia beginning spring leaf vacuuming on March 17 for four weeks
The City of Centralia will begin the Spring leaf vacuuming service for four weeks beginning on Monday March 17 and ending on Friday, April 11. The leaf vac is scheduled to pick up leaves on the same d...
Mar 05, 2025 Chris Barber / CC
Police Beat for Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
A 41-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police on a no bond felony failure to appear warrant. Hailey Shew of South Cherry was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a court appear...
Mar 05, 2025
Wamac Approves Purchase of New Tornado Siren
By Steven Stilt The Wamac City Council on Monday evening approved the purchase of a new tornado siren. The purchase from Storm Sirens, Inc. totals $35,750; however, a USDA grant will cover 75 percent ...
Mar 04, 2025 Wamac City Council File Photo
Centralia home damaged by Tuesday morning fire
Two upstairs rooms of a Centralia home were heavily damaged by fire Tuesday morning. The fire was at the Leah Webb and Justin Arthur home in the 1700 block of East McCord. Webb was at home at the time...
Mar 04, 2025 Centralia City Fire Truck. File Photo.
Judge grants retrial on most bribery counts in 'ComEd 4' case nearly 2 years post-verdict
by Hannah Meisel, Capitol News Illinois March 3, 2025 A federal judge on Monday granted a partial retrial on several bribery counts in the case of four former executives and lobbyists for electric uti...
Mar 04, 2025 Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, left, and former Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Prammaggiore, right, were convicted in 2023’s “ComEd Four” trial alongside longtime ComEd lobbyists Jay Doherty and John Hooker. A federal judge on Monday granted a retrial on several bribery counts against them, though it’s unclear whether the feds will opt to retry those charges. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Andrew Adams)
Salem college student makes case for exhuming body of unknown victim of 1971 Tonti Train Wreck
The Salem City Council Monday night was agreeable to a project to try and identify the unknown victim of the 1971 Tonti Train Wreck. However, they want the costs of the project to be covered. A Salem ...
Mar 04, 2025 File photo: Gravestone of the unidentified Tonti Train Wreck victim at East Lawn Cemetery. Photo by Henry Morton.
