Category Archives: Local News
State Rep discusses reasons for Project Bread funding holdup
State Representative Charlie Meier says he has found two problems leading to funding issues that temporarily shut down the Project Bread Meal Sites in Salem and Centralia. He reports the federal gover...
Nov 25, 2024 State Representative Charlie Meier.
Vacant Centralia home destroyed by fire
A Centralia home scheduled for demolition was destroyed in an early Monday morning fire. Centralia City Firemen say the home at 629 North Locust was engulfed in flames upon their arrival. Fire officia...
Nov 25, 2024
Centralia City Council to be asked to pass resolution for Amtrak Station improvements and to begin process to demo 15 more homes
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to pass a resolution for ADA compliance and safety improvements to the Amtrak station. Amtrak will pay for the work which includes improvements to...
Nov 25, 2024
Marion County Circuit Clerk receive Access to Justice Award
Marion County Circuit Clerk Tiffany Schicker is this year's Jeffery D. Colman Access to Justice Award recipient. The award is given by the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice. The a...
Nov 25, 2024 Marion County Circuit Clerk Tiffany Schicker addresses the county board (file photo).
Police Beat for Monday, November 25th, 2024
Wamac Police arrested a 31-year-old Wamac woman on Sunday for alleged domestic battery. Briana Barnes of Sanders Street was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a decision on final charges and a f...
Nov 25, 2024
Marion County Clerk says any change in tax levy will require another vote
Marion County Clerk Steve Fox says the county board cannot increase the tax levy without another vote. Fox's comments come after the Marion County Board's Finance Committee indicated they wanted to ad...
Nov 24, 2024 Marion County Clerk Steve Fox
Centralia man injured in double fatality crash near Ashley
State Police have identified the driver of the pickup truck that survived a double fatality crash on Thursday on Route 15 at Orchard Road in rural Ashley. 80-year-old Ronald Thompson of Centralia was ...
Nov 24, 2024
No injuries reported in roll over crash on Route 161 and Bell Club Road
Illinois State Police report no injuries in a two-vehicle crash at Illinois Route 161 and Bell Club Road east of Centralia early Friday night. A preliminary investigation indicates a southbound car on...
Nov 24, 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 24th, 2024
Salem Police arrested a 39-year-old Centralia man for disorderly conduct for allegedly making multiple non-emergency calls to 9-1-1. TJ Schleuter of South Walnut was taken into custody at a home in th...
Nov 24, 2024
Centralia woman hurt in West Main Street crash in Salem
A 49-year-old Centralia woman was injured in a single-vehicle crash on West Main Street near the Ohio Street intersection late Friday morning. Salem Police say Lori Dailey of Patriot Road apparently e...
Nov 23, 2024
