Category Archives: Local News
Jefferson and Marion County top counties for fall firearm wild turkey season
Fall firearm turkey hunters harvested 292 bids in the late October season. That's up ten percent from the previous harvest but well below the record harvest of 1,218 birds in 2005. Jefferson County wa...
Nov 13, 2024 peterwey / Depositphotos.com
Marion County Board approves 3.4 percent tax levy increase
The Marion County Board has approved a 3.4 percent increase in its tax levy that would result in a $230,000 increase in property tax collections next year. Finance Committee Chair Chris Krupp said the...
Nov 13, 2024 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Centralia school district names next assistant superintendent
Centralia City Schools District 135 officially hired Beth Hollenkamp, current assistant principal at Centralia Junior High School, as assistant superintendent beginning in the 2025-26 school year. Hol...
Nov 13, 2024 Incoming assistant superintendent Beth Hollenkamp (middle), after signing her contract, stands with school board president Ron Johnson (left) and next superintendent Christina Becker (right).
Centralia man charged with firing shotgun near Hubbard Woods home
The Marion County Sheriff's Department has arrested a 67-year-old rural Centralia man for allegedly firing a shotgun near two homes and initially refusing to put the gun down and move away as ordered ...
Nov 13, 2024
Centralia man arrested for Distribution of Child Pornography
A 45-year-old Centralia man has been arrested on federal charges of Distribution of Child Pornography. Leith Hiltibidal was arrested by the US Marshal's Fugitive Task Force and transported to the Jeff...
Nov 13, 2024
State Representative Charlie Meier demands investigation into 'drug crisis' in Illinois prisons
State Representative Charlie Meier has joined several colleagues from the General Assembly to demand a hearing during the Fall Veto Session that gets underway Tuesday into the ongoing drug exposure pr...
Nov 12, 2024 State Representative Charlie Meier.
Centralia American Legion honors 16 vets in Veteran's Day service
The Centralia American Legion hosted its annual Veteran's Day service and lunch on Monday, sponsored by the Sutherland family. Central City police chief Jamie Ramsey was this year's keynote speaker. R...
Nov 12, 2024 Veterans honored by the American Legion on Monday, as well as Mike and Judy Sutherland.
Hoffman dedicates Veterans Memorial
About 175 people were in attendance Sunday when residents of the Hoffman area dedicated a Veterans Memorial in Hussman Park. The fundraising for the project began in 2017 when The Trinity Lutheran Sch...
Nov 12, 2024 Hoffman Veterans Memorial
Centralia City Council Tuesday night to consider workers compensation options
The Centralia City Council Tuesday night will consider options on its worker's compensation insurance. City Manager Kory Smith says a proposal from its current provider Illinois Counties Risk-Manageme...
Nov 12, 2024
Police Beat for Tuesday, November 12th, 2024
A 37-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for alleged misdemeanor theft. Norman Dailey of Marquis Drive was taken to the Marion County Jail and later released o...
Nov 12, 2024
