Category Archives: Local News

The Centralia City Council awarded plaques to honor two retiring city workers at Monday night's regular council meeting. Kim Abbott was recognized for over 20 years of service to the Centralia Animal ...

The driver of a semi truck that ran off southbound Interstate 57 at mile marker 118 two miles south of Salem was taken to the hospital for treatment of apparent minor injuries. The Salem Fire Protecti...

Odin Police Chief Joe Nix has announced the arrest of three juveniles in connection with the December 28th burglary to the Toad Alley Vape Shop in the 100 block of West Poplar. Nix reported the juveni...

Jefferson County Coroner Roger Hayse has identified the man who allegedly shot and killed himself after taking a car in rural Mt. Vernon last Thursday night as 20-year-old Carrion Holmes who is believ...

Voters can choose from 10 new designs, 3 old ones By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Illinoisans can now vote on whether they want a new state flag. The Illinois S...

The last day of Open Enrollment for the Get Covered Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace is Wednesday, January 15th. "We encourage all Illinois residents who do not have health insurance coverage to ...

State Representative Charlie Meier has announced he has cancer of the prostate. Meier says he will start a 28-day radiation treatment immediately at St. Elizabeth's in O'Fallon. He says the good news ...

Four candidates have applied to be Marion County Highway Engineer. The person selected will replace Mike McCormick who resigned October first to return to Bond County to be their highway engineer. At ...

A Kell man was freed uninjured from under a horse in a pond in the 800 block of Route 37 in Kell Sunday morning. Kell Assistant Fire Chief Jason Franke says three Kell Firefighters initially arrived o...

The USDA says corn and soybean production was up in Illinois last year, while winter wheat harvest was down. The USDA reports corn production in Illinois is up two percent from last year to 2.31 billi...