Category Archives: Local News
Struggling with falling demand for farm equipment, Deere & Co. announces nearly 600 layoffs
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Deere & Co. is laying off nearly 600 workers as the farm equipment manufacturer deals with declining demand. Deere confirmed Monday that the production positions bei...
Jul 01, 2024 FILE - A consist of John Deere tractors sit in Norfolk Southern's Conway Yard in Conway, Pa., Dec. 5, 2022. Deere & Co. confirmed Monday, July 1, 2024, that it's laying off nearly 600 workers as the farm equipment manufacturer deals with declining demand. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Salem City Council to consider amending animal code and moving forward on sewer project
The Salem City Council Monday night will be asked to update the animal and fowl ordinance. City Manager Annette Sola says the ordinance is incorrect in several areas and City Attorney Mike Jones has s...
Jul 01, 2024
Police Beat for Monday, July 1st, 2024
Centralia Police arrested 28-year-old Nikkita Campbell of South Locust Street in Centralia on Sunday for failure to appear on a Marion County misdemeanor case. She was taken to the Marion County Jail ...
Jul 01, 2024
Large crowds attend Gulliver's Travels performances at Salem Theatre
There were nearly full houses for the two performances of Gulliver's Travels by the Missoula Children's Theatre Camp on Saturday. More than 60 students spent the week auditioning, learning about theat...
Jul 01, 2024 Some of the cast of Gulliver's Travels during Saturday performance at the Salem Community Theatre. Photo by Henry Morton.
Unemployment jumps across South Central Illinois
Unemployment was up across South Central Illinois in May. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports 4.9-percent of the Marion County's workforce was on unemployment. That's up four-tenths...
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Commercial algaecide to be applied at Lake Centralia Tuesday
With continued warm air and water temperatures, the City of Centralia will once again be applying a commercial algaecide known as EarthTec at Lake Centralia on Tuesday to prevent growth of nuisance al...
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Trash pickup to be delayed by 4th of July holiday
Both Salem and Centralia city officials have announced there will be no garbage pickup on Thursday, July 4th. In Salem, Thursday trash and landscape waste pickup will both be on Friday. In Centralia, ...
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Mt. Vernon man dies from injuries sustained in Thursday night crash
A 21-year-old Mt. Vernon man has died from injuries sustained in a late Thursday night traffic crash on State Route 148 south of Mt. Vernon near Straw Road. An obituary for William Penrod III of Logan...
Jun 30, 2024
Fire damages outbuilding in Junction City
Fire damaged a metal outbuilding in Junction City Saturday morning. Sandoval Fire Chief Chad Parson says upon arrival they found smoke coming from the roof of the building owned by Ryan and Tammy Resc...
Jun 30, 2024 liz west / CC
Nashville, IL man hurt in Salem motorcycle crash
A 20-year-old Nashville, IL man was injured when his motorcycle crashed at West Main and Kinney Boulevard in Salem early Saturday afternoon. Salem Police say Bryson Sills was eastbound on West Main wh...
Jun 30, 2024
