Category Archives: Local News
First Missoula Theater Camp at Salem Theatre to present Gulliver's Travels on Saturday
The first week of the Missoula Children's Theatre Camp concludes Saturday with two performances of Gulliver's Travels. The more than 60 students who are entering first grade through high school have b...
Jun 29, 2024 Cast of Missoula Children's Theatre works with work shop participants at the Salem Theatre. Photo by Henry Morton.
DNA experts identify a Jane Doe found shot to death in an Illinois ditch in 1976
MORRIS, Ill. (AP) - DNA experts have identified the remains of a woman found shot to death in an Illinois ditch almost 50 years ago. The DNA Doe Project said in a news release Thursday that their inve...
Jun 29, 2024 gogiyan / Depositphotos.com
Fire heavily damages vacant Friendship Nursing Home in Centralia
Fire broke out early Friday afternoon at the vacant Friendship Nursing Home at 1,000 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in Centralia. Centralia Fire Investigator Jordan Parson was on the first truck to arri...
Jun 28, 2024 Firefighters from multiple departments responding to the Friendship Nursing Home fire. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Bradford National Bank to host summer shredding and recycling day in Centralia
Bradford National Bank and Coldwell Banker Allen and Geary of Centralia will be hosting a free secure shredding and recycling day. On Saturday, June 29, from 9 to 11 AM, the shred truck will be at Bra...
Jun 28, 2024
Centralia American Legion Homecoming set for July 1st-4th at Fairview Park
The Centralia American Legion Homecoming will be held Monday through Thursday of next week in Fairview Park. The traditional fireworks display will cap the event at ten pm on Thursday, July 4th. There...
Jun 28, 2024
Centralia High School on track for turf field and stained glass projects
Summer projects at Centralia High School are all progressing on schedule, including the installation of a restored stained-glass window in Trout Arena. According to principal Reid Shipley, the frames ...
Jun 28, 2024 Work in progress on the Centralia High School football field. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Fire damages rear of Wamac home
Fire damaged the David Foutch home at 1208 Dover in Centralia late Thursday night. Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera says upon arrival they found heavy fire on the rear of the resi...
Jun 28, 2024
HSHS reaches agreement with Illinois Aetna to keep insurance company customers in-network
Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) has announced an agreement has been reached with Illinois Aetna to allow those covered by the insurance to continue to receive services on an in-network rate. The...
Jun 28, 2024 HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital in Breese.
Mt. Vernon man airlifted to St. Louis hospital following one vehicle crash
A 21-year-old Mt. Vernon man was injured when his car left State Route 148 south of Mt. Vernon near Straw Road late Thursday night. Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputies say William Penrod III of Logan ...
Jun 28, 2024
Police Beat for Friday, June 28th, 2024
Salem Police have arrested 19-year-old Kelsey Carter of Chickasha, Oklahoma for domestic battery and resisting arrest. Police report they were called to a home in the 300 block of South Franklin Stree...
Jun 28, 2024
