Category Archives: Local News
Centralia City Council to consider new water contracts with Hoffman and Hoyleton Rural with higher rates
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to approve new water sales agreements with the Village of Hoffman and Hoyleton Rural Water Company. City Manager Kory Smith says the rate effectiv...
Jul 08, 2024 Centralia City Manager Kory Smith.
Police Beat for Monday, July 8th, 2024
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 60-year-old Mark Widinger of Church Road in Salem on Sunday for alleged aggravated domestic battery with strangulation. Widinger was taken to the Marion Count...
Jul 08, 2024
State ends fiscal year with nearly $5B cash on hand
Leaders say record balances drive investment revenue, ensure vendors are paid on time By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Illinois entered a new fiscal year Monday ...
Jul 07, 2024 The Illinois State Capitol is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
June Centralia building permit report led by 15 residential solar projects
The city of Centralia issued building permits for 15 residential solar projects during June, more than half the total permits issued. The total construction value is $752,376 on the 27 permits issued ...
Jul 07, 2024 MAXSHOT / Depositphotos.com
Tropical Storm Beryl could bring heavy rains to South Central Illinois
The National Weather Service is watching the track of Tropical Storm Beryl very closely. By Tuesday-Tuesday night, the remnants of Beryl may bring the region some impacts, though there is some uncerta...
Jul 07, 2024
Salem mobile home destroyed by fire Saturday morning
A fire that destroyed a mobile home on the south side of Salem is under investigation by the Illinois State Fire Marshall's office. Salem Assistant Fire Chief Bill Fulton says flames were shooting fro...
Jul 06, 2024 Firemen battle a mobile home fire at 800 South Washington Street in Salem. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Centralia man gets 4-year prison term for criminal trespass and aggravated battery
A 26-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to four years in prison for criminal trespass to a residence and aggravated battery to another inmate while being held in the Marion County Jail. Joshua ...
Jul 06, 2024
Governor signs bill to help Illinois with large medical debt
Governor JB Pritzker has signed a pair of bills aimed at helping Illinoisans get out from under medical debt. Capitol News Illinois reports lawmakers passed the legislation - which allows the state to...
Jul 06, 2024 digicomphoto / Depositphotos.com
Illinois switching to ACT exams for state assessments for high school students
High school students to start new exams in spring 2025 By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - When Illinois high school students sit down to take their a...
Jul 06, 2024 (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Pritzker meets with Biden, Dem governors concerned about president's campaign
Meeting comes after calls for Biden to step down as Democratic candidate By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com Gov. JB Pritzker traveled to the White House to meet wit...
Jul 06, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured in a file photo in his Illinois State Capitol office. The governor traveled to the White House on Monday to meet with the president and many of the nation’s other Democratic governors. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
