Category Archives: Local News
Centralia High School adds new English classes to curriculum
Centralia High School's English department will see several new classes on the curriculum next year, according to principal Reid Shipley at Thursday night's board meeting. Regular English IV will be t...
Oct 25, 2024
Centralia hosts Illinois Keep America Beautiful meetup
Volunteers from across the state of Illinois met at the Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday for the annual Illinois Keep America Beautiful affiliate meeting to discuss plans for keeping t...
Oct 25, 2024 Keep America Beautiful affiliate members from across Illinois meeting in Centralia.
Police Beat for Friday, October 25th, 2024
Two people were booked into the Marion County Jail on Thursday on no bond warrants. 19-year-old Madison Rodriguez of East McCord in Centralia was arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies on a felo...
Oct 25, 2024
Early voting set for next two Saturday mornings at the Marion County Clerk's office
Marion County Clerk Steve Fox says his office will be open from eight to noon the next two Saturdays for early voting ahead of the November general election. Those who wish to vote early should enter ...
Oct 25, 2024 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Salem man charged with burglary and felony retail theft after staying in Farm Fresh Market after closing
The Marion County State's Attorney's office charged a 33-year-old Salem man with both burglary and felony retail theft after he was allegedly found hiding in a bathroom at Farm Fresh Market in Salem a...
Oct 25, 2024 Adam Durham
Fire destroys old vehicle on Lakeshore Drive on Lake Centralia
A fire that is believed to have started from burning trash spread to an old car on the John Hammer property at 2100 Lake Shore Road off Lake Centralia early Friday morning. The Salem Fire Protection D...
Oct 25, 2024
Large pole barn destroyed by fire north of Texico
A 30 by 60 foot pole barn used as a garage and machine shop in rural Texico with a large number of items inside was destroyed by fire on Thursday. Jefferson Fire reports the building on North Toll Roa...
Oct 25, 2024
Unemployment drops again in South Central Illinois
Unemployment dropped again across South Central Illinois in September. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported 4.9-percent of the labor force in Marion County was without a job. That's...
Oct 25, 2024
Salem City Hall being closed three days next week for maintenance
Salem City Hall will be closed next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. City Manager Annette Sola says Cenpro will be utilizing a chemical to remove bird feces and other build up on the third floor of the...
Oct 25, 2024
'My client is the speaker': Jury hears wiretapped calls of Madigan co-defendant, longtime friend
Prosecutors paint picture of Mike McClain's extreme loyalty to ex-Illinois House speaker By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - By early 2019, Mike McClain ha...
Oct 25, 2024
