Category Archives: Local News
A,T&T phone outage is over, software update may be responsible
AT&T says service has been restored to all customers affected by nationwide service outages. ABC News is reporting it was a software update that went wrong according to sources who are familiar wi...
Feb 22, 2024
South Central and Patoka School Districts both approve sharing School Resource Officer starting in fall
The South Central School Board unanimously Wednesday night agreed to share a School Resource Officer with the Patoka School District. The Patoka School Board voted 5-2 last week to enter into the thre...
Feb 22, 2024 file photo
South Central School Board sets graduation dates; approves two building projects
The South Central School Board has decided to move high school graduation to a Sunday afternoon. The board Wednesday night set the high school graduation for Sunday, May 19th at two pm. The move was m...
Feb 22, 2024
Kaskaskia College announces graduation will be May 10th
The Kaskaskia College Records Office is announcing that this year's graduation ceremony will be held on Friday evening, May 10th, at 6:30 p.m. If the weather cooperates, the ceremony will be held outs...
Feb 22, 2024
Police Beat for Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
A 32-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for felony domestic battery. Shaunito Thomas of East Kerr was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a decision on formal charges. T...
Feb 22, 2024
Effingham man receives 10-year federal prison term for attempted sex crimes against a minor
A district judge sentenced a 65-year-old Effingham man to spend 10 years in federal prison after he admitted to soliciting sex online from a purported minor in exchange for money. John S. Harmon plead...
Feb 22, 2024
AT&T customers left without service in area due to major network disruption
AT&T customers in South Central Illinois are among those in a wide section of the Midwest and South left without service on Thursday. In a statement to ABC News, the company confirmed the outage a...
Feb 22, 2024
Name of 71-year-old Salem woman killed in fire at her home is released
A 71-year-old Salem woman was killed in an early Wednesday morning fire that gutted her home at 410 East Bennett Street. Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon has identified the victim as Dollaine Wooley....
Feb 21, 2024
Illinois governor's proposed $53B budget includes funds for migrants, quantum computing, and schools
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker pitched a $52.7 billion state spending plan Wednesday with more money to address the migrant crisis, education, and quantum...
Feb 21, 2024 Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker arrives to deliver his State of the State and budget address before the General Assembly at the Illinois State Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Springfield, Ill. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)
Salem City Council approves bids for repairs to failed section of city hall roof
The Salem City Council Tuesday night approved three bids totaling around $50,000 to replace a section of a failed section of roof at city hall and replace portions of the interior that received water ...
Feb 21, 2024
