Category Archives: Local News

The Salem Historical Commission's annual Tales from East Lawn program features local actors portraying real people from Salem's history, most of whom are now buried at the East lawn cemetery. Among th...

(Story by Cole Wimberly) Salem Community Theater will present "GRITS" this weekend September 13th through the 20th. GRITS the musical is based on the popular novel, "GRITS (Girls Raised in the South) ...

Most of the actions at the relatively uneventful Marion County Board meeting on Tuesday involved paying bills or approving payment for already-approved projects. The most disputed ordinance of the nig...

The Centralia City Schools Board of Education approved a 2024-2025 district budget on Tuesday evening that contains a projected deficit of around $2.9 million. Superintendent Craig Clark says, however...

Two people are in the Marion County Jail after being arrested on outstanding warrants. 27-year-old Cameron Jones, who said he was homeless, was arrested by Centralia Police on a no bond felony Marion ...

On Tuesday, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) awarded more than $6 million in grant funding to four recipients through the Home Illinois Work...

The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) State Lodge officially thanked retiring State Chaplain Dan Lovin for his 12 years of service to the law enforcement organization. "Literally thousands of m...

Jefferson County Coroner Roger Hayse says one sister was killed and two others airlifted to a St. Louis Hospital after the Amish buggy they were riding collided early Monday evening with a car on Log ...

The Centralia City Council approved a resolution to apply for an an Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program grant with the goal of providing additional safe walking and bicycling routes within Cen...

The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports two people were taken by private vehicle to SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia for treatment of injuries. Reports indicate 48-year-old Bradley P...