Category Archives: Local News
Marion County farmers behind on planting, hope to catch up during dry upcoming week
Marion County farmers have fallen behind their normal spring planting schedule due to all the rain that has hit South Central Illinois in recent weeks. Marion-Clinton County Farm Bureau Manager Brad C...
Jun 10, 2024 lamoix / CC
Centralia City Council Monday night to consider 17 more home demolitions
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to begin the process of demolition of 17 more substandard houses in the city. The homes are at 237 North Beech, 608 East Kerr, 644 North Hickory, ...
Jun 10, 2024
Salem Township Hospital Foundation Golf Tournament raises $27,000
There was another capacity turnout for the Salem Township Hospital Foundation Golf Tournament on Friday. Foundation Board Member Ola Chapman says it was a great day. "We had another very successful go...
Jun 08, 2024 urbanbuzz / Depositphotos.com
Vernon mobile home heavily damaged by fire
A mobile home in Vernon was heavily damaged by fire late Friday morning. Patoka Fire Chief Blake Hyde says the Shane Voris family at 112 Walker was home when they saw smoke coming out of a wall. They ...
Jun 08, 2024
Walnut Hill man faces charges with pushing family member out of moving vehicle
A 60-year-old Walnut Hill man faces charges in connection with a March 8th incident in Centralia where he is accused of pushing a family member out of a moving vehicle. Harold Cottrill of Mills Road h...
Jun 08, 2024
Centralia man faces four fentanyl related charges
A 60-year-old Centralia man has been charged with four fentanyl-related charges in Marion County Court. Kenneth Thornton of West 17th has been charged with possession with intent to deliver a controll...
Jun 08, 2024
Semi flips over on embankment along Route 161 at I-57 interchange
A 63-year-old Wisconsin trucker lost control of his rig when coming off the northbound exit ramp of I-57 at Route 161 Friday night causing it to overturn on an embankment. Initial information indicate...
Jun 08, 2024
Time running out to net and protect young plants from cicada-related damage
Insect researchers are also seeking help from 'civilian scientists' to document cicadas statewide By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois draju@capitolnewsillinois.com While Illinois' dual emergence of...
Jun 08, 2024 Spencer Campbell, plant clinic manager at the Morton Arboretum, answers questions about cicadas in front of a netted tree. Campbell emphasized it is important to choose proper material when netting trees vulnerable to cicadas. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
Nascote Industries employee revisits plant where fellow employees saved his life
A Nascote Industries employee who experienced a life-threatening medical event while on the job last May is back on his feet again. Mike Borowiak, an employee of Nascote Industries for over twenty-fou...
Jun 07, 2024 Nascote Industries employees (L to R): Adam Brammeier, Mike Borowiak, Scott Smith, and Jeff Stern.
Police Beat for Friday, June 7th, 2024
Centralia Police have arrested a 60-year-old Centralia man on drug charges. Kenneth Thornton of South Elm was taken to the Marion County Jail on two counts of manufacture or delivery of between 1 and ...
Jun 07, 2024
