Category Archives: Local News
Prom court named at Salem Community High School
The Prom Court has been announced at Salem Community High School following student voting on Monday. Senior Queen candidates are Aubrey Bandy, Kale Benjamin, Marah Johnson, Madison Keserauskis and Jor...
Jan 13, 2026
Police Beat for Tuesday, January 13th, 2026
A 21-year-old Centralia woman turned herself in at the Marion County Jail on outstanding no bond felony Marion and Clinton County warrants. Raozhana Hall-Lewis of McKee Street was held pending an appe...
Jan 13, 2026
Centralia extends tourism agreement with the Centralia Chamber of Commerce
The Centralia City Council approved a resolution at its regular meeting on Monday allowing the Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce to serve as administrative agent for the Centralia Tourism Commissi...
Jan 13, 2026
Centralia gives Marion County Animal Control permission to use animal shelter
The Centralia City Council approved a memorandum of understanding at its regular meeting Monday night to temporarily allow Marion County to utilize the Centralia animal shelter as the county animal co...
Jan 13, 2026
Franklin Park High Honor Roll/ Honor Roll- 2nd Quarter
High Honor Roll- GPA 3.6-4.0 Jayda Alcala Emmaline Allen Hadley Allison Jacob Alvis Braxton Anderson Ronin Artieda Matthew Asroff Ross Baker Issac Baldridge Zaid Baldridge Izabella Barger Caraline Bea...
Jan 13, 2026
SCHS 1st Semester Honor Roll
2025-2026 Semester 1 Honor Roll 3.0 GPA - 3.499 GPA Seniors Back, Nathaniel A. Bechtel, Izaic D. Buchanan, Gavin L. Cain, Keegan J. Carroll, Payton E. Clegg, Jaden R. Collier, Valerie A. Douder...
Jan 13, 2026
Irvington 2nd Quarter Honor Roll
High Honors: 5th Grade: Jaxton Westbrook Grayson White 6th Grade: Lukas Grawe Kaylin Kays 7th Grade: Madison Amburgey David Brand Avah Kehn Blakelyn McCarty Liberty Pruitt Leighto...
Jan 13, 2026
Illinois interstate shootings decrease for fourth straight year with zero fatal shootings in 2025
For the fourth year in a row, the number of shootings on Illinois interstates has dropped. The Illinois State Police (ISP) is reporting interstate shootings statewide decreased 31% in 2025, compared t...
Jan 12, 2026
Parts of two bodies found in casket of unknown victim of Tonti Train Wreck
There were parts of two bodies removed from a casket of an unknown victim of the Amtrak train wreck at Tonti. The person coordinating the effort to identify the unknown person, Henry Morton, says DNA ...
Jan 12, 2026 File photo: The casket containing the partial remains of the unknown victim of the 1971 Tonti Train wreck was removed from the ground ln June 2025. Photo by Cole Wimberly.
Get Covered Illinois gives residents more time to enroll in health insurance, deadline now January 31
Get Covered Illinois announced today that it is giving residents an additional 16 days to enroll in health insurance through the state's official marketplace. Customers now have until January 31 to ap...
Jan 12, 2026
