Category Archives: Local News

The largest construction category in Centralia for the second month in a row is solar arrays. New construction activity totaled $238,934. The City of Centralia issued four permits for solar projects i...

A former Centralia Correctional Center officer has filed a federal lawsuit over his dismissal for what he says is for failing to follow the mandatory masking policy during COVID-19. Garrett Rose of Sa...

After heavy rains in January brought South Central Illinois out of drought status, February was another dry month. The Salem Water Treatment Plant recorded just 62-hundredths of an inch of rain in Feb...

Three people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Thursday on outstanding warrants. 31-year-old Cody Buchanan of the Odin area was arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies on an outstanding Cli...

The Salem Home Show returns Saturday following a several year pause for COVID-19. The Salem Community Activity Center is now sponsoring the show themselves. It will run from nine to four. Activity Cen...

Sandoval Elementary School recognized Students of the Month for February. The students were chosen because of their outstanding display of CARING, such as being kind, compassionate, showing others the...

CHICAGO (AP) - Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have appealed a Cook County judge's decision ordering election officials to remove the Republican's name from Illinois' March 19 primary ball...

Salem Township Hospital will be selling low-cost blood testing vouchers at the Salem Community Activity Center Home Show on Saturday. The home show hours are nine to four. The Executive Profile will c...

Fire has destroyed a 40 by 40-foot pole barn on the Bart Rainey property between Mt. Vernon and Woodlawn. Jefferson Fire says the barn off East Casey Pike was fully engulfed upon their arrival. The ba...

Marion County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested 43-year-old Eric Tucker of St. Ann, Missouri for domestic battery and violation of an order of protection. Tucker was taken into custody during a domesti...