Category Archives: Local News
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital adds respiratory equipment with Auxiliary donation
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon has added state-of-the-art respiratory equipment following a $60,000 donation from the hospital's auxiliary. Critically ill patients will now benefit f...
Feb 10, 2024 SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital Auxiliary presents a check for $60,000 to SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation and the Respiratory Therapy team.
Mt. Vernon business destroyed in early morning fire
The Phoenix Tops company just east of Mt. Vernon was destroyed by fire Saturday morning. Jefferson Fire officials say upon arrival at the building in the 400 block of Meadowbrook flames were blowing t...
Feb 10, 2024 Fire engulfs the building housing Pheonix Tops on Meadowbrook Road on the east side of Mt. Vernon Saturday morning. Jefferson Fire photo.
No one injured when car crashes into a home in Centralia
Centralia Police say no one was injured when a car ran off South Elm Street and crashed into a home in the 600 block of East 13th. Initial reports indicate the driver of the car, 48-year-old Matthew M...
Feb 10, 2024 Car runs off North Elm and crashed into home on 13th Street Saturday afternoon. Photo by Coy Alton.
One person hurt when car hits tree and catches fire near Junction City
The driver of a car was injured after it ran off the 3200 block of Barton Road in rural Junction City late Friday night, hit a tree, and caught fire. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say the car was d...
Feb 10, 2024
Police Beat for Saturday, February 10th, 2024
Salem Police arrested a 52-year-old former Centralia man for possession of a stolen vehicle and driving on a revoked license following a Friday night traffic stop. Sean Meredith, who now lists a Flori...
Feb 10, 2024
Centralia City Firemen say fire in old furniture is suspicious
Centralia City Firemen say a fire in old furniture left behind the Fairview Shopping Center on Thursday evening is suspicious in nature. The furniture had been dumped illegally and a call had been mad...
Feb 10, 2024
IDOT workers authorize strike
Negotiations over contracts represent about 3,800 Teamsters around the state By ANDREW ADAMS & JENNIFER FULLER Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Several Teamsters unions represent...
Feb 09, 2024
Judge declares Sam McCann out of 'excuses' for violating probation orders after discharge
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Former Republican State Sen. Sam McCann, a one-time third-party candidate for governor, was taken into custody Frid...
Feb 09, 2024 Former GOP state Sen. Sam McCann’s pickup truck – the same make and model of a truck named as an illicit purchase in his indictment – is parked outside of the Paul Findley Federal Courthouse in Springfield, where McCann was supposed to have faced a corruption trial this week. Instead, he checked himself into the hospital over the weekend and his trial was delayed until Monday. The judge in the case ordered McCann detained Friday until the trial’s new start date, accusing McCann of making “excuses.” (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Centralia Chamber celebrates 100 years at annual banquet while honoring several businesses
The Centralia Chamber of Commerce celebrated 100 years at its annual banquet Thursday night looking to the past and present and then forward into the future. Several special honors were also presented...
Feb 09, 2024 Kaskaskia College administrative staff and board accept Legacy Award.
Salem man hit by pickup truck on West Main Street
A 41-year-old Salem man was struck by a pickup truck when entering the lanes of traffic on West Main Street near Pennington Chevy early Thursday night. Salem Police say Jason Kelly of Airport Road sai...
Feb 09, 2024
