Category Archives: Local News
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
One taken to hospital following crash at West Main and I-57
One person was taken to the hospital following a two-vehicle rear end collision on West Main Street at the southbound off ramp to I-57. Salem Police say a car driven by 84-year-old Shirley Parkinson o...
Jun 07, 2024
One receives hospital treatment following East Main Street crash in Salem
Salem Police say a rear end collision in the 1500 block of East Main Street Thursday afternoon sent one of the drivers to the hospital for treatment. Police say a delivery van driven by 26-year-old Dy...
Jun 07, 2024
Centralia gets $883,702 for raw water line project
The City of Centralia has received an $883,702 Community Development Grant from the state of Illinois to help pay for some of the cost of the city's new raw waterline to Carlyle Lake. City Manager Kor...
Jun 07, 2024
