Category Archives: Local News
Marion County Board approves tentative budget and new union contract with highway department
The Marion County Board Tuesday night approved its tentative budget. The $12.9-million budget is balanced with the county anticipating starting the fiscal year on December 1st with $ 5.2 million in th...
Oct 25, 2023 Investment Zen / CC
Northbound Interstate 57 in Marion County to reopen
The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that northbound Interstate 57 between the Jefferson County line and seven-tenths of a mile north of Illinois 161 is scheduled to reopen, weather...
Oct 25, 2023
Investigation underway on how Salem man had a finger severed
A 35-year-old Salem man was airlifted to a St. Louis Hospital for treatment of a hand injury where one finger was severed and another sustained some damage. What led up to Brant Renfrow of Lovell Stre...
Oct 25, 2023
Pritzker proposes creation of new standalone early childhood agency
New entity would coordinate child care, preschool, early interventions By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Vowing to make Illinois the top state in th...
Oct 25, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker announces his intention to create a new state agency to oversee early childhood education programs, combining functions currently managed by three state agencies. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Search of Forbes State Park fails to turn up anything after man reportedly heard screaming for help
Several agencies joined in a search of part of Forbes State Park near Omega when a hiker reportedly heard a man screaming for help across the lake. Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps says the man was ...
Oct 24, 2023
Fayette County phone service switch may result in call issues
Fayette County government officials say an upcoming phone service transition being completed Tuesday may result in temporary call issues. The county is in the process of upgrading its phone service in...
Oct 24, 2023 Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine
Autopsies confirm 5 died of chemical exposure in Teutopolis tanker crash
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Autopsies have confirmed that five people who died when a chemical tanker overturned in central Illinois last month died from exposure to caustic anhydrous ammonia fumes, an o...
Oct 24, 2023
Centralia City Council moves forward on several projects
The Centralia City Council approved a resolution to begin the process of obtaining a solar power system connected to the planned construction of a new water treatment plant. The board authorized the e...
Oct 24, 2023
Marion County Relay for Life announces team and individual awards
The Marion County Relay for Life has announced a new fund raising total and individual and team awards from this weekend's event. The new fund raising total is $44,155.88. That number is expected to g...
Oct 24, 2023 Photo booth at Saturday's Marion County Relay for Life. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Flora teen killed in Washington County wreck on Sunday
A 17-year-old Flora man was killed and a 21-year-old Louisville man injured in a single vehicle crash in Washington County early Sunday morning. Washington County Coroner Mark Styninger pronounced Rob...
Oct 24, 2023 ISP FILE PHOTO: An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo.(Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
