Category Archives: Local News
New laws: Gun storage, police background check changes take effect in 2026
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois December 11, 2025 Article Summary Several new public safety laws will take effect Jan. 1. One new law requires gun owners to store their firearms in a locked an...
Dec 12, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker passes in front of a row of Illinois State Police vehicles during a ceremony outside the Illinois Capitol in Springfield on March 30, 2022. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Christmas concert set Saturday afternoon for Centralia Cultural Society
The Centralia Community Concert and Jazz Band will present a Christmas Concert on Saturday. The show will begin at two on Saturday afternoon and is free to attend at the Centralia Cultural Society at ...
Dec 12, 2025 bborriss.67 / Depositphotos.com
Odin health and rehab center offering drive through lights extravaganza
The Odin Health and Rehabilitation Center is once again brightening the holiday season with a drive through display featuring thousands of lights. The display will be lit from dusk to dawn each night ...
Dec 12, 2025 Lima Pix / CC
Centralia home receives minor damage in electrical fire
A Centralia home received minor damage from an electrical fire early Thursday night. Centralia City Firemen say the fire at 120 North Sycamore was found in the attic above a bedroom ceiling and was qu...
Dec 12, 2025 Centralia City Fire Truck. File Photo.
Salem Man arrested for felony criminal trespass to residence
Salem Police have arrested a 40-year-old homeless Salem man for allegedly trying to enter an occupied home and later a camper on the same property. Timothy Finley was taken to the Marion County Jail f...
Dec 12, 2025
Slick road conditions result in at least two vehicles running off the road
The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports at least two vehicles slid off the road during the snow activity Thursday night. Temperatures rising to freezing overnight caused the snow on the pavemen...
Dec 12, 2025
Rep. Charlie Meier recognized as one of Illinois' most effective Republican legislators
State Representative Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) has been ranked the 3rd most effective House Republican by the Center for Effective Lawmaking. The Center for Effective Lawmaking, a nonpartisan resear...
Dec 12, 2025
Snow in the Forecast for Thursday Night and Again on Saturday
Most of the snow late Thursday and early Friday morning will stay in Central Illinois. There's another chance of snow on Saturday afternoon. Nighttime temperatures then plunge to near zero by Sunday m...
Dec 11, 2025
KSB and Daffy Dill Garden Club select Christmas flower box winners
Keep Salem Beautiful and the Daffy Dill Garden Club have announced the winners of the downtown flower box decorating contest. The first-place winner is Rural Health and Wellness. Their planter box is ...
Dec 11, 2025 Rural Health and Wellness had the first-place flower box entry. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
St. Clare Foundation welcomed to Centralia with ribbon cutting and open house
A new foundation with a well-known health care sponsor has been formed in Centralia to deal with two major health care issues. Sister Clarette of the Felician Sisters says the St. Clare Foundation is ...
Dec 11, 2025 Ribbon cutting at the St. Clare Foundation in Centralia. Photo by Pat Hodges.
