Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Chamber announces theme and special awards at 100th Annual Banquet
The Centralia Chamber of Commerce has announced plans for its 100th Annual Banquet as well as those who will receive special awards. The banquet will be held on Thursday, February 8th, at the Centrali...
Jan 12, 2024 Centralia Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marcus Holland
Fire heavily damages rural Woodlawn home
A rural Woodlawn home was destroyed by fire late Thursday night. Jefferson Fire officials say the fire was at the Vince Kiesow home on Yale Road. All three occupants of the home got out safely. The fi...
Jan 12, 2024
Dog Kennel damage by fire in Centralia
A 20-by-40-foot dog kennel building was damaged by fire in Centralia late Thursday night. The fire appears to have started around the wood burning flu of the building at 1607 South Pine owned by Tammy...
Jan 12, 2024
I-57 reopened at Ina following fiery crash late Friday morning
Illinois State Police reports Interstate 57 has reopened going both directions at the Ina exit. The Interstate was shut down in both directions after two passenger cars and a tractor-trailer truck col...
Jan 12, 2024
Only minor injury was reported in two-vehicle crash on Route 161 east of Centralia
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say one driver complained of minor injury following a two-vehicle rear-end crash on Route 161 at Schwartz Road east of Centralia Thursday morning. Reports indicate a w...
Jan 12, 2024
Police Beat for Friday, January 12th, 2024
Illinois State Police arrested 30-year-old Joshua Witkowski of South Hickory in Centralia for violation of the sex offender registry act. He was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a decision on ...
Jan 12, 2024
Winter storm with snow, ice, wind and bitter cold pummels much of the northern US
By JIM SALTER and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - A massive winter storm swept the northern U.S. on Friday, with blinding snow in some places, freezing rain in others, and bitter cold te...
Jan 12, 2024 Graphic designer Emily Brewer shovels out her driveway in order to drive to work in Sioux City, Iowa, early on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Recreational cannabis sales reach record for 3rd straight year as growth slows
$1.6 billion of product sold in 2023 By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois draju@capitolnewsillinois.com Last year, Illinois recreational cannabis dispensaries sold a record $1.6 billion of product, ...
Jan 12, 2024
State awards over $10 million to Southern Illinois Healthcare Cancer Institute
Infrastructure funding helps expand cancer treatment in far southern Illinois By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois clongcor@capitolnewsillinois.com A $10 million state grant will help complete an exp...
Jan 12, 2024 Governor Pritzker announcing award at Southern Illinois Healthcare. (Capitol News Illinois)
Kaskaskia College gets $525,000 grant to 'rev up' electric vehicle training
Kaskaskia College has received a $525,000 state grant to support the growing electric vehicle industry in Illinois. The money is part of $ 9.4 million being awarded to 25 community colleges in a compe...
Jan 12, 2024 Assistant Professor of Engineering Michael Geiger (left) and Assistant Professor of Automotive Tech Chuck DeBernardi show off an electric vehicle at Kaskaskia College during an earlier Manufacturing Celebration.
