Category Archives: Local News
Salem City Council approves 'Festival of Flowers' in June
The Salem City Council has approved a request from the Daffy Dill Garden Club to use the Bryan Memorial Park Statue Garden for the 'Festival of Flowers' on Saturday, June 22nd. Sharon Blair of the Gar...
May 07, 2024 Bryan Memorial Park Statue Garden. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Kaskaskia College moves Friday graduation indoors
Kaskaskia College has moved Friday evening's commencement ceremony inside due to uncertain weather conditions. The ceremony will now be held in the KC Gym. Graduate line up will start at 5:30 pm, with...
May 07, 2024
Marion County Sheriff's Department searching for vehicle that fired shots at Walnut Hill home
Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps says a passing car fired gunshots into a home in the village of Walnut Hill Monday morning. The home was occupied, but no injuries were reported. The sheriff's depar...
May 06, 2024 Vehicle being sought in connection with shots fired into Walnut Hill home. If you know who the car belongs to or who the occupants may have been Monday morning, you are asked to contact the Marion County Sheriff's Department at 618-548-2141.
1,700 Marion County mobile home tax bill going into the mail
The Marion County Treasurer Gary Purcell has announced the 2024 Mobile Home tax bills are in the mail. There were 1,700 mobile home privilege tax bills mailed this year seeking to collect $150,565. Th...
May 06, 2024
Lawsuit alleges decades of child sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers statewide
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades, according to disturbing accounts in a lawsuit filed M...
May 06, 2024 The office building at 100 North Western Avenue in Chicago, on Monday, May 6, 2024, where an office of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice is located. Child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades, according to disturbing accounts in a lawsuit filed Monday by 95 men and women housed at youth centers as children. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Centralia man charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault
A 28-year-old Centralia man has been charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault in connection with an incident that occurred at a Centralia home early Friday morning. Silvino Morales-Valencia ...
May 06, 2024
Centralia Police say officer injured on fifth call of unwanted person
Centralia Police say an officer was placed in a headlock and thrown to the ground when attempting to arrest a 40-year-old homeless Centralia man following a fifth complaint of disorderly conduct. Poli...
May 06, 2024
Centralia Police say report of Sunday shooting was a 'swatting' call
Centralia Police say a Sunday report of three people being shot and a man with a gun at a home in the 1000 block of South Elm turned out to be unfounded. Police report the communications officer suspe...
May 06, 2024
Salem City Council to consider request for 'Festival of Flowers'
The Salem City Council Monday night will consider a request by the Daffy Dill Garden Club to use Bryan Memorial Park on June 22nd for a Festival of Flowers. The event will be centered by the Bryan Sta...
May 06, 2024
Locust Street Historic Fair brings big crowd to downtown Centralia (see photo gallery)
A large crowd was on hand for the Locust Street Historic Fair in downtown Centralia on Saturday. Community Development Director Gayla Harting is appreciative to everyone who helped bring the event tog...
May 06, 2024 View of car show at Locust Street Historical Fair from above.
