Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Fairview Park Pool Committee votes to demolish old Fairview Park Pool
Centralia Fairview Park Pool Committee met on Tuesday and unanimously voted to recommend the demolition of the current Fairview Park Pool to the city council. This is regardless of whatever Burbach Aq...
Mar 15, 2023 Former Fairview Park Pool Complex. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Marion County Board drops study of purchase of Modern Woodman building
The Marion County Board has decided not to pursue the purchase of the Modern Woodman Building at Schwartz and Jefferson Streets across from the Marion County Law Enforcement Center. The decision came ...
Mar 15, 2023 Marion County Courthouse with old flag poles that have now been removed due to structural problems.
ComEd, Madigan focus of federal bribery trial in Illinois
CHICAGO (AP) - Jury selection began Tuesday at a federal trial in Chicago that could offer an inside look at pay-to-play politics in Illinois that prosecutors say involved the state's largest electric...
Mar 14, 2023
Justices consider constitutionality of SAFE-T Act's pretrial detention provisions
Abolition of cash bail was placed on hold in December pending appeal to Supreme Court By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - The state's highest court hear...
Mar 14, 2023 Deputy Solicitor General Alex Hemmer with the attorney general’s office argues before the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday in Springfield. Hemmer defended the cash bail provisions contained in the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform that a lower court ruled unconstitutional last year. Also pictured are House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch (seated to Hemmer's right) and Attorney General Kwame Raoul (far right). Welch and Raoul are both defendants in the lawsuit. (Credit: Blueroomstream.com)
Franklin Park Middle School collects 12,986 cans of food
Franklin Park Middle School collected 12,986 cans of food in its annual canned food drive. The total value of the food is estimated at $6,493. It was taken to the Salem Ministerial Alliance Food Pantr...
Mar 14, 2023 The food is gathered in the Franklin Park Gym from the annual food drive for the Salem Ministerial Alliance.
Driver of crashed car on Green Street Road not located
Salem Fire Protection District firefighters searched around the scene of a car that ran off Green Street Road west of Lakeshore Drive Tuesday morning, but could never find the driver. The initial call...
Mar 14, 2023
Police Beat for Tuesday, March 14th, 2023
An 18-year-old Centralia woman has been arrested by Centralia Police on two counts of domestic battery. Tiffany Spataro of Park Lane was taken to the Marion County Jail pending a decision on formal ch...
Mar 14, 2023
Centralia City Council honors retiring fire lieutenant; moves forward on more home demolitions
The Centralia City Council Monday night honored retiring Fire Lieutenant Robert Smith, Junior. He served on the Centralia City Fire Department for 27 years. "Just the greatest job in the world. I've b...
Mar 14, 2023 The Centralia City Council honors Fire Lieutenant Robert Smith Junior on his retirement. Left to right: City Councilman Spanky Smith and Jeff Castellari, Mayor Bryan Kuder, Lt. Smith, and Councilmen Rob Jackson and Blake Griffin. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Pritzker signs measure guaranteeing five days paid leave for Illinoisans
Bill passed during General Assembly's lame-duck session in January By NIKA SCHOONOVERCapitol News Illinoisnschoonover@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Gov. JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 208 into...
Mar 14, 2023
UPDATE - 15 fire departments hunt for fire in bottom of Waltonville grain bin
Fifteen fire departments were called Monday to assist in trying to locate a fire burning inside a large grain bin at the Waltonville Gateway FS facility. Salem Assistant Fire Chief Bill Fulton is part...
Mar 14, 2023 FS Grain Facility in Waltonville.