Category Archives: Local News
Many government offices closed Friday for Veteran's Day holiday
Since Veterans Day falls on Saturday this year, many government offices are closed Friday. They include most federal and state offices, area courthouses, and Salem and Centralia City Halls. Some schoo...
Nov 10, 2023 Purple Slog / CC
Pinckneyville Correctional Center Lieutenant Admits to Depriving Inmate of Civil Rights
A Pinckneyville Correctional Center acting lieutenant appeared in federal court Wednesday to admit he failed to intervene while his subordinates beat a restrained inmate. 52-year-old Mark C. Maxwell o...
Nov 10, 2023
Illinois lawmakers OK new nuclear technology but fail to extend private-school scholarships
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois House on Thursday approved development of new nuclear reactors, reversing a 1987 moratorium and sending to Gov. J.B. Pritzker...
Nov 10, 2023 Supporters of the Invest in Kids scholarship tax credit program rally in the Capitol rotunda this week in an effort to persuade lawmakers to extend the program before its scheduled end-of-year expiration. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Illinois Senate approves plan to allow new nuclear reactors
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Senate approved lifting a 36-year-old moratorium on new nuclear power installments on Wednesday in a plan proponents say will...
Nov 09, 2023 State Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, explains fresh legislation she introduced, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Springfield, Ill, lifting a moratorium on new nuclear reactors in Illinois. Legislation ending the 1987 prohibition won overwhelming approval last spring but Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker vetoed it, citing among other things, a need to modernize oversight rules. Rezin's plan calls for rules to be updated by January 2026 while allowing so-called SMRs, or small modular reactors, of no more than 300 megawatts to be installed, although none has been proposed and it could be a decade or more before one is operating. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)
Biden says workers need 'a fair shot' as he celebrates the labor deal saving an Illinois auto plant
By JOSH BOAK and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) - President Joe Biden put on a red United Auto Workers shirt on Thursday as he celebrated a labor deal that will prevent Belvidere...
Nov 09, 2023 President Joe Biden speaks to United Auto Workers at the Community Building Complex of Boone County, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Belvidere, Ill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Salem woman pleads guilty to reduced charge of felony criminal trespass to a residence
A 34-year-old Salem woman has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to a reduced charge of felony criminal trespass with a resident present. Christy Johnston of North College Street was placed on two ...
Nov 09, 2023 Tingey Injury Law Firm / Unsplash
Police Beat for Thursday, October 9th, 2023
Odin Police have arrested a 20-year-old Odin resident for alleged aggravated domestic battery. Noah Meredith of Oak Street was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a decision on formal charges and...
Nov 09, 2023
Clinton County Coroner releases name of Centralia man killed in motorcycle crash
Clinton County Coroner Phillip Moss has released the name of the 28-year-old Centralia man who was killed in a motorcycle crash that most likely occurred early Wednesday morning. The coroner pronounce...
Nov 09, 2023
Centralia man injured in car-motorcycle crash in rural Salem
A 26-year-old Centralia man was airlifted to a St. Louis Hospital for treatment following a car-motorcycle crash on Route 37 at Church Road south of Salem Wednesday night. Marion County Sheriff's Depu...
Nov 09, 2023
Salem City Council delays action on new garbage collection contract; garbage rates to go up
The Salem City Council has decided to wait two weeks before making a decision on who to award the contract for garbage collection beginning January 1st. The apparent low bidder is Sunrise Sanitation o...
Nov 09, 2023 Salem Mayor Nic Farley.
