Category Archives: Local News
Centralia City Council to be asked to move forward Monday with Sunset Drive improvements; work session on budget Wednesday night
The Centralia City Council Monday will be asked to approve a $250,000 contract with 618 Civil Contracting to remove and replace the concrete pavement, curb and gutter, storm sewer, and other miscellan...
Nov 27, 2023
Salem's 'Christmas by the Fireside' band and choir concert set for this weekend
The Salem Community Theatre and Cultural Center in partnership with the Salem Community Theatre will present this year's holiday concert, 'Christmas by the Fireside' this Friday and Saturday night. De...
Nov 27, 2023 Iuka Band Director Matt Webster works with the Salem Community Band during a rehearsal. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Deer jumps through windshield of van in Salem
A 36-year-old Salem man sustained a minor hand injury when a deer jumped through the front windshield of the Rent One delivery van he was driving on Saturday morning. Salem Police say the crash occurr...
Nov 26, 2023
Police Beat for Sunday, November 26th, 2023
Salem Police arrested a 38-year-old Salem woman for retail theft when she was located Saturday following an incident at the Salem Walmart store on Friday. Shannon Hicks of North Hamilton was given a n...
Nov 26, 2023
Area residents and businesses come together to create gift bags for Veterans
Veterans throughout the region who are hospitalized or in nursing home care will be getting a special gift bag thanks to the work of the Isaac Hull Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of ...
Nov 25, 2023 Putting the gift bags together for veterans. Photo by Henry Morton.
IDOT has no plans to improve deteriorated section of West Main near Walmart
The Illinois Department of Transportation has no immediate or long-range plans to repair the rapidly deteriorating pavement on West Main Street (US 50) west of Interstate 57 in Salem. Public Works Dir...
Nov 25, 2023 Salem Public Works Director Annette Sola.
Mobile Cat Cafe making visits throughout the area to try and find homes for cats
A one-of-a-kind vendor truck is making visits throughout the area, not selling food, but trying to find homes for surrendered and homeless cats. Owner Nikki Timberlake launched Pawsotively Scrumptious...
Nov 25, 2023 The owner of Pawsotively Scrumptious, LLC Nikki Timberlake in front of her mobile cat cafe. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
SSM Health to offer CPR classes in Salem
SSM Health is offering two opportunities to learn CPR in Salem without cost. The hands-on educational classes will be held at the Salem Community Activity Center on Tuesday, November 28th, from 6 to 7...
Nov 25, 2023 Michel E / Unsplash
Police Beat for Saturday, November 25th, 2023
Odin Police are investigating a fight in the 100 block of North Merritt Street in Odin Friday night that sent one person to the hospital for treatment of head and shoulder injuries. The initial report...
Nov 25, 2023
1,130 Thanksgiving meals served at the Poplar Place in Centralia
It was the biggest year yet for the Annual Thanksgiving turkey dinner prepared for the community at Poplar Place in Centralia. 1,130 meals were provided to make sure everyone had a traditional turkey ...
Nov 24, 2023 Preparing the to go Thanksgiving dinners.
