Category Archives: Local News

Centralia Police arrested a homeless man from McHenry for criminal damage to property and retail theft. Nicholas Nitztaler was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a final decision on charges and ...

The Patoka Fall Festival drew big crowds with near perfect weather over the weekend, including the Saturday morning parade led by Grand Marshals Jani and Brent Bunn who have formed Nora's Sparkle of L...

The Salem City Council Tuesday night approved a $376,042 contract with Milano and Grunloh Engineers, LLC to design a new street designed to open up the southwest quadrant of the I-57 interchange to de...

As the summer recreation season winds down at Carlyle Lake, visitors are reminded that despite the cooling weather, there are still plenty of opportunities to enjoy the lake before seasonal closures b...

Salem will celebrate being named a 'Gig Certified Community' and 'Smart Rural Community' during a September 10th ceremony at Bryan Memorial Park. Mayor Nic Farley says the designation is important to ...

Fire heavily damaged the kitchen of a Centralia home where electricity had just been turned on Tuesday morning for those who were just moving into the home. Firefighters say the fire was at a home jus...

By Steven Stilt During their meeting Tuesday evening, members of the Wamac City Council received an update on preparations for the upcoming Wamac Fest. The event will run from 3 to 11 p.m. on Saturday...

The City of Centralia issued $1,379,633 in building permits in August. The cost of roof mounted solar systems amounted to more than $1 million of the cost. The biggest systems were an $835,000 mount a...

The Illinois Department of Transportation reports two sections of Main Street in Salem will be resurfaced beginning this week with the project expected to be completed by late September. The two areas...

Salem Police have arrested 30-year-old Timothy Finley for criminal trespass to property and possession of under five grams of meth. Finley was on the former Family Video parking lot where he had earli...