Category Archives: Local News
Large group of runners turns out for 'Shamrock Shuffle 5K'
By: Steven Stilt More than 150 runners gathered for a good cause Saturday morning at Castle Ridge in Centralia, as the venue hosted its second annual "Shamrock Shuffle 5K." According to Michele Gulley...
Mar 18, 2024 Steven Stilt
Salem City Council Monday night to consider TIF redevelopment agreement with Bromley Excavating
The Salem City Council Monday night will consider execution of a tax increment financing district redevelopment agreement with Bromley Excavating. The agreement would provide $65,000 in reimbursable e...
Mar 18, 2024
National Weather Service confirm tornado hit on north side of Mt. Vernon, another near Fairfield
The National Weather Service in Paducah is now confirming tornado touchdowns north of Mt. Vernon and north east of Fairfield. The National Weather Service reported an EF-1 tornado with peak wind speed...
Mar 17, 2024 Tornado storm path two miles north of Mt. Vernon Thursday night. (Drawing National Weather Service.)
Centralia Correctional Center inmates graduate from Kaskaskia College vocational programs
By Steven Stilt Kaskaskia College held a vocational school graduation ceremony on Thursday morning at the Centralia Correctional Center, recognizing individuals in custody who have completed the culin...
Mar 16, 2024 Kaskaskia College President George Evans (left) congratulates a graduate of the KC vocational programs at Centralia Correctional Center.
South Central Illinois remains at low level for COVID-19 hospitalizations
South Central Illinois remains at the low level for COVID-19 hospitalizations. The latest weekly CDC tracker shows three hospitalizations in Marion and Washington County during the last reporting week...
Mar 16, 2024
Police Beat for Saturday, March 16th, 2024
Salem Police arrested a 29-year-old Salem man for criminal damage to property and reckless conduct after he allegedly threw a brick against a closed car window where two people were inside. James Stro...
Mar 16, 2024
Utilities and National Weather Service in Paducah detail Southern Illinois storm damage
The National Weather Service has detailed widespread storm damage along the Interstate 64 corridor across southern Illinois into southwest Indiana. Mt. Vernon and West Salem were particularly hard hit...
Mar 16, 2024 South Central Transit building on Route 37 North of Mt. Vernon after March tornado. Photo by Cris Cawthon.
Meteorologists say this year's warm winter provided key ingredient for Midwest killer tornadoes
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer This winter's record warmth provided the key ingredient for a Midwest outbreak of deadly tornadoes and damaging gorilla hail that hit parts of the Midwest Wednesda...
Mar 16, 2024 The remains of mobile homes are visible following a severe storm Friday, March 15, 2024, in Lakeview, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
South Central Transit receives heavy storm damage to Mt. Vernon facility
South Central Transit is not operating in Jefferson County or Mt. Vernon on Friday due to extensive damage to their facility on Route 37 just north of Mt. Vernon from the Thursday night severe weather...
Mar 15, 2024 Storm damage to the South Central Transit building on Route 37 North in Mt. Vernon. Photo by Lisa Sprehe.
Lightning strikes blamed for two fires in Marion County
While Marion County appears to have escaped the brunt of the severe storm activity that resulted in severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings across the region, lightning strikes did start two fires. A...
Mar 15, 2024 John Fowler / CC
