Category Archives: Local News
Large part of South Central Illinois falls back into abnormally dry conditions
A large part of South-Central Illinois has moved back into abnormally dry conditions. The Illinois Drought Map issued Thursday shows Salem and most of the northern two-thirds of Marion County still wi...
Oct 16, 2023
Odin School District moves forward on solar energy
Odin School Superintendent Belinda Kirgan expects work on the district's solar energy field to get underway next month and be completed by January. The board at its meeting last week agreed to pay a $...
Oct 16, 2023 File: Odin High School. Photo by Sam Snodsmith.
Effingham plant closes doors due to UAW Auto Workers strike
The Effingham Flex-N-Gate plant in Effingham has laid off all of its hourly employees until further notice due to the United Auto Workers strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. The Effing...
Oct 16, 2023 Members of the United Auto Worker Union walk out of the Chicago Ford Assembly Plant as Lance Williams from Lansing, Ill., waves the UAW flag Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Marion County Relay for Life set for this coming Saturday
Food, fun, celebrations, remembering-these will all be a part of the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Marion County on Saturday, October 21st. The event will run from 4 to 8pm on Saturday at ...
Oct 16, 2023 Cancer survivors lead off the opening ceremony at the Marion County Relay for Life.
Police Beat for Monday, October 16th, 2023
A 36-year-old Centralia man has been arrested for violation of bail bond and domestic battery. Adam Cassedy of Jonquil Drive was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a final decision on charges. 2...
Oct 16, 2023
Police Beat for Sunday, October 15th, 2023
A 29-year-old Centralia man was arrested by Centralia Police for alleged domestic battery. Richard Atchison II of East 15th was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a decision on formal charges. M...
Oct 16, 2023
Fire heavily damages Salem home Sunday morning
A fire that started in the bedroom of a home occupied by Nathan Nelson at 305 West Olive was heavily damaged by fire and smoke Sunday morning. Salem Assistant Fire Chief Bill Fulton says no one ended ...
Oct 15, 2023 Smoke pours from a home after Salem Fire Protection District Firemen quickly knock down flames showing from a bedroom window Sunday morning. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Pritzker Administration on Heightened Alert for Illinois Threats in Wake of Middle East Conflict
CHICAGO - Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS), and the Illinois State Police (ISP) are closely monitoring the conflict in the Midd...
Oct 15, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured at a news conference in his Capitol office earlier this year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Booze, beads and art among unclaimed gifts lavished upon billionaire Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has so many fans and friends that he receives a $30 gift at the rate of one every three days, but because of his job, he accepts none of them, and ...
Oct 15, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Ex-Illinois child welfare worker guilty of endangerment after boy beaten to death by mom
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) - A judge convicted a former state child welfare worker Friday of child endangerment in connection with the 2019 beating death of a 5-year-old suburban Chicago boy by his mother, ...
Oct 15, 2023
