Category Archives: Local News
Salem and Mt. Vernon airports named Airport of the Year in their division
Salem Leckrone Field and Mt. Vernon Outland Airport have been named Airport of the Year in their division by the Illinois Department of Transportation. Leckrone Field won for small general aviation ai...
Sep 27, 2023
Centralia High School approves $19-million budget
A roughly $19 million dollar budget was approved by Centralia High School's Board of Education Tuesday night at the regular September meeting. Superintendent Dr. Chuck Lane is pleased with the distric...
Sep 27, 2023
Centralia residents asked to conserve water for 12 hours starting at two Tuesday afternoon
The City of Centralia is requesting residents conserve water for a twelve-hour period beginning at two Tuesday afternoon due to maintenance work at the water treatment plant. As a result of the work, ...
Sep 26, 2023
Salem Community High School Band comes home with 1st place
The Salem Community High School Band took first place in their class at the Robinson Marching Maroons Band Festival last weekend. Band Director John Randolph says they also took first place in color g...
Sep 26, 2023 SCHS band at Robinson after taking first place in their class. Photo by Vanessa Randolph.
Kaskaskia College offers new electric vehicle training program
Kaskaskia College is offering a new Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Training program. The program is two semesters long and is designed for either technicians working in the field or students who already ...
Sep 26, 2023
Salem High School Board passes budget, discusses next summer's renovation projects
The Salem Community High School Board has approved the budget for the current school year. It includes $10.7-million in expenditures and 10-million in revenues for a $718,000 deficit. However, the bud...
Sep 26, 2023
3rd shift workers at ConAgra evacuated from plant following ammonia leak
The estimated 40 employees in the ConAgra plant on West Calumet in Centralia were evacuated late Monday night when the ammonia alarm sounded. The Centralia Fire Department was called to shut off a val...
Sep 26, 2023
SSM Health offers new cutting edge prostate cancer detection at Good Samaritan Hospital
SSM Health Illinois is now offering a cutting-edge imaging service at Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon that helps better detect prostate cancer in men. Pylarify is an advanced diagnostic imaging ...
Sep 26, 2023 Pictured from left to right: Randy Shields, Regional Director of Imaging Services at SSM Health Illinois, Eric Laughhunn, Nuclear Medicine Technologist with Shared Medical Services.
Centralia City Wide Fall Cleanup set for week October 2nd-6th
The City of Centralia has announced that this year's fall city wide cleanup event is scheduled for Monday, October 2nd through Friday, October 6th on your normal garbage collection day. This curbside ...
Sep 26, 2023
Police Beat for Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
Centralia Police arrested two people when called to a domestic battery. Both 44-year-old Dawn Ruez and 31-year-old Billy Williams both of South Elm Street were arrested for violation of a no contact o...
Sep 26, 2023
