Category Archives: Local News
Carillon Foundation working to create 'park-like' setting
There's a lot of construction work underway on the north end of the Bell Tower Park in downtown Centralia. Carillon Foundation's Dave Agee says the work will convert the north end of the Bell Tower Pa...
Sep 22, 2023 A look down at the area of Bell Tower Park being landscaped with trees, bushes, plants and sidewalks for a walking trail. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Salem Grade School Superintendent excited about test score improvement
Salem Grade School Superintendent Dr. Leslie Foppe says it is exciting to see the continued improvement of student test scores coming out of the COVID-19 shutdown. She shared the results of the IAR st...
Sep 22, 2023
Jefferson County Sheriff's Department releases details on fatal crash north of Dix (updated 11:15 am Thursday)
Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Bullard has released details on a fatal head-on crash on Illinois Route 37 near the Rileyville Road intersection north of Dix Tuesday afternoon. The person killed in the ...
Sep 21, 2023
Marion County Health Board to give COVID-19 vaccine this fall, approve balanced budget
The Marion County Health Department Board will continue to provide COVID-19 vaccines. The decision came at Tuesday night's meeting where a balanced budget totaling $1.9-million dollars was approved fo...
Sep 21, 2023
Marion County Health Department begins offering flu vaccinations Thursday
The Marion County Health Department will begin to offer adult walk-in Flu vaccination clinics at both the Salem and Centralia offices starting on September 21st. The walk-in clinics will be held Monda...
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South Central School Board gets update on delays in middle school construction project
The South Central School Board was updated on delays in the completion of the Middle School addition to join the main building and gym as well as the renovation of the gym. The project manager for Poe...
Sep 21, 2023
Salem man pleads guilty to 2019 burglary at Village Garden Restaurant
A 52-year-old Salem man has pleaded guilty to a July 2019 burglary to the Village Garden Restaurant in Salem. Robert Meador of McCoy Road was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to complete 3...
Sep 21, 2023
Gospel concert set for Marion County Fairgrounds Saturday night
A gospel concert is set for the Marion County Fairgrounds Saturday night. Host Chris White is hoping the event can become an annual one. "We have vendors to be there all day and that will be a plus fo...
Sep 21, 2023
Former Illinois State Police trooper from Clinton County who pleaded guilty in relation to deadly crash postpones hearing
Matt Mitchell is seeking driver's license reinstatement after 2007 crash that killed Metro East sisters By BETH HUNDSDORFERCapitol News Illinoisbhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com Matt Mitchell, the ...
Sep 20, 2023
Centuries after Native American remains were dug up, a new law returns them for reburial in Illinois
By JOHN O'CONNOR and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - For centuries, Europeans carving up the prairie to suit their own idea of settlement dug up the graves of Native Ame...
Sep 20, 2023 In tihs image taken from video, Matthew Bussler, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer at Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, uses mapping equipment in Dowagiac, Mich., on Aug. 10, 2023. Americans whose ancestors called the state home hope a new state law will speed the recovery and reburial of ancestors' remains unearthed over the past two centuries. Bussler said it is critical that ancestors are returned “to the womb of Mother Earth,” not only so they may continue their journey in the hereafter, but to “redeem all of the pain and the suffering” of their tribe, especially their descendants. (AP Photo/Melissa Winder)
