Category Archives: Local News
Salem City Council approves rebuilding part of public works building
The Salem City Council Monday night approved tearing off the two west bays of the Public Works Building in Tully Park and rebuilding them. Public Works Director Annette Sola says the west end of the b...
May 02, 2023
Second person dies as result of crash on Route 148 near Waltonville
Jefferson County Sheriff Jeffrey Bullard says a second person has died as a result of a Friday afternoon crash on Illinois Route 148 a mile east of Waltonville. The sheriff reports 48-year-old Christo...
May 01, 2023
Centralia Police let CHS students see impact of drunk driving
Centralia Police are letting students see the effect of drunk driving. Administrative Lieutenant Steve Whritenour says this is the 15th year for the program. "One day is spent in the classroom and we ...
May 01, 2023 A students makes their way to an obstacle course with goggles that equate to driving at two times the legal level of intoxication. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Illinois lawmakers look to better notification of school bullying
Illinois lawmakers are working to further address the problem of bullying in schools. Legislation pending in the Senate updates current state laws on bullying. For example, Senator Sara Feigenholtz of...
May 01, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
Organizers of STH Cares overwhelmed by support at Vendor Fair
The organizers of the STH Cares Benevolence Committee say they are overwhelmed by the support for the new organization to provide short term help to those leaving the hospital without proper resources...
May 01, 2023 STH Cares coordinators Shelley Rose (left) and Gloria Hawkins (right) next to some of the silent auction items donated for the Vendor Fair. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem City Council begins another term Monday night
Salem officially gets a new city councilman Monday night. Tracy Crouch will be sworn in to replace Amy Troutt who did not seek re-election. Mayor Nic Farley and Councilman Craig Morton will be sworn i...
May 01, 2023 New Salem City Council Woman Tracy Crouch.
Illinois Municipal League asking city officials to take 'Civility Pledge'
The Illinois Municipal League is asking elected and appointed officials of governmental bodies to adopt a 'Civility Pledge'. The Pledge reads...'In the interest of civility, I pledge to promote civili...
May 01, 2023 IML adopts Civility Pledge. Photo collage from IML Facebook Page.
Centralia woman sentenced to two years in prison for Facebook Pay theft
A 42-year-old Centralia woman has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to one of three felony theft charges pending against her for theft of money from an...
Apr 30, 2023
Salem Grade School Board reorganizes; keeps same officers
The Salem Grade School Board reorganized on Thursday night and kept the same officers. Following review of the election results, all three incumbent board members were sworn in for additional four yea...
Apr 30, 2023 Three members of the Salem Grade School Board of Education are sworn in for another term on Thursday night. Far left: Lynnette Dye and Brad Crowe, and far right: Alisha Ambuehl. Superintendent Dr. Leslie Foppe (second from right) reads oath of office.
150 years later, Dixon bridge tragedy among nation's worst
By JOHN O'CONNOR Associated Press DIXON, Ill. (AP) - Gertie Wadsworth was in the arms of her grandmother that bright day when sunshine dissolved distasteful memories of a long, brutal winter. Christan...
Apr 30, 2023 Tom Wadsworth gestures towards the Truesdell bridge while standing on the bank of the Rock River in Dixon, Ill., on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, near the site of the May 4, 1873, baptismal ceremony, when a large crowd gathered on the bridge before it toppled over, killing 46 and injuring 56 in the worst road-bridge disaster in American history. Wadsworth's great-grandmother, Gertie Wadsworth, was 3 1/2 years old and was in the arms of her grandmother, Christan Goble, the day the bridge collapsed. Goble died, but Gertie was plucked from the river downstream and revived. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)
