Category Archives: Local News
Juveniles arrested for Lake Centralia area burglary
The Marion County Sheriff's Department have arrested three juveniles for burglary to a camper on Cumberland Lane on Lake Centralia. The 13-year-olds from Salem and Kell and a 14-year-old from Centrali...
Jun 30, 2023
Centralia American Legion raises extra $10,000 for fireworks display
The Centralia American Legion has successfully raised the extra $10,000 needed to pay for this year's 4th of July fireworks display. The legion's Wayne Sensel is thanking the community for stepping up...
Jun 30, 2023
ICC orders $764,651 crossing improvement project south of Farina
The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved $764,651 for improvements to the Canadian National Railroad crossing on Dusty Road south of Farina. The project requires the CN railroad to install automa...
Jun 30, 2023 Matt Jiggins / CC
Centralia High School Board talks metal detectors and doing their own transportation
School security, in the form of metal detectors, and school transportation were two of the issues discussed at the monthly meeting of the Centralia High School Board of Education Thursday night. West ...
Jun 30, 2023
Pickup knocks out front door and windows to Salem business
A pickup truck crashed through the front door and glass windows at the Glass and Sass Head Shop next to Discount Tobacco on Westgate Avenue early Thursday night. Salem Police say the driver of the tru...
Jun 29, 2023 Salem Police invesigate crash at Glass and Sass Head Shop on Westgate Avenue where the pickup driver's foot slipped off the brake and he crashed through the front of the store. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Federal appeals court weighs constitutionality of Illinois' assault weapons ban
Seventh Circuit hears consolidated appeals in the closely watched case By PETER HANCOCK & ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO...
Jun 29, 2023 The Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, where a three-judge panel on Thursday heard oral arguments in a group of cases challenging the constitutionality of Illinois' and other local governments' ban on the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
The 2023 Carlyle Lake Fireworks Spectacular Dam Jam is set for Saturday
The 2023 Carlyle Lake Fireworks Spectacular Dam Jam will be held this Saturday. Everyone is invited to a full day of live music ending with a Fireworks display shot off from point 1. The fireworks can...
Jun 29, 2023 File photo
Police Beat for Thursday, June 29th, 2023
A 34-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Wamac Police for possession of methamphetamine and on a Marion County failure to appear warrant on a possession of lost or stolen credit card charge. T...
Jun 29, 2023
Rain hasn't quelled Canadian wildfires, and more smoky haze is on the way, officials say
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) - Canadian wildfires will send worsening smoky air across the country and neighboring United States in the coming days after recent heavy rains in Quebec m...
Jun 29, 2023 Children participate in a summer camp on Montrose Beach as buildings behind the shore are blanketed in haze from Canadian wildfires Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
1 percent grocery tax to resume, gas tax to increase as new fiscal year begins July 1st
Expiring temporary tax relief measures were aimed at curbing inflation By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - A new state fiscal year will begin July 1, us...
Jun 29, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured in a file photo at a news conference at Schnucks grocery store in Springfield last year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
