Category Archives: Local News
South Central Middle School construction project remains on schedule
The $2.8-million addition to the South Central Middle School remains on schedule with a key part of the project to be completed before the start of school in August. Superintendent Kerry Herdes provid...
Jul 20, 2023 Construction underway on the front of the middle school gym. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Pinckneyville Prison Guard Admits to Using Excessive Force, Obstructing Justice
A former correctional officer at Pinckneyville Correctional Center pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday stemming from an incident in which a restrained inmate was beaten. 35-year-old Cord A. Will...
Jul 20, 2023 Alper Çuğun / CC
Police Beat for Thursday, July 20th, 2023
The Marion County State's Attorney has released a 32-year-old Salem man without filing any charges after he was arrested Wednesday by Salem Police on two counts of aggravated battery. Salem Police say...
Jul 20, 2023
SSM Health President, Damon Harbison, Elected to SIUE Foundation Board
The President of SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia and Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon has joined the board of directors of the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Foundation. Da...
Jul 20, 2023 Four new members of the SIU-E Foundation Board. Damon Harbison is third from the left.
Sandoval School District to have familiar faces in new principal roles
The Sandoval School District will have new elementary and junior/senior high principals in the coming school year, but both are familiar faces. Former sixth-grade teacher Adam Hanks is returning to th...
Jul 19, 2023 Sandoval Junior-Senior High School. Photo from District website.
Sandoval Village Board approves budget with numerous projects and employee pay restructuring
The Sandoval Village Board Tuesday night approved a nearly $1.8-million budget that includes money for improvement projects and a pay restructuring designed to make the village more competitive so the...
Jul 19, 2023 Sandoval Village Board (file photo)
Salem man sentenced to 8 years for involvement in large-scale meth operation
A 37-year-old Salem man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in a large-scale methamphetamine operation centered in St. Clair County. Michael Huffman pleaded guilty in US District ...
Jul 19, 2023
Centralia man resentenced on reduced conviction of aggravated criminal sexual assault; released for time served
A 53-year-old Centralia man will be released from prison with time served after being resentenced in Marion County Court on a reduced conviction for aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Carl Privatt had ...
Jul 19, 2023
Guilty pleas entered on resisting arrest and drug possession charges
A 20-year-old Centralia man has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to resisting or obstructing arrest. Justin Street of East Noleman is accused of jerking away from a police officer trying to arres...
Jul 19, 2023 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Police Beat for Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
Sandoval Police have arrested 31-year-old Cody Wilson of North Vine in Sandoval on an outstanding Marion County failure to appear domestic violence warrant. He was taken to the Marion County Jail in l...
Jul 19, 2023
