Category Archives: Local News
Centralia celebrates Juneteenth Saturday in Laura Leake Park
Centralia will celebrate Juneteenth on Saturday in Laura Leake Park. Activities will begin at one Saturday afternoon with a ribbon cutting for the park improvements and the announcement of another imp...
Jun 16, 2023 Centralia City Council presents Juneteenth proclamation to members of the Juneteenth committee. Left to right are Councilmen Izzy Fontanez, Jeff Castellari, and Rob Jackson, committee members Timothia Reid, Marla Webster and Julius Flagg, and Councilwoman Barri Allen. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Downtown Salem Historic Farmers Market returns for summer on Saturday
The Downtown Salem Historic Farmers Market will open for the summer season on Saturday in the parking lot of the Benjamin Edwards building in the 200 block of West Main Street. Becky Timmerman says al...
Jun 16, 2023 A scene from the 2022 Historic Downtown Salem Farmer's Market.
Centralia man airlifted to St. Louis hospital following Gragg Street crash
A 20-year-old Centralia man was airlifted by Air Evac Medical Helicopter to a St. Louis hospital following a single-vehicle crash in the 1100 block of Gragg Street late Thursday afternoon. Centralia P...
Jun 16, 2023
Former Salem Community High School student pleads guilty to school fight that sent another student to the hospital
An 18-year-old former student at Salem Community High School has pleaded guilty to a reduced misdemeanor battery charge in connection with a fight at Salem Community High School last October that sent...
Jun 16, 2023
16 percent of Marion County and 65 percent of Illinois now in drought status
The weekly US Drought Monitor update on Thursday reports 16 percent of Marion County is now in the moderate drought category and the rest of the county is listed as abnormally dry. The area falling in...
Jun 16, 2023
Mt. Vernon woman resentenced to 20 years in prison for aggravated battery to a child
A 26-year-old Mt. Vernon woman has been re-sentenced to 20 years in prison in Jefferson County Court on Thursday for the Class X offense of aggravated battery of a child under 13. Abagail Adkins had h...
Jun 15, 2023
Odin man gets eight-year prison term with boot camp recommendation
A 28-year-old rural Odin man has been sentenced to eight years in prison with a recommendation for the Illinois Department of Corrections boot camp program after pleading guilty in Marion County Court...
Jun 15, 2023
Jury convicts politically connected businessman for bribing pair of Illinois lawmakers
James Weiss found guilty on all seven counts of bribery, lying to FBI By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - It wasn't quite "Where's the beef?" but when...
Jun 15, 2023 Businessman James Weiss, second from left, exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago with his lawyer and others after being found guilty on public corruption charges. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Proposal...and acceptance....following Kaskaskia College Adult Ed graduation
The 2023 Kaskaskia College Adult Education Graduation program is a memorable experience for graduates, but a young couple made this year's program even more special. Following the recessional at the e...
Jun 15, 2023 Joshua Geary-Padilla (Left) proposing to his girlfriend Alyssa Brink (R) following the Kaskaskia College Adult Education Graduation ceremony.
Fire destroys shed and trailer used for storage in rural Texico
Five fire departments fought a fire that destroyed a trailer and shed used for storage in the 12,000 block of North Miller Lake Road southeast of Texico Thursday morning. Jefferson Fire officials say ...
Jun 15, 2023
