Category Archives: Local News
Ribbon cutting and open house held at new Air Apply Unmanned
An open house and ribbon cutting was held Wednesday afternoon to mark the completion of the renovation of the former Save-a-Lot building in Salem into the new headquarters for Air Apply Unmanned. The ...
Dec 11, 2025 Air Apply Unmanned Director of Operations Chad Eagan stands next to a spraying drone. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Mount Vernon: Continental's Largest US Tire Plant Earns ISCC PLUS Sustainability Certification
Continental's tire plant in Mount Vernon, Illinois, has become the company's first in the U.S. to earn the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification PLUS (ISCC PLUS). This globally recogni...
Dec 11, 2025 Tires have been manufactured at the Mount Vernon plant for over 50 years. First opened in 1974, Continental acquired the facility in 1987 and initially produced only commercial-vehicle tires there. Since 2011, the plant has also been producing tires for passenger cars and light trucks. The production capacity amounts to approximately 11.4 million tires per year. Today, approximately 3,900 employees work at the location covering 320,000 square meters. (Photo Credit: Continental Tire)
The Polar Express Experience returns to Salem Theatre this weekend
The Polar Express Experience returns to the Salem Community Theatre this Friday and Saturday night. The Polar Express Experience is a family event that includes a viewing of The Polar Express. The exp...
Dec 11, 2025
Police Beat for Thursday, December 11th, 2025
A 32-year-old Centralia woman was arrested at the Marion County Courthouse on Wednesday for contempt of court and resisting arrest. Briana Barnes of South Cherry had reportedly been asked by the judge...
Dec 11, 2025
Pritzker signs bill enacting immigrant protections in courthouses
by Brenden Moore, Capitol News Illinois December 9, 2025 Article Summary State lawmakers worked behind the scenes for weeks to craft a package to respond to the federal immigration campaign known as "...
Dec 10, 2025 Jose Jeronimo Guardian, 48, was detained for deportation in the Clinton County Courthouse on Monday, October 27, 2025, in Carlyle, as his daughter watched. The men who arrested Guardian declined to identify themselves and took him out of the courthouse in handcuffs. Guardian is undocumented and was attempting to go to a Spanish-language traffic court for charges unrelated to his immigration status. (Illinois Answers Project photo by Janelle O’Dea)
Sandoval man sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to drug and driving charges
A 52-year-old Sandoval man has been sentenced to a total of six years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County on Tuesday to two separate possession of methamphetamine charges and driving on a...
Dec 10, 2025
Police Beat for Wednesday, December 10th, 2025
Central City Police arrested 31-year-old Zachary Roper of North Morrison in Central City for alleged domestic battery. He was taken to the Marion County Jail. Three others are being held on no bond fe...
Dec 10, 2025
Centralia City Schools Board supports TIF 3 extension
The Centralia City Schools Board of Education approved a resolution to support a twelve-year extension of Centralia's Tax Increment Financing District Three. Economic Development Director Rob Jackson ...
Dec 10, 2025
Body Found in Rural Centralia in October Is Positively Identified as Homeless Centralia Man
Clinton County Coroner Phillip Moss says the decomposed body found in rural Centralia on October 10th has been identified as 57-year-old John Hunt of Centralia. Moss believes Hunt had been dead about ...
Dec 09, 2025
Public libraries across Illinois to stock, administer opioid overdose reversal agents
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has issued an updated standing order which adds Illinois public libraries to the list of locations that are permitted to keep a supply of opioid overdos...
Dec 09, 2025
