Category Archives: Local News
Kaskaskia College presents Centralia native with Distinguished Alumnus Award
Kaskaskia College has presented its Distinguished Alumnus Award to lifelong banker Tom Holloway who was a 1968 graduate of Centralia High School and 1970 graduate of Kaskaskia College. College Preside...
Apr 27, 2023 Kaskaskia College honors Tom Holloway as Distinguished Alumnus. Pictured are College Board Chair Bill Hawley (left), Holloway, and College President George Evans. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Centralia man has home invasion charge dropped as part of guilty plea
A 27-year-old Centralia man has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to felony criminal trespass to a residence. As part of the plea agreement, Luke DeClue of Jonquil Drive had a home invasion, batte...
Apr 26, 2023
Police Beat for Wednesday, April 26th, 2023
A 38-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for violation of bail bond. Jonathan Hiltibidal of North Locust had spent 16 days in the Marion County Jail on the same charge before ...
Apr 26, 2023
Marion County Board creates full committee to expand broadband coverage
Marion County Board Chair Debbie Smith has created a new full committee to deal with building out broadband in the rural areas of the county. A subcommittee of the Community Relations Committee had st...
Apr 26, 2023
Marion County Board doesn't overspend ARPA funds after all
Marion County Building Committee Chair Dr. Creighton Engel says the county doesn't have a $460,000 overage in spending ARPA federal COVID-19 relief money after all. Engel says it was discovered the co...
Apr 26, 2023 Marion County Board Vice-Char Dr. Creighton Engel and Chair Debbie Smith.
Centralia City Manager 'very happy' in job after first year
Centralia City Manager Kory Smith reached the one year mark in his new job on Tuesday. Smith moved from Centralia City Attorney to the City Manager's job last April following a succession of short ter...
Apr 26, 2023 Centralia City Manager Kory Smith.
Iuka man sentenced to two years in prison for grooming
A 53-year-old Iuka man has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to a grooming charge. Joseph Morrison of Sycamore Street admitted to using a cell phone in...
Apr 26, 2023
Salem man sentenced on weapons defacement charge following shooting and stabbing
A 19-year-old Salem man involved in an alleged stabbing and shooting incident at a Salem apartment earlier this year has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to a charge of defacing identification ma...
Apr 26, 2023
Both drivers refuse hospital treatment following Route 37 South crash
Both drivers refused hospital treatment following a two vehicle crash on Route 37 South at Church Road south of Salem Tuesday morning. Initial information from the Marion County Sheriff's Department i...
Apr 26, 2023
Government paints ex-ComEd officials as 'grand masters of corruption' before jury deliberations
Defense makes final plea that prosecutors' case alleging bribery conspiracy 'makes no sense' By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - Attorneys for both the defen...
Apr 26, 2023 The Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Hannah Meisel)
