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Budget vote brings General Assembly's 2023 spring session to a close
House gives final OK to $50.6 billion spending plan By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - The 2023 spring legislative session came to an end in the earl...
May 27, 2023 Speaker Pro Tempore Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, presents a budget bill on the House floor early Saturday morning before lawmakers adjourned for the summer around 3 a.m. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
US cities hope crime strategies keep homicide numbers dropping and prevent summer surge
CHICAGO (AP) - An expected bump in violent crime this summer has mayors and police officials around the U.S. rolling out familiar strategies of making officers more visible and engaging with community...
May 27, 2023 Flanked by city officials and community leaders, Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson announces the city's public safety plan in advance of Memorial Day weekend.Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Chicago. Chicago is heading into the Memorial Day weekend hoping to head off violence that tends to surge with rising temperatures of summer. Even the state of Illinois is assisting by sending in what it's called "peacekeepers" in an attempt to deescalate violent situations. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Odin man declared missing in action in World War II finally coming home 80 years later
Eighty years ago a 32-year-old Odin man was declared missing in action after his 'Wing Dinger' B-24 Liberator did not return to the Allied airfields in Libya. Tech. Sgt. Harold Kretzer was one of 225 ...
May 26, 2023 Tech. Sgt. Harold Kretzer of Odin during World War II
Centralia High School moves forward with Annex Building expansion
The Centralia High School Board is moving forward on a four-room addition to the Annex Building. Johannes Construction of Centralia was the lowest of the three bidders on the project at $1,171,000. Su...
May 26, 2023
Unemployment drops slightly in Marion County in April
Unemployment dropped slightly in Marion County in April. Figures released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security show the unemployment rate at 4.2 percent for April, down two-tenths of a pe...
May 26, 2023 Alachua County / CC
Shattuc man rescued from roof of Buchheit's store in Centralia after completing 'bucket list' accomplishment
A 26-year-old Shattuc man was given a notice to appear in court for misdemeanor criminal trespass to property after Centralia City Firemen had to remove him from the roof of the Buchheit's store on We...
May 26, 2023
Police Beat for Friday, May 26th, 2023
Salem Police arrested 49-year-old Kimberly Murphy of West Church Street in Salem on a battery charge. She was taken to the Marion County Jail where she was later released on a notice to appear in cour...
May 26, 2023
Two injured in ATV crash east of Centralia
A 15-year-old rural Centralia juvenile girl was airlifted from the scene of an ATV crash on a dirt section of the Mt. Moriah Road between Levy and Nation Road east of Centralia early Thursday night. M...
May 26, 2023
Home being torn down destroyed by fire in rural Kinmundy
Kinmundy-Alma Firemen thought they had a big fire late Friday afternoon when they could see black smoke when leaving the fire station. But the fire turned out to be a home being torn down that caught ...
May 26, 2023 liz west / CC
Elmwood Cemetery in Centralia to host 16th Annual Memorial Celebration Service
The 16th Annual Memorial Celebration Service 'A Time of Remembrance' is scheduled for Elmwood Cemetery in Centralia at 10:30 Saturday morning. The guest speaker this year will be Centralia Police Chie...
May 26, 2023 Three Volleys Salute by VFW and American Legion Color Guard followed by the playing of TAPS at the 2022 Service.
