Category Archives: Local News
Two free Thanksgiving Day dinners planned in Centralia
There will be two free Thanksgiving Dinners served in Centralia this year. The Poplar Place at 323 North Poplar will host their 18th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner from 11 to two on Thursday. Your invited...
Nov 22, 2022 Wamac Mayor Butch Mathis (front left) and Centralia Mayor Bryan Kuder help serve up the Thanksgiving Dinner at the Poplar Place in Centralia last year.
Police Beat for Monday, November 22nd, 2022
Salem Police arrested a 27-year-old man who said he was homeless for violation of an order of protection. Brian Scott was taken into custody and the Marion County Jail after allegedly going into a bus...
Nov 21, 2022
Salem Mayor to ask for downtown occupancy rule discussion to be tabled (updated)
Salem Mayor Nic Farley will ask the city council tonight to table discussion on zoning regulations for residential occupancy of upper stories of a downtown building. Farley asked for the issue to be p...
Nov 21, 2022
Illinois House committee looking at increase in school violence
Illinois House lawmakers are looking at an increase in school violence. At the latest hearing of the House Public Safety and Violence Prevention Task Force, legislators heard from teacher's groups abo...
Nov 21, 2022 Jim Bowen / CC
Extension on driver's license and state ID expiration ends December 1st
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White's office is reminding the public that the extension on driver's license and state ID expiration dates ends soon. Drivers were given more time to get their licen...
Nov 21, 2022
South Central School District looks to solar farms at each building to cut electric costs
The South Central School District is looking at a reduction in electric costs while rates are skyrocketing through the installation of solar fields at each of their buildings. The board heard a propos...
Nov 21, 2022 South Central School Board discusses potential of solar energy to siginficantly lower electric costs in the future.
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital Once Again is Awarded 'A' Safety Grade from Leapfrog Group
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital has received an "A" Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group. This national distinction shows St. Mary's achievements in protecting hospital patients from preventab...
Nov 20, 2022
Iuka man escapes serious injury in motorcycle accident
The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports a 20-year-old Iuka man refused hospital treatment for injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on private property off the 8100 block of River Road in...
Nov 20, 2022
Police Beat for Sunday, November 20th, 2022
Salem Police have arrested a 59-year-old Lebanon man for felony retail theft at the Salem Walmart store. Michael Lyday was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a decision on formal charges. 21-yea...
Nov 20, 2022
Employee who robbed Wendy's Restaurant in Salem gets 23 year prison sentence
A 41-year-old rural Salem woman who held up her manager at the Wendy's Restaurant in Salem in October 2021 after calling in sick has been sentenced to 23 years in prison. Judge Mark Stedelin handed do...
Nov 19, 2022
