Category Archives: Local News
City of Salem receives Chamber's Partners Award; other finalists announced
The City of Salem has been presented with the Salem Chamber of Commerce Partners in Progress Award. The chamber has also announced the finalists for five other awards that will be presented at the cha...
Mar 23, 2023
West Whitaker Street project set to resume; waterline replacement project starts Monday
The dormant West Whitaker Street improvement project is now scheduled for completion. Guinzey Construction of Ashley shut down the project late last year due to winter conditions. Public Works Directo...
Mar 23, 2023 Unfinished section of West Whitaker Street from College to Pearl Streets.
Hawthorn Grade School IPA student of year named
The Hawthorn Grade School Illinois Principal Association Student of the Year is Briah Henseler. She was nominated by Hawthorn Principal Marty Adams and Assistant Principal Melanie Becker. Henseler was...
Mar 23, 2023 Marty Adams, Hawthorn Principal, Hawthorn Winner- Briah Henseler, Assistant
Principal- Melanie Becker
Centralia man arrested for child grooming by Salem Police
A 34-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Salem Police for child grooming. Salem Police Detectives say Micah Johnson of Clear Lake Drive was taken into custody after being located for questioni...
Mar 23, 2023
Centralia man arrested on Class X drug charge
A 43-year-old Centralia man has been charged with three felony drug charges including a Class X charge of delivery of between 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine. Michael Swickard of East 10th was also...
Mar 23, 2023
Witness: Utility's indicted CEO considered Madigan when hiring
Ex-top lawyer's 2nd day of testimony delves into ComEd's hiring practices By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - In April 2017, a top staffer in then-Illinois H...
Mar 23, 2023 The Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Hannah Meisel)
Cooperating guard gets 6 years in Illinois inmate's death
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A contrite Willie Hedden, the last of three ex-correctional officers convicted in the beating death of an Illinois prison inmate, was sent...
Mar 22, 2023 FILE - This undated photo provided by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows Larry Earvin, a former inmate at Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mount Sterling, Ill. A former state correctional officer was sentenced on Thursday, March 16, 2023, to 20 years in federal prison for his role in the beating death of Earvin in May 2018. (Illinois Department of Corrections via AP, File)
Marion County Health Board discusses end of COVID-19 pandemic
The Marion County Health Board Tuesday night discussed differences that will take place now that the federal government is declaring the COVID-19 pandemic over effective May 11th. Administrator Meliss...
Mar 22, 2023
Flood Watch issued for South Central Illinois for Thursday evening through Friday night
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for South Central Illinois as well as a large area of Southern Illinois and Missouri from Thursday evening through Friday night. Excessive runoff ...
Mar 22, 2023
Centralia woman charged with running over another person
A 24-year-old Centralia woman has been arrested for allegedly intentionally running over another person. Elizabeth McLaughlin was formally charged in Marion County Court on Wednesday for aggravated ba...
Mar 22, 2023
