Category Archives: Local News
Salem Community High School 'Green Team' to hold annual electronic recycling drive April 21st
The Salem Community High School Green Team will once again hold its annual electronic recycling drive on Friday, April 21st. The drive will once again be held in the rear parking lot of the school nea...
Apr 10, 2023 Some of the hundreds of old TVs, printers, and computer monitors brought to Salem Community High School in the 2022 Electronic Recycling Drive. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Sunday, April 9th, 2023
A 29-year-old Vandalia woman has been arrested on multiple charges Saturday by Centralia Police. Joeitta Mansker of West Fillmore was taken to the Marion County Jail for alleged domestic battery, aggr...
Apr 09, 2023
Centralia Fire Department has new lieutenant
The Centralia Fire Department has a new lieutenant. Jordan Parson was promoted to the position this week following the recent retirement of Lieutenant Robbie Smith. Fire Chief Jeff Day says work is be...
Apr 08, 2023 Jordan Parson (left) is sworn in by City Clerk Kim Enke as a Lieutenant in the Centralia Fire Department as his wife Haleigh holds the Bible.
COVID-19 numbers remain low across South Central Illinois
COVID-19 numbers remain low across South Central Illinois. All area counties remain at the low community level. Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow says there were no COVID-19...
Apr 08, 2023
Centralia issues $244,552 in building permits in March
The City of Centralia issued 15 building permits totaling $244,552 during the month of March. The largest permit was an $80,000 permit for construction of a new home issued to Preston Johannes at 634 ...
Apr 08, 2023
Home destroyed by fire in Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon Firemen say a small two story home was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon. Fire officials say no one was at home at the residence at 706 South 25th Street when the fire was discovered aroun...
Apr 08, 2023
Lawn mower destroyed by fire in rural Odin
A lawn mower caught leaves on fire Friday afternoon at a rural Odin home which in turn caught the lawn mower on fire, destroying it. Odin Fire Chief Greg Smith says the fire was at the Howard Owens pr...
Apr 08, 2023 Leaf fire sets lawn mower on fire at rural Odin home.
Police Beat for Saturday, April 8th, 2023
Wamac Police have arrested a 25-year-old Centralia man for possession of another person's debit or credit card. Johnny Skurat of South Maple was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a decision on ...
Apr 08, 2023
Save the date: One year until total solar eclipse sweeps US including Southern Illinois
NEW YORK (AP) - Just one year from now, a total solar eclipse will sweep across North America. The eclipse will slice a diagonal line across 13 states in the U.S., from Texas through Maine. Parts of M...
Apr 08, 2023 FILE - This combination of photos shows the path of the sun during a total eclipse by the moon Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, near Redmond, Ore. It’s only a year until a total solar eclipse sweeps across North America. On April 8, 2024, the moon will cast its shadow across a stretch of the U.S., Mexico and Canada, plunging millions of people into midday darkness. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Go forward with Ochoa': Madigan kept pressure on ComEd for key board appointment
Jury hears more wiretapped calls, from Ochoa himself as feds wind down their arguments By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - When Juan Ochoa was appointed to t...
Apr 08, 2023 The Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Hannah Meisel)
