Category Archives: Local News
First Polar Plunge planned at Centralia High School on March 10th
The first-ever Polar Plunge will be held in the rear Centralia High School parking lot on Friday, March 10th. The Polar Plunge like the ones at Rend and Carlyle Lake will help raise money for Special ...
Mar 02, 2023
Police Beat for Thursday, March 2nd, 2023
Kinmundy Police have arrested 58-year-old Wally West of Case Street in Kinmundy for misdemeanor theft. He was given a notice to appear and was released from the Marion County Jail. 40-year-old Jacklin...
Mar 02, 2023
Illinois and other Midwest states could add more ethanol to gasoline under EPA plan
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Gasoline with higher blends of ethanol could be sold year-round in eight Midwestern states including Illinois beginning in 2024 under a rul...
Mar 01, 2023 FILE - An American Ethanol label is shown on a NASCAR race car gas tank at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 1, 2014. Gasoline with higher blends of ethanol could be sold year-round in eight Midwestern states beginning in 2024 under a rule proposed Wednesday, March 1, 2023, by the Environmental Protection Agency. (AP Photo/Randy Holt, File)
Heavy rains on the way to South Central Illinois
The National Weather Service is projecting two to three inches of rain to fall across most of South Central Illinois beginning early Friday morning and continuing into Friday evening. The weather serv...
Mar 01, 2023
Retired officers angry at board's delay on gun-carry law
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Thousands of law enforcement officers left out when Illinois adopted a federal law allowing police agency retirees to carry concealed weap...
Mar 01, 2023 FILE - Retired Cook County sheriff's correctional officer Marcus Hargrett poses for a portrait with his pistol in his Beverly, Ill., home on Jan. 18, 2022. Thousands of law enforcement officers left out when Illinois adopted a federal law allowing police agency retirees to carry concealed weapons saw their fortunes reversed Jan. 1, 2023, with a state law granting them permission. But two months later, they still await the OK to carry firearms in public because the regulatory agency that runs the retiree program isn't complying with the law. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Fire damages modular home north of Salem
A modular home north of Salem was damaged in a Wednesday morning fire in the crawl space under the home. Salem Fire Protection District Chief Jim Cerny says a fire alarm alerted the Stephen Wikerson f...
Mar 01, 2023
Semi truck cab destroyed in Wednesday morning fire
Salem Fire Protection District officials say a 2009 Freight Liner cab was destroyed by fire late Wednesday morning. Fire officials say Rodney King of Bethel Road in rural Sandoval was driving on the M...
Mar 01, 2023
Police Beat for Wednesday, March 1st, 2023
A 43-year-old Centralia man faces multiple drug charges following a traffic stop by Centralia Police Tuesday afternoon. Police say Randall Giller of Wabash Avenue was a passenger in the car that was s...
Mar 01, 2023
Marion County Board to look at possibilities of buying Modern Woodman building; photos of inside of Annex building
The Marion County Board on a split vote has agreed to give a preliminary look at purchasing the Modern Woodman building at East Schwartz and Jefferson Street across the street from the Law Enforcement...
Mar 01, 2023 A table full of boxes piled on a table outside of the secure storage area. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
USDA releases final corn and soybean harvest numbers for Marion County
The USDA has released its final 2022 yield and production figures for Marion County. Corn yield was 194.3 bushels per acre with a total production of 14 million 903 thousand bushels. County farms plan...
Mar 01, 2023 Flemming Munch / CC
