Category Archives: Local News
Centralia High Drama Club presents 25th Annual Putman County Spelling Bee
Photos by Pat Hodges (Photo Gallery after article) The Centralia High School drama department this weekend is presenting the musical comedy 25th Annual Putman County Spelling Bee. Director Jami Jacobs...
Mar 26, 2023
Saturday Afternoon Update: Second Baptist Church to rebuild following devasting Friday afternoon fire
The Pastor at the Second Baptist Church in Centralia says the church will rebuild. Rev. Issac Parker made the statement while on his way to a meeting with the church leadership to determine details on...
Mar 25, 2023 Smoke pours from the Second Baptist Church Building Friday afternoon after fire was found in the sanctuary. Photo by Pat Hodges.
As South bans abortion, thousands turn to Southern Illinois clinics
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - Dr. Colleen McNicholas is fresh off performing two abortions when a ringing phone quickly stops her. "Oh, ugh," she said, eyes widened, b...
Mar 25, 2023 Dr. Colleen McNicholas, chief medical officer at Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, poses for a portrait inside an exam room at Planned Parenthood Friday, March 10, 2023, in Fairview Heights, Ill. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
COVID-19 cases drop, all congregate care facilities no longer on outbreak status
Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow says for the first time in months there are no congregate care facilities in outbreak status. She also reports the county has gone another ...
Mar 25, 2023
Salem Grade School Board discusses e-learning and traffic safety around schools
Salem Grade School Superintendent Dr. Leslie Foppe says a survey of teachers showed 75 percent favored using e-learning days whenever school has to be called because of bad weather. Most of the other ...
Mar 25, 2023
Centralia High School Board gives final approval to expanded construction class
Centralia High School's Board of Education approved a plan for next year's Building Trade class to expand to three periods to facilitate a new program where students will construct a home on a city-ow...
Mar 25, 2023
Flood warning lifted, two-day rain total reaches around 2.5 inches
A flood warning issued Friday night for Marion and Jefferson County was later allowed to expire at 1 Saturday morning. There had been a flood watch since Wednesday afternoon before it was upgraded to ...
Mar 25, 2023
Police Beat for Saturday, March 25th, 2023
A 35-year-old Centralia woman has been arrested by Centralia Police for felony theft. Megan Schulte of South Locust was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a decision on the filing of formal char...
Mar 25, 2023
Former 'Family Feud' contestant charged in wife's slaying
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - A former contestant on the long-running television game show "Family Feud" has been charged with first-degree murder and home invasion in the slaying of his estranged wife in weste...
Mar 25, 2023 This booking image provided by Adams County, Illl., administration, shows Timothy Bliefnick of Quincy, Ill., who has been charged charged with first-degree murder in the death of his estranged wife, Rebecca Bliefnick. Bliefnick, 39, who once appeared on an episode of the television game show "Family Feud", pleaded not guilty Friday afternoon, March 24, 2023, at his arraignment in Adams County Circuit Court in Quincy, Ill. (Adams County, Illl., Administration via AP)
Iuka man hurt in early Friday morning crash east of Salem
A 31-year-old Iuka man was injured in an early Friday morning crash on US 50 near Peach Tree Road east of Salem. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Shane Procise was eastbound when he swerved to avo...
Mar 24, 2023
