Category Archives: Local News
Bond set at $10,000 for Salem man charged with violating sex offender registration act
Bond has been set at $10,000 for a 51-year-old Salem man formally charged in Marion County Court on Thursday with violation of the sex offender registration act. Bradley Gibson was arrested by Salem P...
Dec 16, 2022
Centralia Fire Department taking applications for fulltime firefighters
The Centralia Fire Department is currently accepting applications for full-time firefighter positions. Applications can be picked up at Centralia City Hall or downloaded from the city website. Applica...
Dec 16, 2022
Odin School latest to look at solar power to contain electric costs
The Odin School is the latest to look at establishing a solar field at their school to be able access inexpensive electricity. The Odin Village Board Thursday night approved vacating undeveloped porti...
Dec 16, 2022 Odin High School. Photo by Sam Snodsmith.
Shotgun deer hunting numbers up statewide and across South Central Illinois
Shotgun deer hunters across the state and South Central Illinois were more successful this year than last. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has released the totals for the two shotgun deer...
Dec 16, 2022
Centralia Church hopes to provide 1,000 meals Christmas Day
A Centralia Church is hoping to provide 1,000 meals on Christmas Day. The Pastor of the Crossroads Church Ronnie Tabor says this is the second year they have worked with the Orphan Smokehouse on the d...
Dec 16, 2022 Ruth Hartnup / CC
Governor celebrates passage of Illinois Workers' Rights Amendment
Governor JB Pritzker is celebrating passage of the Illinois Workers' Rights Amendment. The new amendment to the State Constitution passed with 58% of the vote, solidifying the right for people to coll...
Dec 16, 2022
Missouri man found guilty of murder in Illinois cop's death
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A judge found a Missouri man guilty of first-degree murder Thursday in the death of an Illinois officer killed while trying to stop the man from fleeing police. Caleb Campbel...
Dec 16, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Mt. Vernon man gets 152 years in prison on 19 Class X child pornography charges
A 26-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been sentenced to 152 years in prison after earlier being found guilty in a bench trial for 19 of 20 Class X felony charges pending against him for reproducing child p...
Dec 16, 2022
Democrats question worker safety in Amazon warehouse rebuild in Edwardsville
By KATHLEEN FOODY The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Several members of Congress want Amazon to explain why an Illinois warehouse that collapsed during a 2021 tornado, killing six employees, is being...
Dec 16, 2022 FILE - An Amazon distribution center is heavily damaged after a strong thunderstorm moved through the area, Dec. 10, 2021, in Edwardsville, Ill. Several members of Congress want Amazon to explain why an Illinois warehouse that collapsed during a 2021 tornado, killing six employees, is being rebuilt without adding upgraded storm shelters, according to a letter released Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Contested natural gas pipeline granted permanent certificate
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Federal officials on Thursday granted Spire Inc. a permanent certificate to operate a natural gas pipeline in Missouri and Illinois, angering the environmental group that had sued ove...
Dec 16, 2022
