Category Archives: Local News
Sandoval School District gets perfect financial score; holds tax levy at 4.99%
The Sandoval School Board was told Monday night they had achieved a perfect 4.0 on the State Board of Education financial recognition profile. The board approved its tax levy at 4.99-percent to avoid ...
Dec 13, 2022 Sandoval Junior-Senior High School. Photo from District website.
Carlyle man gets 44-year sentence on predatory criminal sexual assault charges
A rural Carlyle man has been sentenced to a total of 44 years in prison after pleading guilty in September to two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault to a victim under 13 years old. Michael Pa...
Dec 13, 2022
Lawmakers hear from advocates for assault weapon ban
Victims say minority communities experience more mass shootings By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Victims and survivors of multiple mass shootings urg...
Dec 12, 2022 Matt Turner / CC
30-year-old Ashley man dies in Friday car-motorcycle crash
A 30-year-old Ashley man has died as the result of a car-motorcycle accident in Ashley late Friday afternoon. Washington County Coroner Mark Styninger pronounced Michael Pinkston dead at the scene at ...
Dec 12, 2022 Jo Naylor / CC
Police chase in Centralia ends when car drives into pond
Centralia Police say a chase early Sunday morning ended when the car being pursued drove down a private drive, through a fence, and into a pond. The driver, 25-year-old Johnny Skurat of South Poplar i...
Dec 12, 2022
Centralia Police say bus driver ran stop sign resulting in crash that sent SUV into house
Centralia Police have released details on a school bus and SUV crash that then caused the SUV to go out of control and hit a natural gas meter and the corner of a home. Police say there were 27 Centra...
Dec 12, 2022 SUV crashes into a home in the 1300 block of South Poplar after colliding with a school bus Friday afternoon. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Salem FOP shops with 60 kids on Saturday
The Salem Fraternal Order of Police held its Shop with a Cop program over the weekend. FOP President Tyler Rose says the program is possible due to the generosity of the community that made donations ...
Dec 12, 2022 Salem Police help one of the kids participating in Cop with a Cop reach for a Christmas present at the Salem Walmart store on Saturday. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Happy Heart Quilt Guild donates 50 quilts to Sleep in Heavenly Peace with more to come
The Happy Heart Quilt Guild has donated 50 quilts to Sleep in Heavenly Peace. Guild President Julia Clark says they were looking for a community project and settled on Sleep in Heavenly Peace because ...
Dec 12, 2022 The Happy Heart Quilt Guild makes a donation of 50 quilts to Sleep in Heavenly Peace.
Centralia Shop with a Cop program serves 180 students this year
The Centralia Shop with a Cop program has provided Christmas Cheer to about 180 students in the Centralia area this year. Administrative Lieutenant Steve Whritenour says this is a great way for the po...
Dec 12, 2022
Salem Shriners name their Shriner of the Year
The Salem Shrine Club has named Shannon Davis as its Shriner of the Year. Davis was instrumental with the club's Side by Side Raffle this year. The award was handed out as a surprise at the Shrine Clu...
Dec 12, 2022 Salem Shriner of the Year Shannon Davis.
