Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Police investigates gunshots fired at man in 500 block of South Elm
The Centralia Police Department is investigating shots fired from a car at a man in an alley off the 500 block of South Elm Street Sunday night. The two men initially exchanged words after the driver ...
Jan 09, 2023
Multibillionaire Pritzker takes 2nd oath as Illinois governor
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - J.B. Pritzker, the multibillionaire whose actions over the past year suggest he may be eyeing a run for president, was sworn in Monday as ...
Jan 09, 2023 Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, right, takes the office from Mary Jane Theis, Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice as his wife M.K. Pritzker, son Don, daughter Teddi watch during ceremonies Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Marion County Sheriff's Department investigates burglary and criminal damage at cemetery
The Marion County Sheriff's Department was called to a residential burglary at a Junction City home late Sunday morning. Entry is believed to have been made to the home through a window. A padlocked b...
Jan 09, 2023
Police Beat for Monday, January 9th, 2023
A 36-year-old Mulberry Grove woman has been arrested on a Marion County failure to appear traffic warrant. Jessica Welch of Minnesota Street was taken to the Marion County Jail where she is being held...
Jan 09, 2023
Centralia ESDA vehicle destroyed by fire
The Centralia Emergency Services and Disaster Agency vehicle was destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon. Centralia City Firemen believe a fuse box used with the battery in the engine compartment started t...
Jan 09, 2023 Centralia ESDA car burns in Centralia Public Works parking lot. Photo credit: City of Centralia.
Governor signs bill including pay raises and help for hospitals and business enticement
Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation Monday morning pushed through the final days of the last general assembly that includes a supplemental spending bill that further boosts the state's rainy day f...
Jan 09, 2023 Sources: SB 1720; Legislative Resource Unit; National Conference of State Legislatures. (Credit: Hannah Meisel for Capitol News Illinois)
Retiring Murray Center Director feels Murray and other developmental centers in good position moving forward
The retiring Director of Murray Developmental Center Lori Demijan feels Murray and the other six similar facilities in the state now have a strong foundation following the effort by former Governor Pa...
Jan 09, 2023
Keep Salem Beautiful seeks cooperation in not putting non-recyclables in recycling trailer
Keep Salem Beautiful says some items they cannot recycle are turning up again in the recycling trailer on the Marion County parking lot in the 200 block of North Broadway. Among the non-recyclables th...
Jan 09, 2023 Keep Salem Beautiful recycling trailer.
Centralia City Council to consider TIF Development Agreement with Scooter's Coffee
The Centralia City Council Monday night will consider a Tax Increment Financing District #5 development agreement with Blue Fish 44, LLC on behalf of the new Scooter's Coffee at 280 Brooks Avenue. The...
Jan 09, 2023
Salem Travel announces new business partnership that will result in change of ownership
The owner of Salem Travel Jeannell Charman has announced she has entered into a business partnership with Nikki Holland that will eventually allow Charman to retire. Charman began her travel career in...
Jan 09, 2023 JeannellCharman (left) shakes hands with her new agency partner Nikki Holland.
