Category Archives: Local News
Kaskaskia College Receives $258-thousand Bridge and Transitions Grant
Kaskaskia College has been awarded a $258-thousand-dollar Innovative Bridge and Transitions grant from the Illinois Community College Board to provide career exploration and planning opportunities to ...
Jun 3, 2023 One of several robots used for training students at the Kaskaskia College Crisp Center. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Marion County Sheriff's Department releases more details on two wrecks last weekend
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say a 68-year-old Odin man was taken to Salem Township Hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash that apparently occurred last Sunday morn...
Jun 3, 2023
Governor says "Invest in Kids' program could be revived
Governor JB Pritzker says the 'Invest in Kids' program could be revived but might look a little different. Lawmakers did not vote to extend the private school scholarship program for low-income childr...
Jun 3, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Bill on Governor's desk would require health insurers to cover hearing aids
Legislation awaiting the Governor's signature requires health insurers to cover hearing aids. Currently in Illinois, insurance companies only have to cover hearing aids for patients under 18. This bil...
Jun 3, 2023 Joe Haupt / CC
SSM Health Offers Daytime Sleep Studies for Night Shift Workers
Daytime sleep studies are available at both SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia and Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon. The studies diagnose apnea and other issues that disturb our much-nee...
Jun 3, 2023 Franco Dal Molin / CC
Salem firemen put out tree fire
Salem Firemen were called to the 300 block of East William Street in Salem early Saturday morning after a Salem Patrolman found a tree on fire. The blaze was in the backyard of a home occupied by Taba...
Jun 3, 2023
Police Beat for Saturday, June 3rd, 2023
Centralia Police have arrested a 19-year-old St. Louis man on multiple charges following a traffic stop. Dontae Burrage-Carpenter was taken to the Marion County Jail for aggravated unlawful use of a w...
Jun 3, 2023
St. Peter woman pleads guilty to weapons charge
A 25-year-old St. Peter woman has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to a charge of aggravated unlawful use of weapons. Haley Sarchet admitted having an uncased, loaded, and immediately assessable ...
Jun 2, 2023 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Police Beat for Friday, June 2nd, 2023
A 22-year-old Shilo man has been returned to the Marion County Jail via prisoner transport on an outstanding Marion County felony warrant on a petition to revoke his probation on a felony resisting ar...
Jun 2, 2023
The Odd Couple (Female Version) debuts this weekend at Salem Community Theatre
The Salem Community Theatre's performance of "The Odd Couple (Female Version)" debuts Friday night. Performances are also scheduled at seven pm this Saturday night and next Friday and Saturday night. ...
Jun 2, 2023
