Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Marching Showcase return home following Sugar Bowl performance
The Centralia High School Marching Showcase band has returned home following a successful trip to New Orleans that included a performance at the Sugar Bowl. Band Director Stephanie Aarons-Dennison say...
Jan 03, 2023 Centralia High School joins seven other bands from around the country in putting on a half-time performance at the Sugar Bowl New Year's Eve. Photo from band's Facebook page.
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese Welcomes First Baby of 2023
The first baby of the New Year has been born at HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital in Breese. Thomas Riley Shelly arrived at 11:53 Sunday morning, weighing 8 pounds 12 ounces and 20 inches long. Thomas' proud...
Jan 02, 2023 Melissa Patterson and David Shelly proudly introduce new son, Thomas Riley Shelly, HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Breese’s New Year’s Baby of 2023. They are joined by Ali Wuebbles, RN (left); and Jackie Kunz, HSHS Medical Group neonatal nurse practitioner (right).
National Weather Service says greater chance of severe weather in deep Southern Illinois
The National Weather Service says the threat of severe thunderstorms is increasing, but the greatest threat is from the tip of Southern Illinois into the bootheel of Missouri and nearby parts of north...
Jan 02, 2023
Kaskaskia College to Host Spring 2023 Enrollment Day on Saturday, January 7
Kaskaskia College will hold a Special Saturday Enrollment Day at the main campus, and all Education Centers on Saturday, January 7, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, for all new and continuing students needing...
Jan 02, 2023 File: Kaskaskia College Clock Tower and campus.
New construction in Salem in 2022 tops $7.2-million
New construction in Salem during 2022 topped $ 7.2 million dollars led by two multimillion-dollar commercial buildings. Permits were issued for only one new home and to locate three mobile homes durin...
Jan 02, 2023
Salem and Centralia Water Plants release yearly weather statistics
The Salem Water Plant is reporting just over an inch more precipitation in 2022 compared to 2021. The final yearly precipitation for 2022 is 47.91 inches compared to 46.72 inches in 2021. The wettest ...
Jan 02, 2023
State enters 2023 with official State Snake and Rock
Illinois is getting a few new designations in 2023. Among the new laws taking effect in January included naming Dolostone as the official state rock of Illinois and choosing the Eastern Milksnake as t...
Jan 02, 2023 smashtonlee05 / CC
Police Beat for Monday, January 2nd, 2023
Centralia Police have arrested a 41-year-old Centralia man for alleged home invasion, aggravated battery, and aggravated assault. Romero Braullo of Case Street was taken to the Marion County Jail. No ...
Jan 02, 2023
Police: 9-year-old boy fatally shot inside his Chicago home
CHICAGO (AP) - A nine-year-old boy has been fatally shot inside his home on Chicago's South Side, police said. The boy died at Comer Children's Hospital after being shot multiple times Sunday night, p...
Jan 02, 2023
Illinois' minimum wage goes up January 1st
The State Minimum Wage went up on January first. Illinois Department of Labor Director Jane Flanagan says the new minimum wage in 2023 will be $13 an hour. "We encourage hourly workers to look closely...
Jan 01, 2023 Kenny Eliason / Unsplash
