Category Archives: Local News
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese Partners with Gateway Foundation Offering Patients Substance Abuse, Treatment and Recovery Program
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese has launched a substance abuse, treatment and recovery program, provided in conjunction with Gateway Foundation. It will be available to patients in the emergency dep...
Aug 04, 2022 HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital in Breese.
Washington County included in Disaster Proclamation as a result of flooding last week
Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency have approved an Illinois Disaster Proclamation for the severe weather and flooding that hit both Washington and St. Clair County last...
Aug 04, 2022
Tyson Foods to expand Caseyville facility; add 250 jobs
Governor JB Pritzker joined Tyson Foods, Inc. in breaking ground Wednesday for a $180-million expansion of their Caseyville plant in the Metro-East. The expansion will result in 250 new jobs. The new ...
Aug 04, 2022 The Governor joins State Legislators and Tyson officials in the official groundbreaking for the Tyson Foods expansion in Caseyville in the Metro East
Police Beat for Thursday, August 4th, 2022
Salem Police arrested a 39-year-old Salem man for possession of methamphetamine after he allegedly dropped a baggie of what field tested as the drug on the floor of a Salem business on Wednesday. With...
Aug 04, 2022
Marion County 4H Auction a record breaker
The Marion County 4H Auction set a record Wednesday night when auction bids for the first time topped the $100,000 mark...$101,200 to be exact. Auction officials say an increase in animals auctioned, ...
Aug 04, 2022 4H members show their animals earlier in the week.
Marion County Relay for Life Theme is 'Seasons of Hope', goal set at $35,000
The theme and goal have been set for this year's Marion County Relay for Life which will be held on October 22nd at the Marion County Fairgrounds. The theme will be 'Seasons of Hope'. The goal will be...
Aug 04, 2022 Those attending the Marion County Relay for Life in June 2021 look at names on the Luminaria set up along the Centralia High School Parking Lot. The event moves to the Marion County Fairgrounds this year. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Governor announces plans for renovation of Rend Lake Resort
Governor JB Pritzker is announcing funding for the long-awaited renovation of Rend Lake Resort in southern Illinois. The resort opened in the 90s but was shuttered in 2016 after mold was found in seve...
Aug 04, 2022 File photo: Rend Lake Resort
11 graduate from Kaskaskia College Dental Assisting Program
Kaskaskia College held a pinning ceremony for 11 graduates of the summer semester of the college's dental assisting program. The graduates include Ashton Patton and Alexis Sadrieth of Salem, Kiley Hei...
Aug 04, 2022 Front Row Left to Right: Kiley Heidel (Ashley), Jacey Kujawa (Ashley), Ashton Patton (Salem), Callie Diekemper (Carlyle), Grace Branch (Centralia) Back Row Left to Right: Alyson Kleiboeker (Belleville), Amryn Della-Rose Zobrist (Aviston), Kim Bone (Mulberry Grove), Alexis Sadrieh (Salem), Jessica White (New Baden) Not in attendance: Emma Khosrovani (Swansea)
Centralia woman charged with possession with intent to deliver fentanyl
A 21-year-old Centralia woman was released on $5,000 personal recognizance bond after being formally charged in Marion County Court on Wednesday on two fentanyl charges. Mariah McCray of Cormick Stree...
Aug 04, 2022
Centralia man pleads guilty to aggravated domestic battery
A 33-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to 30 months probation after entering a guilty plea in Marion County Court to a charge of aggravated domestic battery. Rodney Thomas of North Cherry was ...
Aug 04, 2022 Marion County Courthouse
