Category Archives: Local News
Unemployment drops in area counties
Unemployment is down in Marion and all surrounding counties for September. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported that 4.5 percent of Marion County residents are unemployed. That's do...
Oct 28, 2022 Innov8social / CC
Central City School 2022-23 1st Quarter Honor Roll
Eighth Grade High Honors: Brylee Bailey, Ryleigh Claybourn, Elcie Cullip, RaeLynn Keeley, Isabella McCoy, Kolby Murray, Madison Ramey, Jenna Shopinski, Adia Sloat, Bradey Starr, and RyLynn Zack. Eight...
Oct 28, 2022
Illinois School Report card show both graduation and chronic absenteeism up
The latest Illinois School Report Card shows the highest graduation rate in a decade. More than 87% of students completed high school in the 2022 school year, with gains driven by an increase in minor...
Oct 28, 2022
Salem woman loses life in fire at her house
A 56-year-old Salem woman lost her life in a fire at her home Thursday afternoon. Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon identifies the victim as Lisa Platz of 525 North Broadway. Salem Fire Protection Dis...
Oct 28, 2022 Fire took a life and caused heavy damage to this home at 525 North Broadway in Salem Thursday afternoon. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Centralia High School adds more vocational and dual credit options
The Centralia High School Board Thursday night approved new vocational and dual credit options for the coming school year. Superintendent Dr. Chuck Lane says they are just as concerned about where the...
Oct 28, 2022
Centralia man gets one year prison term on weapons charge
A 35-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Andrew Szatkowski of East Green Street admitte...
Oct 28, 2022
Firefighters move two to safety during house fire on Walnut Hill Road
Firefighters moved two residents of a home on fire Wednesday afternoon to safety. The fire was at the Carolyn Lashbrook home at 942 Walnut Hill Road. When Centralia Fire Protection District Battalion ...
Oct 27, 2022 Firemen check to make sure a fire is out 942 Walnut Hill Road southeast of Centralia on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Centralia City Firemen say smoky apartment fire result of stove fire
Centralia City Firemen say a pan of burning food caused heavy smoke to come from a third-floor apartment at the Loepker Apartments, formerly known as the Library Manor Apartments, at 111 South Sycamor...
Oct 27, 2022
Police Beat for Thursday, October 27th, 2022
A 69-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for possession of methamphetamine and driving on a revoked license. Ronald Leek of North Beech was taken to the Marion County Jail to ...
Oct 27, 2022
Ex-Teamsters' boss gets 19 months in Chicago extortion case
CHICAGO (AP) - A former Teamsters union boss who was once one of the most powerful labor leaders in Chicago was sentenced Wednesday to 19 months in federal prison for extorting $325,000 from the head ...
Oct 27, 2022 FILE - John Coli, president of Teamsters Joint Council 25, speaks at a news conference in Chicago on Oct. 21, 2011. Coli, a former Teamsters union boss who was once one of the most powerful labor leaders in Chicago, was sentenced Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, to 19 months in federal prison for extorting $325,000 from the head of a film studio in the city. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
