Category Archives: Local News
Marion County Board discusses lack of specifics for new SAFE-T Act
The Marion County Board discussed with frustration what they don't know about the new Safe-T Act that will eliminate cash bond for most non-violent crimes January 1st. Law Enforcement Committee Chair ...
Sep 28, 2022 Marion County Law Enforcement Committee Chair Steve Whritenour.
Driver escapes injury in single vehicle rollover accident on Route 161 Extension
A 17-year-old Iuka juvenile male escaped serious injury when his car blew a tire and flipped several times on the Route 161 Extension near the Bannister Road Tuesday morning. Marion County Sheriff's D...
Sep 28, 2022
Salem Township Hospital moves forward on A-wing renovation
The Salem Township Hospital Board is moving forward on renovation of the vacant A-wing. Hospital President Alex Nazarian announced at Tuesday's meeting that BSA Architects of Indianapolis has been hir...
Sep 28, 2022 Salem Township Hospital President Alex Nazarian
Kaskaskia College Board approves budget; enrollment services restructure
The Kaskaskia College Board Monday night approved a budget with $ 54 million in revenue and $ 60 million in expenses. Vice President of Administrative Services Judy Hemker says the reason for expendit...
Sep 27, 2022 File: Kaskaskia College Clock Tower and campus.
Pritzker promises unemployment fund debt payoff by year end
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Tuesday that the state's relatively low jobless rate will help him keep his promise to pay off the corona...
Sep 27, 2022
Police Beat for Tuesday, September 27th, 2022
The Marion County Sheriff's Department arrested two residents of a CILA home on Selmaville Road for domestic battery after responding to a fight at the home Monday night. 25-year-old Alexizavier Butch...
Sep 27, 2022
Further details released on Centralia trench collapse
Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon has announced a 54-year-old rural Brownstown man died during a trench collapse on East Kerr Street at its intersection with North Poplar. Darrell McCammack was report...
Sep 27, 2022 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region
Centralia High Board passes balanced budget, talks solar and appoints new board member
The Centralia High School Board of Education welcomed a new board member, discussed solar power, and approved a $16 million annual budget at the September meeting Monday night. The new school member i...
Sep 27, 2022
Centralia City Council approves grant request for Fairview Park, other money to be sought for Laura Leake Park
The Centralia City Council has approved the submittal of a grant request for a $600,000 Open Space Land Acquisition and Development or OSLAD grant for improvements to Fairview Park. The approval came ...
Sep 27, 2022
Update: Two thirds of Centralia Home Center's waehouse destroyed in Monday morning fire
Centralia City Firefighters say two-thirds of a warehouse at Dimick and North Walnut used by Centralia Home Center was destroyed in an early morning fire. Firemen from five area departments were able ...
Sep 26, 2022 Centralia Home Center Fire as firefighters arrived on the scene early Monday morning. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
