Category Archives: Local News
Centralia City Manager names Captain Jeff Day as Interim Fire Chief
Centralia City Manager Korey Smith has named Centralia Fire Captain Jeff Day as Interim Fire Chief after Fire Chief John Lynch retires next Friday. Smith earlier announced both a local and national se...
May 24, 2022 File photo: Centralia Fire Chief Jeff Day.
Salem High School's retiring athletic director new Kaskaskia College AD
Salem Community High School's retiring athletic director Scott Steward remained retired for only a few hours before being named the new Athletic Director at Kaskaskia College Thursday night. Steward w...
May 24, 2022 Retired SCHS Athletic Director and now Kaskaskia College AD Scott Steward.
14 graduate from Odin High School
Fourteen seniors graduated from Odin High School Sunday night. The Class Valedictorian was Kyle Friend and the Salutatorian was Trenton Simmons. At eighth grade graduation last Thursday night, 12 stud...
May 24, 2022
Salem High School thanks retiring maintenance employee for 20 years of service
The Salem Community High School staff thanked retired maintenance employee Bill Fulton for his work to keep the sports fields in top condition during a retirement breakfast on Monday. Several coaches ...
May 24, 2022 Retired Salem Community High School Maintenance Employee Bill Fulton talks about his 20 years at SCHS as his wife Connie looks on.
Ex-suburban mayor pleads guilty in red-light camera scandal
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. (AP) - A former suburban Chicago mayor has pleaded guilty to taking kickbacks to support the use of red-light cameras in his community. Tony Ragucci was mayor of Oakbrook Terrac...
May 24, 2022
Salem Community High School Teacher of the Year is named
The Salem Community High School Teacher of the Year is Stacey Beavin. The announcement was made Monday morning during the end-of-school breakfast by SCHS Academic Foundation member Sheila Baldridge. B...
May 23, 2022 Salem Academic Foundation member Sheila Baldridge (left) announced Business Teacher Stacey Beavin as Teacher of the Year at the end of school breakfast Monday morning. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Deer Creek Road near Patoka School to be closed at bridge over Deer Creek for several months
The Marion County Highway Department and Patoka Road District have closed the bridge over Deer Creek on Deer Creek Road near the Patoka School until further notice. Marion County Highway Engineer Mike...
May 23, 2022
South Central Middle School 4th Quarter Honor Roll
6th Grade Highest Honors: Tyson Alwardt Baylee Brown Colton Cartright Josalyn Grandt 6th Grade High Honors: Lilyen Graham Ana Lotz Carly Magnus Hunter Olmsted Madisyn Peddicord Adam Yates 6th Grade Ho...
May 23, 2022
South Central Illinois remains in low category as COVID cases increase in other parts of the state
The CDC tracker shows all counties in South Central Illinois still at the low level for infection for COVID-19. However, statewide the Illinois Department of Public Health is now reporting eight count...
May 23, 2022
Sandoval Woman Receives Minor Injuries In Single Car Wreck
The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports a 27-year-old Sandoval woman received minor injuries in a single car wreck in the 300 block of South Wood Street in Odin early Sunday morning. Courtney C...
May 23, 2022
