The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to further crackdown on buildings used for drug trafficking. The ordinance would allow the Police Chief to declare a building used in the commission of a drug offense a public nuisance. That will allow the chief to secure the building and prohibit it from being occupied…… Read More »
The Centralia City Council will consider a resolution at their Monday night meeting to enter into a consulting agreement with retired City Manager Dan Ramey and Tri-County Corporation and Services. Under the agreement, Ramey will provide services involving labor negotiations, special projects such as roads, ongoing work with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency at the…… Read More »
The Director of the Kaskaskia Special Education District Cassie Clark has announced an investigation of the district by the State Board of Education over the use of isolated time out and physical restraint has ended with no violations found. The investigation was conducted as a result of the ProPublica and Chicago Tribune article that took…… Read More »
A 43-year-old Centralia man was injured in a single-vehicle crash on the Selmaville Road near the Bryant Lane intersection southwest of Salem early Sunday morning. Initial information from the Marion County Sheriff’s Department indicates Benjamin Beard of Niagra Lane hit a power pole when leaving the road knocking out power to the nearby area.…… Read More »
Illinois hunters harvested more than 153,000 deer during the various deer seasons. Marion County hunters harvested 2,943 deer. State Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Rachel Tobert says deer hunting wrapped up on January 18th bringing an end to the archery, youth and firearm hunting seasons for the winter. “Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total…… Read More »
The first night of the SIJHSAA State girls semifinals held at Rend Lake College will be Monday night with the Class M Final Four. The day begins at 6pm tonight with Aviston and Trico followed by Christopher and Vienna at 7:15. The winners will play in Friday’s championship at 7:30 and the loser will play…
Nashville’s Terry Pelczynski hits a go-ahead three-pointer with 54 seconds left as the Hornets slip past the Breese Mater Dei Knights 41-39 in Saturday’s championship game of the Nashville Invitational Tournament. The Knights knocked off Nashville 47-44 in the championship game of the Breese Mater Dei Christmas Tournament Dec. 30. Knights raced out to a…
The 69th Salem Invitational is in the books and East St Louis repeated as champs with their 61-42 win over Effingham. Salem won their consolation semifinal over Highland 64-24 to get to the trophy game against Mt Vernon who beat TF North 71-64. The Rams defeated Salem in the consolation title game 50-47. TF North…
