The St. Peter water department has issued a boil order for residents on South Gehle Street to the east end of town and south on Long Grove Road.… Read more »
Author Archives: Bruce Kropp
Centralia City Manager announces retirement
Centralia City Manager Lowell Crow has announced that he will be retiring effective March 8th after the city council meeting. Mayor Herb Williams confirms Crow has submitted a conditional letter of retirement. In the letter, Crow stated ‘that after 34 years of service in the Navy and now seven years of service in City Management,…… Read more »
Marion County prisoner faces new aggravated battery charges
A 21-year-old Columbus, Ohio man who remains in custody after fleeing a traffic stop on I-57 in January setting off a manhunt now faces two additional counts of aggravated battery. Princeton Glenn is charged with striking a correctional officer in the face and chest in separate counts from the same February 28th incident. His bond…… Read more »
Three injured in crash in front of Salem McDonald’s
Two-vehicle crash in front of McDonald’s sends the driver and two passengers in one of the vehicles to the hospital for treatment. Three people were injured Monday night in a two-vehicle crash on West Main Street at Westgate Avenue. Salem Police say a car driven by 19-year-old Elizabeth Mansell of Valentine Street in Odin…… Read more »
Police Beat for Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
A 25-year-old rural Kell man was arrested by Centralia Police following a Monday afternoon traffic stop in the 400 block of North Elm on drug charges and a no-bond warrant. Zachary Higgins of Morton Lane was taken to the Marion County Jail for alleged manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled…… Read more »
Three COVID-19 deaths reported in South Central Illinois
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting three additional COVID-19 related deaths in South Central Illinois on Tuesday. They include a male in his 40s in Jefferson County, a male in his 70s in Clay County, and a male in his 70s in Wayne County. They are among 47 additional deaths being reported statewide.…… Read more »
Salem City Council approves price for selling residential lot
The Salem City Council has approved the $2,500 offered by a Kinmundy woman to purchase one of the lots developed from the land where the Salem Armory used to stand. However, the sale to Patricia Blair is contingent on the city council giving the approval to locate a doublewide modular home on the property in…… Read more »
Number of new COVID-19 cases Monday drop to lowest level since July
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting only 1,143 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the lowest number of cases for a single day since July 28th. An additional 20 deaths were reported, none in South Central Illinois. There was one in St. Clair County in the Metro-East and one in Union County in…… Read more »
Centralia and Salem Relay for Life merges back into one event
The Centralia and Salem Relay for Life events will be merged back together for a single event this year. Both events had to be canceled last year due to COVID-19 and the American Cancer Society has had to make some difficult decisions on how to move forward with this year’s event. As a result of…… Read more »
Metro-East company settles fraud claim involving contracts
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a southern Illinois construction company has agreed to pay back $400,000 to settle a federal complaint accusing it of fraudulently accepting $8 million worth of contracts reserved for disadvantaged small businesses. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says R&W Builders agreed to repay the money in a civil…… Read more »