Centralia Interim City Manager Forrest Langenfeld (at the head of the table) answers questions during an afternoon coffee get-together at the Centralia Chamber of Commerce office. Photo by Tyler Perkins. Centralia Interim City Manager Forrest Langenfeld told a Thursday afternoon Coffee at the Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce developing a qualified workforce is at the…… Read more »
Salem Grade School Superintendent Dr. Leslie Foppe makes a point to School Board President John Gaston during Thursday night’s meeting. Photo by Bruce Kropp. The Salem Grade School Board is looking at a $5,187,000 improvement program, with most of the work to be completed this summer. The school board finalized a contract with Omni…… Read more »
Franklin Park eighth-graders will receive their diplomas in a “parade-style” graduation similar to the one held last year. The promotional ceremony has been set for Thursday night, May 27th. Principal Tyler Lux said last year’s event that had each student presented their diploma as their parents or guardians drove in front of the school was…… Read more »
There will be a free food distribution in Salem on Saturday. Saved with Amazing Grace and the Salem Church of Christ will have the drive-through distribution from ten to noon in the parking lot of the church off East Main Street near the Union Pacific overpass. There will be 15 boxes and 100 bags of…… Read more »
A 25-year-old Salem man had bond set at $100,000 after being charged in Marion County Court with a Class X felony drug offense. John Phillips of Lynnwood Drive is charged with unlawful possession with intent to deliver 15 to 100 grams of cocaine. In addition to the Class X charge, Phillips was also charged with…… Read more »
The Salem Grace Church of the Nazarene will have a drive-through food giveaway beginning at 8:30 Saturday morning. The parking lot will not be open until after 8:30 and you are asked not to park on the highway. Due to limited supply, only one box of groceries will be available per family. Salem Grace Church…… Read more »
A 51-year-old Salem woman was sent to the Marion County Jail from court on Thursday for a bond violation. Court records indicate Tammy Williams was taken into custody after she was tested positive for drugs. Bond was set at $5,000. Williams was in court on pending possession of a controlled substance charges. 33-year-old Michael Lux…… Read more »
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting a COVID-19 related death in Clay County. The fatality was a male in his 90s. It was one of 40 deaths being reported around the state on Thursday. There were also 3,581 new cases statewide. In Marion County, just one new case is being reported. It was…… Read more »
CHICAGO (AP) — President Joe Biden’s proposal to get rid of every lead water pipe in the country could have huge ramifications. That’s especially true in communities where a large number of Black, Latino, and low-income residents have been left effectively drinking from a lead straw. The problem persists decades after scientists established that lead…… Read more »
The mother of a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by Minnesota police this week says it all started when police pulled her son over for having air fresheners hanging from his rearview mirror. Some people might ask how an air freshener can be the basis for a traffic stop. Minnesota is one of…… Read more »