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1 month ago | 
southernillinoisnow.com | Austin Williams |Steven Stilt
By Steven StiltDuring its monthly meeting on Tuesday, the Central City Village Board approved a revision to the village’s street solicitation ordinance. Trustees voted unanimously in favor of an amendment that removes the option for persons defined as “peddlers,” such as door-to-door salesmen, to purchase an annual license at a cost of $100. Those individuals are now required to obtain a license each day they go door to door, at a cost of $25 per person per day.
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2 months ago | 
southernillinoisnow.com | Austin Williams |Steven Stilt
By Steven StiltThe Centralia City Schools Board of Education on Tuesday night formally approved the hiring of a new assistant principal at Centralia Junior High School for the 2025-2026 school year. Board members unanimously approved Ryan Brendel for the position. Brendel currently teaches in the Carlyle school district.
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2 months ago | 
southernillinoisnow.com | Austin Williams |Steven Stilt
By Steven StiltWamac officials continue to work on an ordinance that would penalize city trash customers for leaving their trash receptacles out for extended periods of time. Members of the Wamac City Council voted Monday evening to table the ordinance, which as written would have required customers to put their trash bins out on Wednesdays, which is the regularly scheduled day for trash pickup, and to bring their bins back in by Wednesday night.
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2 months ago | 
southernillinoisnow.com | Austin Williams |Steven Stilt
By Steven StiltDuring Monday’s meeting of the Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees, college officials took time to recognize Craig Roper, who was participating in his final meeting as a KC employee after nearly four decades of service, most recently as the school’s director of purchasing and auxiliary operations. Roper addressed the board, thanking the trustees and other college officials for the chance to serve the KC community.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
southernillinoisnow.com | Austin Williams |Steven Stilt
By Steven StiltTwo construction projects taking place on the Centralia High School campus are on track to wrap up around the end of the school year, Superintendent Chuck Lane reported at Thursday night’s CHS Board of Education meeting. Lane told the board that solid progress is being made on an approximately 2,000 square foot pole barn addition that will house a staff workout and wellness area.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
southernillinoisnow.com | Austin Williams |Steven Stilt
By Steven StiltSuperintendent Craig Clark reported at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Centralia City Schools Board that construction projects at two schools in the district have mostly been completed. Those projects have involved construction of activity centers at Jordan School and on the Central Middle School end of the Centralia Junior High School building. Clark says there are a few finishing touches that remain, but the bulk of the work is finished.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
southernillinoisnow.com | Austin Williams |Steven Stilt
By Steven StiltThe Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees on Monday approved the college’s 2024 tax levy, for fiscal year 2026. The levy is projected to generate just over 12 and a half million dollars of KC’s estimated $55 million budget for FY 2026, with the rest of the budget to be funded by tuition and fees, grants and other sources.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
southernillinoisnow.com | Austin Williams |Steven Stilt
By Steven StiltThe Centralia City Council on Tuesday evening approved proposals for the city’s insurance coverage services, accepting a proposal from Illinois Counties Risk Management for liability insurance and the Illinois Public Risk Fund for workers’ compensation. There were two options provided by Illinois Public Risk Fund for workers’ comp — a $966,400 proposal that includes no deductible, and an $826,720 option with a $50,000 deductible.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
southernillinoisnow.com | Austin Williams |Steven Stilt
By Steven StiltDuring its meeting Monday evening, the Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees approved a resolution stating the college’s intent to levy an equity tax pursuant to the Illinois Public Community College Act. The equity tax allows community college districts with lower equalized assessed valuations to be funded at a level more comparable to districts with higher local property tax revenue.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
southernillinoisnow.com | Austin Williams |Steven Stilt
By Steven StiltThe filing period is approaching for those interested in running for two seats on the Centralia City Council. During Tuesday evening’s council meeting, City Clerk Kim Enke reported that the candidates’ filing period for the seats currently held by Rob Jackson and Jeff Castellari starts next week. “The filing period this year is from October 21 through October 28.
