A Centralia man has been ordered held without bond on eight charges that following incidents where he entered a neighbor's home after pointing a gun inside a window and shooting his girlfriend's cat inside his home. Christian Braun of Randolph Drive was formerly charged in Clinton County Court with two counts of reckless discharge of a firearm, aggravated cruelty to animals, criminal damage to property between $500 and $10,000, criminal trespass to a residence with a person present, aggravate...

Centralia Police have arrested 25-year-old Josephine Johnson of Randolph Drive in Centralia for aggravated domestic battery. She was taken to the Marion County Jail. 50-year-old Tracy Howe of Macedonia was arrested in Franklin County on a Marion County no bond domestic violence warrant. Howe was transported to the Marion County Jail to await further court action.

The Salem Township Hospital Board has passed its fiscal year budget that begins April first. Hospital CEO James Timpe says the budget is balanced and includes $3-million in net income of which $2-million will be reinvested in capital improvements. "Next year's budget is challenging, but it's still a positive budget for us, which is great," Timpe said. "As we see throughout healthcare right now, expenses are going up. It's challenging to find staffing all throughout healthcare...

Salem Township Hospital has set Thursday, April 24th for the next wellness program where you will be able to purchase low cost blood test vouchers. The program will work the same as in the fall when you can drive through under the front canopy to purchase vouchers from hospital employees that will come up to your vehicle. The hours will be seven am to five pm. The cost of the vouchers is the same as in past years, $40 for Executive Profile and $25 each for PS and Hemoglobin A1c. The vouchers...

A 42-year-old Fort Wayne Indiana man has been ordered held in the Marion County Jail until a fitness hearing is completed after being formally being charged Wednesday with felony criminal trespass to a residence with a person present. Andrew Walker is accused of entering a home in the 3800 block of Purcell Road after parking his motorcycle on I-57. After entering the home, Walker say a person sleeping on a couch with a dog nearby. He allegedly began petting the dog which growled at him a...

A 42-year-old Xenia man was injured Wednesday morning when losing control of his pickup truck while driving northbound on I-57 five miles north of the Salem exit. Michael Burdine of Hackberry Road was taken to Salem Township Hospital for treatment. State Police say preliminary information indicates that the pickup ran off the right side of the roadway, struck a guard rail, embankment and tree stump. The truck then overturned. The Salem Fire Protection District was called, but Burdine was al...

The Salem Community High School performance of Beetlejuice Junior opens Thursday night at the Salem Community Theatre. Director Drew Johnson says this is the first year licenses have been issued for performances of Beetle Juice Junior. "I think this will be the best show we have ever done. I don't think there is a single minute that doesn't have something for everyone to see, and we do some stuff in this show that people will want to come back a second time just to try and figure out how...

A 62-year-old Centralia man died at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia after his vehicle ran off the road near Broadway and Lincoln in Centralia and hit a sign before coming to a stop. Marion County Coroner Claude Howell identified the man as Donald May. The coroner reports May had a history of heart disease and died as a result of myocardial infarction and had no injuries from the crash. The crash occurred at around five Tuesday evening. May was pronounced dead at the hospital at ...