Salem Police arrested three passengers in a car following a late Monday night traffic stop in the 2000 block of West Main Street. Police say they found the drugs after the Salem canine alerted on the vehicle, and a search was conducted. 35-year-old Ryan Moghadam of East Boone in Salem was arrested for unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth and unlawful delivery of 15 to 100 grams of meth, as well as possession of a controlled substance. He allegedly also had 3.2 grams of heroin in hi...

Two people were brought to the Marion County Jail on Monday on outstanding warrants. 36-year-old Avanta Lowe of Saddler Street in Centralia was arrested by Centralia Police on a Vermillion County no-bond felony failure to appear warrant. 33-year-old Randy Heern of South Cherry in Centralia was arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies on a on bond Marion County misdemeanor failure to appear warrant. Salem Police arrested 26-year-old Rayveian Daniels of Sanders Street in Wamac for criminal ...

Mayor Nic Farley presented Salem resident Charles Waller with the Key to the City on his 100th birthday, July 25, 2025. Farley says Waller was very excited and appreciative but more excited he was going to have a birthday party for the first time in his life.

A bedroom of a Centralia home was gutted during a fire Monday morning. Centralia city firemen say the fire was visible through a bedroom window upon their arrival at a home occupied by Beau Bequette at 304 South Beech. He was gone at the time, but feared another resident may still be inside. A search failed to find anyone and the woman showed up at the scene an hour later. Firemen got a quick knockdown, but the bedroom where the fire started was gutted. The rest of the single story home s...

Centralia Police arrested a 31-year-old Vandalia woman who drove around a road closed sign and became stuck on the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks at the 13th and Wabash Street crossing. Joeitta Mansker of West Filmore had left her vehicle after it became stuck and was found lying in a yard around a block away at 13th and Marion. She complained of pain and was taken by ambulance to SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital for treatment. Police say the railroad was in the process of repairing the cross...

Marion County Fair Board President Doug Telford says it was a good fair week even with the extremely hot start. Telford reviewed the week as the fair came to a close on Saturday night. "We started extremely hot, but I will brag on the Marion county fair board. The fair board members, we all pulled together. We pulled through the heat and we made sure to have every show ready for the grandstands. The community come out and supported us through the heat. Unfortunately, that's all we had wa...

Both Marion County Fair Queen Ella Douglas and Junior Miss Jane Taylor Rose say they enjoyed the start of their reign during last week's fair. Douglas says being able to sell her cow at the 4-H Auction was the highlight, but also enjoyed seeing the demolition derby for the first time. "It has been a dream. Every day I and my junior miss, Jane Taylor, have been here at the fair. We've been telling kids all we do is eat fair food, corn dogs and lemon shakeups. We sleep here, we only drive ...

Salem Public Works Director Travis Sanders has announced the city will begin replacing natural gas service lines to about 70 homes on the northwest side beginning Thursday. The streets involved are Roddy Road, West Spruce Street, Ohio Avenue, Illinois Avenue, West Main Street and Pine Street. Sanders notes the natural gas mains in those areas were replaced earlier, but not the service lines. Individual customers will only be impacted on the day their service line is replaced. The work is expe...