Murray Center held a 250th Anniversary patriotic parade on Friday, July 10th. The parade was led by a group of Murray residents holding the American flag and a 250th Anniversary banner. Each cottage was represented in the parade with decorated side by sides, jeeps, or golf carts. Families joined the fun with decorated cars, and trailers. The Murray Parents Association decorated their trailer and a large group of individuals rode on the trailer waving American flags. The Centralia Fire Depart...

A Centralia woman was rescued by a boater near the dam on Raccoon Lake after her kayak capsized Sunday afternoon. The Centralia City Fire Department was called to assist, but the woman was in the boat upon their arrival. She was transported to Point Park to be checked by emergency medical technicians but did not appear to have been injured. Only the nose of the kayak was out of the water when emergency help arrived.

The Marion County Sheriff's Department has released more information on a single vehicle rollover crash on the Walnut Hill Road just east of U.S. 51 southeast of Centralia late Saturday afternoon. Reports indicate Nicholas Back left the north side of the of the road, jumped a culvert, and rolled the vehicle. He was out of the vehicle on the arrival of emergency help. Back was taken via Lifestar Ambulance to SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital for treatment of a head injury. An Air Evac helicopter...

A 59-year-old Salem man faces multiple charges after allegedly failing to stop for a Marion County Sheriff's Deputy until he got home. Terry Beard of Trenary Street was given a notice to appear for possession of under five grams of meth, fleeing and eluding police, driving on a revoked license, disregarding a traffic control device and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The Illinois Supreme Court and the Illinois Judicial Conference have announced the launch of a statewide circuit court user survey. The anonymous survey will be conducted July 13 - July 31, 2026. It will be available in paper and electronic formats at circuit court courthouses across the state and will ask circuit court users about their most recent experience with the Illinois circuit courts. The survey is designed to be completed by all in-person and remote circuit court users, including pa...

Kaskaskia College was well represented at the 2026 Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) Annual Banquet and Board of Representatives Meeting held June 5-6 at the Westin Chicago Lombard Hotel in Lombard, Illinois. Several Kaskaskia College representatives were recognized during the banquet for their leadership, service, and contributions to higher education. Among the highest honors presented was the Gary W. Davis Ethical Leadership Award, which was awarded to Kenneth Ingerso...

Seven people were shot, and five were killed in an East St. Louis shooting Sunday morning. State Police say the two still alive are in critical condition. All the victims are related. State Police announced at a press conference that two teens, 15 and 16-year-olds, are in custody. Both are related. Police were able to stop the suspect vehicle by using a PIT maneuver. One of the suspects is related to one of the persons killed. Illinois State Police said the shooting took place in three ...

A 21-year-old Okawville man has died from injuries sustained in a one vehicle accident early Saturday morning just west of Nashville. Washington County Coroner Mark Styinger pronounced Dusty Wilfong dead at the scene at 5:54 Saturday morning. Styninger says Wilfong was an unrestrained driver of a black pickup truck which appeared to be traveling westbound on Illinois Route 15 near Willow Creek Road when he ran off the roadway on the south side after negotiating the curve, striking the steep e...