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The Marion County Health Department is reporting the 113th death during the COVID-19 pandemic. A female in her 80s. She was not a long-term care resident. The health department also reported 21 new CO...

A 21-year-old Centralia woman has been arrested for possession with intent to deliver Fentanyl and resisting arrest following a buy bust by Centralia Police on Tuesday. Bond was set at $25,000 for Bri...

An 18-year-old Centralia man faces multiple charges following an altercation with a Centralia Police officer in the parking lot of the emergency room of SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital. Hunter Sc...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The hand-picked successor to Democratic former House Speaker Michael Madigan's seat abruptly resigned under pressure from his sponsors, who accused him of unspecified "questio...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - One of two men charged in the 2019 fatal shooting of an Illinois State Police trooper in East St. Louis has changed his not guilty plea. The St. Clair County state's attorney o...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Former state senator and gubernatorial candidate Sam McCann has pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he illegally spent more than $200,000 in campaign funds on debts...

ULLIN, Ill. (AP) - Police say two men were killed when a pickup truck pulled directly into the path of a train in far southern Illinois. Illinois State Police say the truck's driver had turned Tuesday...

Nancy Hawley, 86, of Salem, Illinois passed away at her home on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, cared for by her loving family. She united in marriage with Howard Martin Hawley, June 29, 1951, in Centrali...

Vivian Whittenburg, 93, of Centralia, passed away Monday, February 22, 2021 at her home. Vivian was of the Baptist faith. She retired from the Centralia Dress Factory working as a seamstress for sixte...

Marsha Ellen Holloway, 68, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 9:11 pm on February 23, 2021 at her residence with family by her side. Marsha met her husband, Gary, when Gary's family joined thei...