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Marion County Change of Assessment Notices being mailed; see complete list of changes
Marion County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Miller has announced the Change of Assessment Notices will be mailed out and published in the Centralia Sentinel on Tuesday. You can also see the 2020 Mari...
Nov 30, 2020 Marion County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Miller.
Governor says current COVID-19 restrictions to remain in place for coming weeks
Governor JB Pritzker says current COVID-19 restrictions will remain in place for the coming weeks in anticipation of a possible post-Thanksgiving surge. The number of new cases has been declining in t...
Nov 30, 2020
Marion County reporting 94 new COVID-19 cases over past five days
The Marion County Health Department is reporting 94 new COVID-19 cases from Thursday through Monday. The health department reported no new deaths over the Thanksgiving Holiday period. Of the 94 new ca...
Nov 30, 2020
Three charged in connection with stolen car and credit card
Left to right: Donald Fairchild, Alexis Fairchild, and Kaylee Hanks. Three people have been charged in Marion County Court in the aftermath of a pickup truck theft in Kinmundy last Wednesday. 21-year-...
Nov 30, 2020
4th teen dies after October crash in deep southern Illinois
VIENNA, Ill. (AP) - A fourth teenager has died from injuries in an October car crash in southern Illinois. Max Koehler of rural Vienna died Thursday while in hospice care in Missouri. Max would have t...
Nov 30, 2020
Man slain in Chicago dispute over hands in Thanksgiving food
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say a Chicago man has been charged with murder after a fatal fight that began when he put his hands in Thanksgiving leftovers. James Dixon is charged with killing Vincell Ja...
Nov 30, 2020
2020 12/02 - Michael K. Shreves
Michael K. Shreves, 62, of St. Louis, MO, formerly of Mt. Vernon, Illinois passed away November 28, 2020, in St. Louis. A well know designer and decorator in the St. Louis greater area, he was appreci...
Nov 30, 2020
2020 12/02 - Calvin 'Cal' F. Johnson
Calvin "Cal" F. Johnson, 80, of Centralia, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020, at his home. Cal served in the United States Navy and was stationed on the USS Basilone. He was the owner and operator...
Nov 30, 2020
Chicago man gets natural life in prison for murder of Centralia woman
A Chicago man received natural life in prison without parole in Marion County Court Monday afternoon for the first-degree murder of Precious Jones at her Centralia home. Judge Allan Lolie said he had ...
Nov 30, 2020
2020 12/02 - Betty R. Smith Telford
Betty R. Smith Telford 94, of Centralia, passed away Friday, November 27, 2020 at Fireside Nursing home in Centralia due to complications from Covid-19. Betty was a lifelong member of the St. Peter's ...
Nov 30, 2020
