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Centralia Police Chief Greg Dodson says an investigation into suspicious activity by two men near Blue Goose Liquor led to one being arrested on multiple no bond warrants and drug charges. 29-year-old...

Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation has identified the 27-year-old Fairfield man found dead Saturday morning near the 600 block of Southeast 4th Street in Fairfield. The man is Tr...

Centralia Police arrested 38-year-old Steven Cody of South Pine in Centralia for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. He was taken into custody when police were investigating a suspic...

The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating a burglary to a garage in the 300 block of Route 37 in Kell. Tools and miscellaneous items were reported missing. Sheriff's deputies are investi...

DOLTON, Ill. (AP) - Police say a 3-year-old boy accidentally shot his mother to death as the family was sitting in their car in a suburban Chicago supermarket parking lot. The woman was shot Saturday ...

The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to move forward on the demolition of eight more substandard homes if improvements are not made. The Community Development Department is recommendi...

Sandoval Firemen report minimal damage to a shed that caught fire from a nearby trash pile Sunday afternoon. The fire was at 1214 Madison Street in Junction City. Sandoval Fire Chief Chad Parson says ...

The CDC Covid-19 tracker reports Marion County had only 16 new or probable COVID-19 cases during the week ending Saturday. That has allowed the county to drop two levels to a "moderate" rate of infect...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Federal officials want Illinois' attorney general to ensure that a pipeline operator conducts a proper cleanup after an estimated 165,000 gallons of crude oil spilled in sout...

8th Grade Highest Honors: Logan Byers Kaitlyn Crouch Karli Holmes Shyanne LeMay Kinlee Thompson Miranda Yates 8th Grade High Honors: Micah Kraemer Amelia Montes 8th Grade Honors: Braeden Chance Haidyn...