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UNDATED (AP) - The Tampa Bay Lightning have points in 11 of their last 12 games by blanking the Philadelphia Flyers. Andrei Vasilevskiy turned back 34 shots and a pair of Lightning players ended lengt...

UNDATED (AP) - Former major league outfielder and manager Bill Virdon has died in a Missouri medical center at age 90. Virdon was a career .267 hitter in 12 seasons with St. Louis and Pittsburgh, winn...

A Centralia Police officer sustained a sprained ankle when attempting to arrest a man wanted on a no bond IDOC warrant and retail theft at the Walmart store. Police Chief Greg Dodson says Dewayne John...

Centralia Police arrested a 33-year-old Centralia man for unlawful restraint and domestic battery after a domestic dispute made its way to the police department. Police say they received a report of a...

The Poplar Place will host a community Thanksgiving Dinner for the 17th year. Serving hours will be from eleven to two on Thursday. One of the organizers, MiMi Hawkins, says they are preparing meals f...

Salem Township Hospital is seeing the number of COVID-19 cases once again creeping up. Hospital President Alex Nazarian says fortunately so far the situation has not returned to summer infection level...

Starting in late December, unemployment insurance benefits will no longer be paid out via a debit card. This won't affect how much claimants receive but will alter how they get the money says Illinois...

The Kaskaskia College Board received its annual audit report Monday night and were told no material weaknesses or deficiencies were found. Chris Suda of Clifton Larson Allen also commended the college...

The Centralia City Council has raised the fees for vehicles ordered towed by the Police Department. City Manager Scott Randall says this is the first increase since 2014. "We will be increasing the fe...

Bond was set at $25,000 in Marion County Court on Monday for a 36-year-old Centralia man charged with entering the Airgo student housing facility multiple times. Jeremy Clark was charged with burglary...