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Susan T. Allen, 64, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 3:45 am August 3, 2022 at White Oak Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Mount Vernon. Susan worked as a CNA for many years. She was a...

Mildred Ann "Millie" Hill, age 88 of Salem, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2022 at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia. Millie worked as a rehabilitation neuro nurse at Good Samaritan Hospita...

James David Maines passed on July 20th, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. James attended Centralia City Schools and graduated from Centralia High School in 2006. During his youth; he participated in ch...

Retirement Seen Through Your Eyes After you leave work, what will your life look like? Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources   How do you picture your future? If you are like many contemplat...

Roy Junior Barth, 97, of Centralia, Illinois, passed away at 1:14 am July 31, 2022, at Centralia Manor in Centralia, Illinois. He was born September 30, 1924, in Marion, Illinois to the late Roy and M...

Jackie B. Lanham, 88, of Salem, formerly of Springfield, KY passed away in his wife's arms at home on Tuesday afternoon (July 20th, 2022). He was the 5th of 13 children. Jackie retired from World Colo...

The Marion County Health Department is reporting six new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. The cases involve one person who was fully vaccinated and three are school age. Three of the cases are considere...

The Junior Miss Marion County was named at the Marion County Fair Grounds Thursday night. The winner, 14-year-old Sarah Morris of Iuka. Morris was first runner up and Miss Congeniality in the 2019 com...

Only one contestant in the senior division, Kaitlin Nix, with a cover of the song "Almost There" from the Disney film "The Princess and the Frog". Nix was about to do a cover of a country song when he...

A condemned mobile home caught fire in Centralia early Friday morning. The fire was at 1208 South Cherry. Firemen say the fire was confined to the kitchen, with smoke damage throughout. However, no da...