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Vicki Ann (Bless) Harbin, 81, of Salem, Illinois passed away suddenly on Monday, September 9th, 2024, at the Manor at Salem Woods. Vicki was born on December 18, 1942, in Springfield, Illinois. She wa...

Gary Albert Quick died Saturday, September 7, 2024, in Breese, Illinois, following a brief battle with cancer. He was born July 15, 1951, in Breese, IL, to Burl Albert and Helen Frances (Payne) Quick....

Ann Corners, 73, of Centralia, passed away, Thursday, September 5, 2024 at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri. She was born September 22, 1950 in Centralia, the daughter of Bernard &...

Donna Lorraine Garrison, 77, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 12:38 pm September 9, 2024 at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon. She was born December 27, 1946 in Mount Vernon,...

Centralia Mayor Bryan Kuder has declared September 18th through the 24th as 'National Rail Safety Week' In the proclamation, Kuder said the city would partner with the International Association of Chi...

Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say both drivers declined hospital treatment following a two vehicle rear-end crash on the Green Street Road near Ross Road between Salem and Centralia early Monday ev...

The Marion County Sheriff's Department has arrested a 59-year-old Iuka man in connection with an alleged road rage incident on the Iuka Road south of the Route 161 Extension. Frank Moore was given a n...

Centralia Police Chief Chris Locke came before the city council Monday night to announce the department's mobile data computers are outdated and need to be replaced. Locke says while the devices norma...

Five people were charged with new felony charges in Marion County Court on Monday following arrests on Friday and over the weekend. A 51-year-old Centralia man who said he was homeless had bond set at...

Centralia Police say five people were arrested following a fight that broke out in the food section of the Centralia Walmart store Monday night. Police believe the altercation was the result of a figh...