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The National Weather Service says South Central Illinois is at a 3 on a 5 point scale for severe weather Sunday afternoon and early evening. The three puts the region in the enhanced category for pote...
Bruce Kropp 22h ago
Centralia Police arrested a 40-year-old Centralia man on multiple charges following a domestic disturbance. Luis Santiago Lopez of South Cedar Street was taken to the Marion County Jail on preliminary...
Bruce Kropp 22h ago
Jefferson County Coroner Roger Hayse says a 67-year-old truck driver from South Carolina was killed late Friday afternoon when his rig crashed into a slowing truck in front of him on eastbound I-64 ne...
Bruce Kropp Mar 29, 2025 ISP FILE PHOTO: An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo.(Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
The Salem Fire Protection District reports the strong winds Friday afternoon caused a power line to come down, bringing the electric meter with it at a northwest side Salem home. Firemen say the power...
Bruce Kropp Mar 29, 2025
Three people were arrested on outstanding no bond failure to appear warrants on Friday and remained in the Marion County Jail on Saturday. 24-year-old Robert Dodds of North Rhodes in Centralia was arr...
Bruce Kropp Mar 29, 2025
Salem Mayor Nic Farley is pleased with the direction of the city. He closed his annual State of the City Message before the Salem Chamber of Commerce on Thursday by saying the city can continue to mov...
Austin Williams Mar 28, 2025
The Centralia Chamber of Commerce's annual Home & Community Expo returns this month in the former Buchheit location at Fairview Park Plaza in Centralia. The Expo will take place from 11am until 5p...
Austin Williams Mar 28, 2025 Chamber Marketing Coordinator Jamie Allen painting event signage onto the former Buchheit building in Fairview Park Plaza, where the Expo will be held.
Superintendent Chuck Lane says the solar panels that have been installed behind the Centralia High School annex will soon be connected and functional. Keystone Power Holdings and Ameren have been work...
Austin Williams Mar 28, 2025 Solar panels set up at Centralia High School. Photo by Austin Williams.
A Centralia man has been ordered held without bond on eight charges that following incidents where he entered a neighbor's home after pointing a gun inside a window and shooting his girlfriend's cat i...
Austin Williams Mar 28, 2025 Christian Braun
Centralia Police have arrested 25-year-old Josephine Johnson of Randolph Drive in Centralia for aggravated domestic battery. She was taken to the Marion County Jail. 50-year-old Tracy Howe of Macedoni...
Austin Williams Mar 28, 2025