Category Archives: Local News

State Representative Charlie Meier wants a solution found so that downstate retired state employees covered by the Aetna health care plan don't lose access to care at BJC HealthCare and Washington Uni...

A 52-year-old Odin man has been ordered held without bond after being charged in Marion County Court on Friday with two counts of aggravated stalking, two counts of stalking and two counts of felony d...

A 17-year-old Highland juvenile male declined hospital treatment following a Friday night crash on the Route 161 Extension at the Klomp Road intersection in rural Iuka. Initial information from the Ma...

Centralia Police arrested 46-year-old Shaun Brown of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in Centralia for possession of meth, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, and resisting arrest. Officers took h...

Unemployment remains at 4.2 percent in Marion County for September, the third month in a row the rate has not change. It is eight-tenths of a percent lower than a year ago. The 4.2 percent unemploymen...

The Salem Community High School All-Class Reunion opens Friday night and continues all day Saturday. Over 500 have purchased tickets to the event. If you don't have a ticket, organizers say you can st...

Salem Police arrested a 22-year-old Sandoval man Thursday morning for alleged criminal damage to property. Police responded to the Moto Mart at Main and College after Dandre Cotton of West Vine allege...

A 55-year-old Chicago man has been arrested on a warrant issued in Marion County 11 years ago for a New Years shooting at a Centralia bar. Marion County prisoner transport returned James Staples from ...

A rural Iuka man had his foot trapped under the deck of a riding lawn mower for 20 t0 30 minutes before Iuka Firemen arrived to free him late Thursday afternoon. Bill Cash of Cash Road north of Iuka w...

The Centralia BPW has named its Woman and Boss of the Year. The Woman of the Year is Sandy Mecum. The Boss of the Year is Diane Cole. Both were surprised with the honors at the Woman and Boss of the Y...