Category Archives: Local News
Odin School hires new Superintendent
The Assistant Principal and Dean of Students at Woodlawn School District has been hired as the new Superintendent of the Odin School District. Belinda Kirgan will replace Kimberly Briggs who is leavin...
May 16, 2022 Odin High School. Photo by Sam Snodsmith.
Salem City Council to give first reading to implementing fee on for profit businesses with video gaming
The Salem City Council Monday night will be asked to give first reading approval to a proposal to charge for profit businesses with video gaming machines. The proposed fee is $250, the maximum allowed...
May 16, 2022
Police Beat for Monday, May 16th, 2022
A 22-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for alleged domestic battery. Dalton Crabtree of South Cherry was taken to the Marion County Jail pending a decision on formal charges...
May 16, 2022
Teen charged in fatal shooting near Chicago 'Bean' sculpture
CHICAGO (AP) - A 17-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder after a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot near "The Bean" sculpture in downtown Chicago's Millennium Park, which is among the...
May 16, 2022 Shelby L. Bell / CC
Monday morning update: NWS confirms small tornado hit field northwest of Salem
The National Weather Service is now confirming a brief tornado touched down in a field northwest of Salem around 3:50 Sunday afternoon as isolated heavy thunderstorms were moving through the area. The...
May 15, 2022 A still shot from a video shot by Tom East of what is believed to be a weak tornado or tropical funnel touching down briefly in a field near Tonti and Hoots Chapel Road northwest of Salem around 3:50 Sunday afternoon.
Salem Community High School graduates 139 in return to regular graduation
The Salem Community High School Gym was filled to near capacity for Sunday's graduation ceremony that saw 139 seniors receive their diplomas. Superintendent Dr. Brad Detering said the theme of this ye...
May 15, 2022 Salem Community High School Class of '22 after entering B.E. Gum gym for commencement exercises.
Centralia High School hosts 23rd Annual Academic Pep Assembly; see full list of award winners
Story by Ben Watson, Photos by Pat Hodges Friday was a special day for Centralia High School as over 300 students were recognized for their academic achievement in CHS's 23rd annual Academic Pep Assem...
May 15, 2022
Four injured when golf cart overturns in Wayne County
State Police say four persons were injured in a golf cart wreck about eight miles south of Fairfield in Wayne County Saturday afternoon. Preliminary investigation indicates the driver of the golf cart...
May 15, 2022 m01229 / CC
Salem Police and Fire called to help free six-year-old from handcuffs around his ankles
Both the Salem Police and Fire Departments were called out Saturday night to a home on East Bryan Street to help free a six-year-old from a pair of handcuffs he had placed around his ankles. Salem Pol...
May 15, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Police Beat for Sunday, May 15th, 2022
A 46-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for violation of bail bond and resisting arrest. Martin Henson of Ross Lane was taken to the Marion County Jail after ...
May 15, 2022
