Category Archives: Local News
Centralia City Council to consider two road improvement projects and sale of multiple surplus property
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to approve resolutions to improve the 5th Street Railroad Crossing and resurface a portion of State Route 161. The council will also be asked to d...
Aug 08, 2022
Marion County Fair concludes with Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League appearance
A large grandstand crowd greeted the Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League when they held their first pull at the Marion County Fairgrounds Saturday night. 1st place finishers included Mark Wiederhold of Clark...
Aug 07, 2022
St. Louis trucker killed in two truck crash on I-70
A 60-year-old St. Louis, Missouri truck driver was killed after his rig ran off I-70 between Effingham and the Indiana border early Saturday morning and caught fire. Claude Watson was pronounced dead ...
Aug 07, 2022
Drivers of car and motorcycle both injured in Centralia crash
Centralia Police say both the driver of a car and motorcycle were injured in a crash at 4th and Poplar in Centralia late Saturday morning. Centralia Police report the crash occurred when a southbound ...
Aug 07, 2022 The scene of a car-motorcycle crash at 4th and Poplar in Centralia late Saturday morning. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Police Beat for Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Centralia Police have arrested a 29-year-old Centralia woman for burglary and retail theft. Krystyne Kelly of North Cherry was taken to the Marion County Jail. Centralia Police arrested 28-year-old An...
Aug 07, 2022
Spanish Teacher from Oregon High School 2022 Illinois Teacher of the Year
The 2022 Illinois Teacher of the Year is Oregon High School Spanish Teacher Kimberly Radostits. Radostits clearly remembers the struggles she had when one particular freshman student declared that he ...
Aug 07, 2022 2023 Illinois Teacher of the Year Kim Radostits.
More police promised for Chicago trains after fatal shooting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Officials are pledging to reinforce security on Chicago Transit Authority trains after the shooting death of a passenger. Twenty-nine-year-old Diuntel Moon was shot multiple t...
Aug 07, 2022
Marion County Fair Grandstand sells out for Friday night demolition derby
The Marion County Fair Demolition Derby was performed to a full grandstand Friday night. In the stock car class, Brandon Dodson of Texico took best of show and finished fourth. The winner was Kyle Sim...
Aug 06, 2022 Marion County Demolition Derby action Friday night at the Fairgrounds. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Marion County remains at high community spread level for COVID-19
Marion County remains at the high community spread level for COVID-19. However, the CDC's COVID tracker indicates the number of cases in Marion County during the past week fell 24 percent to 102 cases...
Aug 06, 2022 Raed Mansour / CC
Centralia house fire confined to electrical outlet
A Centralia family woke up Saturday morning to their dogs barking and discovered a fire shooting out of an outlet behind an entertainment center. Centralia City Firemen say the fire was at the Robert ...
Aug 06, 2022
