Category Archives: Local News
Keep Salem Beautiful dodges raindrops for 34th Annual Bryan Park Cleanup
About 30 volunteers showed up to help clean up Bryan Memorial Park on Saturday as part of the 34th Annual Cleanup organized by Keep Salem Beautiful. Coordinator Rita Boudet says she was pleased with t...
May 02, 2022 Photo by: Kelley Predium
Police: 2 suspected carjackers dead after jumping in river
LANSING, Ill. (AP) - Two men suspected in the armed theft of a luxury car have died after jumping into a Chicago-area river while fleeing police. Illinois State Police say a 2020 Rolls-Royce that was ...
May 02, 2022
Large garage slated for demolition destroyed in Saturday afternoon
(Photos courtesy of Tim Ferguson) A large garage at 335 North Walnut in Centralia was fully engulfed in flames when Centralia City Firefighters arrived on the scene Saturday afternoon. Firemen say the...
May 01, 2022
National Weather Service: 2 twisters briefly touch down in the Chicago area
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) - At least two brief twisters reportedly touched down as part of a storm system that rolled across northeastern Illinois. WLS-TV reports that one EF-0 tornado snapped tree branche...
May 01, 2022 NOAA Photo Library / CC
3 Oklahoma meteorology students killed after chasing storm
TONKAWA, Okla. (AP) - Officials say three University of Oklahoma meteorology students including one from Illinois were killed when their vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer rig in northern Oklahom...
May 01, 2022
Police Beat for Sunday, May 1st, 2022
Centralia Police arrested 24-year-old Imani Kaufman of Ruth Street in Irvington on outstanding Marion, Clinton, and Washington County warrants. She was taken to the Marion County Jail where she is bei...
May 01, 2022
South Central High School crowns Prom King and Queen
(Photo courtesy of South Central Facebook page) The South Central High School Prom King and Queen are Alec Langley and Laney Webster. They were crowned during coronation at South Central High School S...
May 01, 2022
Indiana trucker injured when rig runs off I-57 north of Salem
A truck driver was injured when falling asleep and running off southbound I-57 seven miles north of Salem early Saturday morning. State Police say after running off the road, the semi-driven by 59-yea...
Apr 30, 2022
Murray Center Parents celebrate 51 years with Sunday parade and Memorial Garden dedication
It's a big day at Murray Center in Centralia on Sunday as the Murray Parents Association celebrates its formation more than 50 years ago. Current President Rita Winkeler says everyone is invited out t...
Apr 30, 2022
Home and nearby mobile home destroyed by fire east of Mt. Vernon
A home and a nearby mobile home were both destroyed in a Friday afternoon fire in the 16,000 block of Old Fairfield Road east of Mt. Vernon. Jefferson Fire Protection District officials say both the s...
Apr 30, 2022
