Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Monday, September 29th, 2025
Centralia Police arrested two 16-year-old residents of One Hope United on Sunday for alleged battery and mob action. They were taken to a juvenile detention facility pending further court action. No d...
Sep 29, 2025
Police Beat for Sunday, September 28th, 2025
A 28-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for aggravated discharge of a firearm. Austin Murphy of Geary Avenue is accused of firing a shotgun into the ground ou...
Sep 28, 2025
Salem Police arrest Sandoval man on drug charges after asked to do well-being check
The Salem Police Department arrested a 38-year-old Sandoval man on multiple drug charges after being called Friday morning to investigate a man sleeping in a car in the driveway of a home in the 400 b...
Sep 28, 2025
Salem Man Arrested after Altercation with Police at Scene of Fire at His Home
A resident of a home at 617 West McMackin that caught fire early Friday night was arrested when he later returned to the scene and got into an altercation with Salem Police. Steven Smith reportedly ha...
Sep 28, 2025 Firemen entering the basement at the McMackin Street fire. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Two injured when car and semi collided on I-57 south of Kinmundy exit
Both the driver and passenger of a car that was involved in a crash on I-57 south of the Kinmundy exit were taken to Salem Township Hospital for treatment early Saturday morning. Initial information i...
Sep 28, 2025
Chicago archbishop's decision to honor US senator stirs Catholic abortion debate
By JOHN O'CONNOR and HOLLY MEYER Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A Catholic bishop's opposition to the Archdiocese of Chicago's plans to honor Sen. Dick Durbin despite the powerful politicia...
Sep 28, 2025
Chicago approves $90M payout over disgraced ex-sergeant who framed hundreds for drug crimes
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a $90 million settlement for nearly 200 civil rights violations involving a notorious fo...
Sep 28, 2025
Things to know about federal law enforcement activity in Chicago, Portland, and Memphis
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Armed federal agents patrolled Chicago's downtown streets on Sunday, a new escalation of an immigration enforcement crackdown there that followed...
Sep 28, 2025 People protest outside a federal immigration enforcement building in Broadview, Ill. on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)
The White House says it blocked US Steel's decision to stop processing steel at Illinois plant
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The White House said Monday that it intervened under the terms of a three-month-old national security agreement with Japan-based Nippon Steel to bl...
Sep 28, 2025 FILE - An employee walks through the U.S. Steel Granite City Works facility Thursday, June 28, 2018, in Granite City, Ill. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Police Beat for Saturday, September 27th, 2025
Centralia Police have arrested a 40-year-old Centralia woman for home invasion. Jessica Roper of North Lincoln was taken to the Marion County Jail. No other details are available. Marion County Sherif...
Sep 27, 2025
