Category Archives: Local News
Centralia City Council votes to move forward on road projects
The Centralia City Council passed resolutions for multiple projects to improve city roads. The first resolution was to approve the replacement of the Fifth Street railroad crossing. The project is est...
Aug 9, 2022
I-57 southbound REOPENED at US 50 in Salem following crash of two semi-trucks (updated 2:15 pm)
One of the two southbound lanes on Interstate 57 has been reopened and traffic is no longer being diverted off the interstate through Salem following a crash involving two semi-trucks late Monday morn...
Aug 8, 2022
Police Beat for August 8th, 2022
The Marion County Sheriff's Department has arrested an Iuka woman on outstanding Clay and Effingham County warrants. Erica Kessler of South Avenue was taken into custody when they responded to an unwa...
Aug 8, 2022
Marion County Fair Board President: 'It was a very good fair'
Marion County Fair Board President Doug Telford is pleased with the just completed fair. He says overall it was a 'very good fair'. "We dodged a lot of weather but we were able to put on every grandst...
Aug 8, 2022 Crowds filled the Marion County Fairgrounds on Friday with those waiting to purchase Demolition Derby tickets or waiting in line for food.
18-year-old rural Farina man on Lucas Oil Pro Pulling Circuit
A recent graduate of North Clay High School is in his second year of traveling the Lucas Oil Pro Pulling Circuit with the Scheid Diesel Super Stock Diesel Truck. Brady Ingram was among the drivers par...
Aug 8, 2022 Brady Ingram in front of the trailor housing the Scheid Diesel Super Stock truck that was part of the Lucas Oil Pro Pulling Circuit visit to the Marion County Fairgrounds on Saturday night.
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 8, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 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 7, 2022
