Category Archives: Local News
Salem replacing gas meters next week
The City of Salem has announced that starting Monday city gas personnel will be changing gas meters at homes on East Park, East Williams, East Jennings, and the 1300 to 1500 blocks of North Broadway a...
Jun 10, 2022 Eddie~S / CC
Centralia man arrested following weekend police chase
Centralia Police arrested a 35-year-old Centralia man wanted in connection with a lengthy high-speed chase late Saturday night. Daniel Meyers was taken into custody without incident while he was a pas...
Jun 10, 2022
Centralia Police make two felony drug arrests
Centralia Police arrested two on felony drug charges following a late Wednesday night traffic stop. Police arrested the driver, 36-year-old Jessica Nicole Smith of North Pine in Centralia, on a no bon...
Jun 10, 2022
Police Beat for Friday, June 10th, 2022
A 36-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for alleged resisting arrest and on outstanding Marion and Clinton County warrants. James Tate of East Noleman was arrested on a Mario...
Jun 10, 2022
Sandoval home damaged in early morning fire
A Sandoval home was damaged in an early morning attic fire. Sandoval Fire Chief Chad Parson says smoke was seen coming from the attic by a Marion County Sheriff's Deputy who had responded to an unclea...
Jun 10, 2022 File photo.
Chicago man who saved man on train tracks gets free car
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago man who jumped onto train tracks to rescue someone who had fallen onto an electrified rail during a fight at an L station earned more than praise for his heroic act. Twenty-ye...
Jun 10, 2022 Simon Jowett
Family looking for missing Clay City woman who disappeared from her home last month
The family of a 26-year-old woman with reduced mental capacity who resides in Clay City is seeking the public's help in locating her. A family member says Shadie Thomas lived with her mother and is be...
Jun 09, 2022 Photos of missing Sadie Thomas of Clay City.
Salem man arrested after nearly two hour standoff with police
Salem Police arrested a 23-year-old Salem man on multiple charges after he allegedly held them at bay in the bedroom of his home for nearly two hours Wednesday morning. Police were originally called t...
Jun 09, 2022
Salem man charged with aggravated battery
A 20-year-old Salem man has been charged in Marion County Court with aggravated battery in connection with a Wednesday night incident outside his home. Salem Police say Austin Unsell of East Bryan all...
Jun 09, 2022
Wamac man injured when SUV falls on him
The Centralia Fire Protection District says a Wamac man was injured when the SUV he was working on Tuesday afternoon fell on him. Chief Ross Boshera reports something happened to the jack holding up t...
Jun 09, 2022
