Category Archives: Local News

A mobile home just west of Woodlawn on Mozart Road was heavily damaged by fire during the noon hour Sunday. Woodlawn Assistant Fire Chief Roger Hayse says smoke and fire was pouring from the rear of t...

An economic development impact study completed for the Illinois Community College system shows Kaskaskia College generated $132.7 million in added income and supported more than 2,000 jobs in the coll...

The Salem City Council Monday night will swear in a new police officer. Isaac Hays has made a lateral transfer from the Marion County Sheriff's Department to join the Salem Police force. The board wil...

Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 28-year-old Taylor Schulz of Old US 51 in Sandoval for alleged domestic battery. 48-year-old Dennis Schuchmann of West Rexford in Centralia was arrested by Ce...

The 2026 Salem Community High School Prom Queen is Marah Johnson, and the King is Brody Collier. The two were crowned by outgoing Queen Keylie Hancock and King Keyton King at B.E. Gum Gymnasium Friday...

A Central City mobile home received significant damage from a Friday night fire. Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera says the fire was at a home owned by Doug Myer and occupied by Je...

Centralia Police have arrested a 31-year-old Centralia man on multiple sex related charges. Ryan Goodwin of Jolliff Bridge Road is being held in the Marion County Jail on two counts of predatory crimi...

Centralia Police have arrested 27-year-old Dakota Boyd of South 19th in Mt. Vernon for domestic battery. He was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a final decision on charges and a first court a...

Marion County Treasurer Gary L. Purcell has announced that the 2026 Mobile Home Tax Bills are in the mail. 1,587 Mobile Home Privilege Tax bills are being mailed. That's down from 1,649 last year. The...

Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps says missing 13-year-old Hope L. Ballard of rural Salem has been found safe in Branson, Missouri. Detectives from the sheriff's department will question a person of ...