Category Archives: Local News
Three arrested by Sandoval Police for possession of a look-a-like substance
Sandoval Police have arrested three persons around a car at the Laundromat on South Mine Street for possession of a look-a-like substance. The arrest came after the Marion County K9 alerted on the car...
Oct 30, 2020
Centralia home receives $5,000 damage in electrical fire
A Centralia home was damaged in a fire blamed on an electrical fire in a ceiling fan. Centralia City Firemen say the fire was at the Joe Smith home at 126 Oak Park Drive East. The ceiling fan that cau...
Oct 30, 2020
Dog house destroyed by fire in Salem
The Salem Fire Protection District was called early Friday morning to a dog house on fire. The fire was at a home occupied by Charles Easley and owned by Anita Williams. Heat lamps being used in the d...
Oct 30, 2020
Raccoon Grade School honors those responsible for rescuing couple from burning home
Raccoon Grade School Superintendent Misty Mallow (left)congratulates those involved in saving two rural Salem residents from their burning home early this month. Others include (left to right) bus aid...
Oct 30, 2020
17-year-old pleads guilty to charge involving May shooting incident in Centralia
A 17-year-old Centralia man standing trial as an adult has pleaded guilty to one of two charges pending against him in connection with a shooting incident on a northeast side Centralia street in June....
Oct 30, 2020
New positive COVID cases reach daily high
As new cases hit another daily high, state officials and doctors are stressing the seriousness of the current COVID-19 problem in Illinois. The number of new cases in Illinois has grown by 151 percent...
Oct 29, 2020
Three face new felony charges in Marion County Court
Three have been charged with new felony offenses in Marion County Court. 31-year-old Travis Wooters of South Sycamore in Centralia has been charged with unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle from an...
Oct 29, 2020
Mt. Vernon Police arrest managers of storage units for burglarizing their own units
David Bauer and Lynna Bauer (Mt. Vernon Police photos) The Mt. Vernon Police Department has arrested the managers of the U-Store Storage Facility at 1135 Veterans Memorial Drive for burglaries that oc...
Oct 29, 2020
Police Beat for Thursday, October 29th, 2020
Three people were brought to the Marion County Jail on Wednesday on outstanding warrants. 32-year-old Timothy Morton of Morton Lane in Kell was taken into custody by Marion County Sheriff’s Depu...
Oct 29, 2020
Salem Police investigate Medicine Shoppe Burglary
Salem Police Chief Sean Reynolds says an undisclosed amount of drugs and cash was stolen in an early morning burglary to the Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy on North Broadway in Salem. Reynolds says video su...
Oct 29, 2020
