Category Archives: Local News
Three hurt in Sunday crash on North Poplar in Centralia
Three people were injured in a one car wreck in the 600 block of North Poplar in Centralia Sunday afternoon. Centralia Police say 33-year-old Tyler Parrish of Hickory Meadows in Centralia swerved when...
Jun 23, 2025
Centralia City Council to discuss TIF agreement for new Byrd Watson Drug Store
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to approve a development agreement for the new Byrd Watson Drug Store at 790 West McCord Street. City Manager Galen Mahle says under the proposal,...
Jun 23, 2025
Police Beat for Monday, June 23rd, 2025
A 28-year-old Sandoval man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for domestic battery. Dustin McClaren of Old U.S. 51 was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a final decision on c...
Jun 23, 2025
Local Governments to receive money from Bipartisan Coalition Signing of $7.4 Billion Purdue Settlement over Opioid Crisis 06-23-25
Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 settlement with Purdue Pharma (Purdue) and its owner...
Jun 23, 2025 K-State Research and Extension / CC
Centralia City Manager talks background and recreation at Centralia Chamber Monthly Meeting
The Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce's chamber member lunch on Wednesday featured "Meet the City Manager," Galen Mahle. In January of 2025, Mahle took over the position of City Manager in Central...
Jun 21, 2025 Centralia City Manager Galen Mahle talks to the Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce at its Monthly Membership meeting. Photo by Jeannell Charman.
Police Beat for Saturday, June 21st, 2025
A search that lasted about an hour Friday night turned up an elderly Centralia woman believed to be missing from her home. The woman was eventually found sitting in a car in the garage of her home by ...
Jun 21, 2025
Judge rules Trump administration can't require states to help on immigration to get transport money
By MICHAEL CASEY and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from withholding billions of dollars in transportation funds from states ...
Jun 21, 2025 wabeno / Depositphotos.com
Heat dome will blanket much of the US, with worrisome temperatures in Midwest and Illinois
By ISABELLA O'MALLEY Associated Press Summer will make a dramatic entrance in the U.S. this week with a heat dome that will bring stifling temperatures and uncomfortable humidity to millions. The heat...
Jun 21, 2025 FILE - Wyatt Seymore pours the last drops of liquid from a water bottle into his mouth as he takes a break from unloading a stiflingly hot trailer of fireworks outside Powder Monkey Fireworks ahead of the opening of the stand, June 17, 2024, in Weldon Spring, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Area State's Attorneys ask federal court to overturn assault weapons ban
Marion County State's Attorney Tim Hudspeth along with the State's Attorney's in Clinton, Washington, Jefferson and Clay Counties are among 35 State's Attorneys in Illinois filing a friend of the cour...
Jun 20, 2025 Marion County State's Attorney Tim Hudspeth.
Odin getting self-serve bakery
Odin is getting a self-serve bakery. Paula Henry of 303 Penfield outlined her plans to the Odin Village Board Thursday night. She plans to install a 16 by 10 foot building at her residence where she w...
Jun 20, 2025 Odin Village Hall (credit: Odin Village Hall Facebook page)
