Category Archives: Local News
Weather service: Reported tornado damages truck on Central Illinois freeway
ALEXANDER, Ill. (AP) - A reported tornado has damaged a semi-trailer on Interstate 72 in central Illinois as a line of storms rumbled across parts of the state. National Weather Service meteorologist ...
Oct 12, 2021 Aiko, Thomas & Juliette+Isaac / CC
Gun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfire to teenagers gunned down in turf wars, drug squabbles or for posting the wrong thi...
Oct 12, 2021
DuQuoin State Fair sees attendance jump 22%
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - State Agriculture officials say the attendance at the DuQuoin State Fair jumped 22% over what it was two years ago. More than 150,000 visitors entered the gates for the event'...
Oct 11, 2021 Katherine Johnson / CC
Centralia man faces multiple drug and weapon charges
A 35-year-old Centralia man is facing multiple charges after allegedly trying to drive off from an early Saturday morning traffic stop in Mt. Vernon. Mt. Vernon Police say Anthony Barnes was a passeng...
Oct 11, 2021
State Police release preliminary report on fatal crash on Kinmundy Road
State Police have released preliminary details on a fatal one-car crash just after midnight Saturday morning on Kinmundy Road just south of Pleasant Grove Road. Reports indicate 31-year-old Nicholas C...
Oct 11, 2021 Photo courtesy of ISP website.
Big crowd turns out for Celebrate Centralia
A big crowd was on hand for an expanded Celebrate Centralia event Saturday night. Community Development Director Gayla Harting was in charge of the event but credited all her fellow city employees, vo...
Oct 11, 2021 Photo from Celebrate Centralia 2021. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Several hundred attend annual Fields of Faith at Centralia High School
Several hundred attended the annual Fields of Faith event at Centralia High School Sunday night. The event was hosted by the CHS Fellowship of Christian Athletes Sunday evening featured guest speaker ...
Oct 11, 2021 Everyone with hands joined spreads out across the Centralia High School Football Field during the Fellowship of Christian Athletes 'Field of Faith'. Photo by Gabe Peeck.
Sandoval Firemen say accelerant apparently used to set vacant house on fire
For the second time in a week, a fire appears to have been set in a vacant home at 612 North Vine in Sandoval. Fire Chief Chad Parson says the first fire last week was set on three spots on the exteri...
Oct 11, 2021 File photo.
Two juveniles flown to St. Louis hospital following four wheeler crash (update 4:00 Monday afternoon)
Two juveniles were injured in a four-wheeler crash early Sunday evening on Maplewood Avenue just north of Salem. The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports a 13-year-old boy from Sandoval was driv...
Oct 11, 2021
Police beat for Monday, October 11th, 2021
State Police have arrested two Carbondale residents for possession or sale of a stolen vehicle. 29-year-old Lindell Neal and 31-year-old Amanda Banks were both taken to the Marion County Jail where th...
Oct 11, 2021
