Category Archives: Local News
Two injured when car runs off Odin Road down embankment
Two Centralia residents were injured when their car ran off an S-curve on the Odin Road north of the Green Street Road late Wednesday night. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say 31-year-old Jennifer H...
Sep 30, 2021
Marion County Health Department reports 336 positive COVID-19 cases in students
The Marion County Health Department is reporting 336 positive COVID-19 cases among students in the first month of the school year. Melissa Mallow told the health board the count includes all student i...
Sep 30, 2021
Police Beat for Thursday, September 30th, 2021
Centralia Police arrested 53-year-old Cedric Bradley of South Poplar in Centralia for alleged domestic battery. Police report Bradley was being sought for a prior incident. He was taken to the Marion ...
Sep 30, 2021
Salem High School names SAR and DAR award winners for 2021-22 school year
Salem Community High School has named its Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution Award winners for the current school year. The DAR winner is Brynn Metcalf, the daughter of Jason and Haley Metc...
Sep 29, 2021 Bryann Metcalf and Brayden Smith.
Police Training Board fires director who hired activist in 'rape email'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The director of a state board that in early 2020 was forced to end a contract with a Democratic activist after his name surfaced in purported government coverups involving rap...
Sep 29, 2021 Matt Turner / CC
Mt Vernon man receives 30 month prison term on weapons charge
A 52-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. Joseph Johnston of East Oakton was accused of pointing a rifle at another man who...
Sep 29, 2021
Marion County Highway Department reopens two roads
The Marion County Highway Department reports work has been completed on two road projects and the roads have now been reopened. They are the South Iuka Road south of the Route 161 extension where a la...
Sep 29, 2021 Marion County Highway Department building.
Marion County Health Department reports 36 new COVID-19 cases Saturday-Tuesday
The Marion County Health Department is reporting 36 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths for the four day period between Saturday and Tuesday. Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow ...
Sep 29, 2021
Police Beat for Wednesday, September 29th, 2021
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a 20-year-old Patoka man for possession of methamphetamine and resisting arrest following an early Wednesday morning traffic stop. Anthony Dickerson of West B...
Sep 29, 2021
State fair attendance healthy after pandemic layoff
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - State officials are celebrating attendance at this year's Illinois State Fair after it was canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The state Department of Agricultu...
Sep 29, 2021 Katherine Johnson / CC
