Category Archives: Local News
One person injured in three vehicle crash on Route 37 at Tonti Road
State Police say one person was injured in a crash involving a semi and two pickup trucks on Route 37 at the Tonti Road north of Salem Monday afternoon. Preliminary investigative details indicate a pi...
Jan 4, 2022 Photo by: Chad Wilkins.
Democratic AGs continue fight seeking recognition of ERA
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Three Democratic attorneys general are seeking to overturn the dismissal of a lawsuit that sought to force the federal government to recognize Virginia's 2020 vote to ratify the E...
Jan 4, 2022 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Report paints grim picture of Chicago-area gun deaths
CHICAGO (AP) - Officials say more people were shot to death in Chicago and surrounding Cook County in 2021 than in any other year on record. The county medical examiner's office said Monday that there...
Jan 4, 2022
Prosecutor wants US death penalty for police shooting pair
KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - A prosecutor says he'll ask the Justice Department to review the case of two people charged in the shootings of two police officers at a northern Illinois hotel with the intentio...
Jan 4, 2022 Darius Sullivan and Xandria Harris (State Police)
Salem City Council Monday night to review water rates
The Salem City Council Monday night will review the impact of the water rate increase placed into effect with the August 2021 billing cycle. City Manager Rex Barbee says the utility clerks have indica...
Jan 3, 2022
Centralia City Grade School's Home to School Liaison Director is this year's Centralia Chamber Shining Star
The person who heads the Centralia City Schools Home to School Liaison program has been awarded the Centralia Chamber of Commerce Shining Star Award. Kathy Donnelly and City Grade School Superintenden...
Jan 3, 2022 Kathy Donnelly accepts Shining Star award from Centralia Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marcus Holland. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Centralia Chamber honors Partners in Progress and Legacy Award Winners
The Centralia Chamber of Commerce honored several businesses at the New Year's Eve Annual Chamber Banquet. Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marcus Holland says Advanced Surgical Technology on Ea...
Jan 3, 2022 Centralia Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marcus Holland presents Conagra Centralia Plant manager Steve Bray with Partners in Progress Award. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Monday, January 3rd, 2022
A 36-year-old rural Salem man posted $1,000 cash bond on two outstanding warrants and was released from the Marion County Jail on Sunday. Joshua Gribbler of Selmaville Road was wanted on misdemeanor f...
Jan 3, 2022
Here's how to dispose of your live Christmas Tree
Several options are available to dispose of your live Christmas trees as the holiday season comes to an end. In Salem, Public Works Director Annette Brushwitz says Christmas trees placed at curbside w...
Jan 3, 2022 http://www.christmasmarine.com/ / CC
Fire destroys vacant mobile home in Brookside Mobile Home Park
Fire destroyed a vacant home in the Brookside Mobile Home Park Sunday morning. Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera says the fire at 1216 South Brookside was through the walls and roo...
Jan 2, 2022 All that remains of a vacant mobile home that burned Sunday morning in Brookside Mobile Home Park. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
