Category Archives: Local News

Bond set at $250,000 for Centralia man charged with Class X drug offense
A 50-year-old Centralia man has been formally charged in Marion County Court with a Class X offense of possession with intent to deliver between 15 to 100 grams of meth. Jackie Scanlan of Wabash Avenu...
Bruce Kropp Jul 24, 2021

Centralia man faces charges in connection with stolen car
A 22-year-old Centralia man has been charged in Marion County Court with two counts related to damage and theft of a vehicle. Christian McClelland of Linden Street is accused of unlawful possession of...
Bruce Kropp Jul 24, 2021

Salem Police make arrest in car burglary case
The Salem Police Department has made an arrest in connection with a June 26th pickup truck burglary at the Salem Huck's store on West Main Street. Police say based on video surveillance and investigat...
Bruce Kropp Jul 24, 2021

Sandoval Police arrest two on felony drug charges
Sandoval Police have arrested two persons on drug charges. 26-year-old Trevor Langford of Norton Road in Odin was taken to the Marion County Jail for alleged possession of a controlled substance, poss...
Bruce Kropp Jul 24, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Police Beat for Saturday, July 24th, 2021
Salem Police arrested a rural Kell man for criminal trespass to a residence early Saturday morning after receiving a complaint of a man trying to climb through a window of a home. Beau Morton of Morto...
Bruce Kropp Jul 24, 2021

Salem firemen stand by after a gas line is ruptured
Salem Fire Protection District officials were called Friday afternoon to the Donald Helm home at 126 Woodland where a natural gas line had been ruptured. Fire officials say Helm was doing landscape wo...
Bruce Kropp Jul 24, 2021

Marion, Jefferson and Washington County all now at warning levels of COVID-19
Three area counties are among 25 statewide that are on the warning level list for a high number of COVID-19 cases. They are Marion, Jefferson, and Washington County. Meanwhile, the state's top public ...
Bruce Kropp Jul 23, 2021 Joint Base San Antonio

Centralia hosts first Summer Market on Saturday
The City of Centralia hosts its first Summer Market on Saturday. Mayor Bryan Kuder says there will be a lot of vendors from ten to four on Saturday. "We have upwards of 50 different vendors, crafts, f...
Bruce Kropp Jul 23, 2021

Centralia High School discusses return to school plan; set registration dates
The Centralia High School Board of Education discussed the plan for students' return to classes this August at Thursday's meeting. The tentative plan looks much like it would have before the start of ...
Bruce Kropp Jul 23, 2021 sydneyewing1 / CC

Centralia High Superintendent says federal grant money giving low-income schools parity for first time
The Centralia High School Board of Education discussed potential uses of funding from multiple federal grants at its meeting on Thursday, including new school vehicles, equipment, and classroom techno...
Bruce Kropp Jul 23, 2021
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