Category Archives: Local News
Centralia man who runs from police later found hiding in shed
A 55-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police on multiple new charges and two outstanding warrants after being located Monday hiding in a shed. Allen Wilson of South Poplar had ear...
May 11, 2021
Police Beat for Tuesday, May 11th, 2021
Salem Police arrested a 26-year-old Flora man on Monday on an outstanding Indiana Department of Corrections parole violation warrant. Dominque Castillo of West 6th was taken into custody after police ...
May 11, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Missing Georgia woman' body found along Metro-East Illinois highway
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a woman whose body was found at a southern Illinois highway intersection had been reported missing from Georgia, and her husband remains missing. Police say 3...
May 11, 2021 Tom Britt / CC
One person injured in two car crash at Broadway and Boone in Salem
Salem Police say one person was injured in a two vehicle crash at North Broadway and Boone Street on Monday afternoon. Police report a car driven by 19-year-old Maci Hocking of North Broadway in Salem...
May 11, 2021
Centralia seats new mayor and two new councilmen
Centralia has a new mayor. More than two years after being elected the first time, Bryan Kuder was seated as Mayor Monday night without opposition after winning his second election last month. "Just w...
May 11, 2021 Centralia's new Mayor Bryan Kuder takes the oath of office from City Clerk Kim Enke while his wife Christie holds the Bible.
Statewide COVID positivity rate continues to decline; 4 new cases reported in Marion County over weekend and Monday
The statewide positivity rate for COVID-19 has dropped to its lowest level in over a month as a spike in cases, mostly in the northern part of the state, appears to be coming to an end. The health dep...
May 10, 2021 Nik Anderson / CC
Korean War soldier's remains returned to Central Illinois home town
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - The remains of U.S. Army Cpl. Asa E. Vance was brought to his family 70 years after he left Decatur, Illinois, to serve in the Korean War. Niece Alma Andrews was on hand Monday wh...
May 10, 2021 Waikiki Natatorium / CC
Franklin Park Middle School to return to traditional graduation
The Franklin Park Middle School eighth grade promotion will now be a traditional graduation. Principal Tyler Lux says the promotion was originally going to be parade-style like last year due to capaci...
May 10, 2021
The Young Reader Fishing Derby is underway at Bryan-Bennett Library.
From now through July, readers, who are in the second grade and younger, can read books to earn tickets for fishing games. "The early bird gets the worm," comments Program Director Karen Shanafelt. Th...
May 10, 2021
Police Beat for Monday, May 10th, 2021
Salem Police arrested a 39-year-old Kinmundy man on a Marion County felony failure to appear warrant. Police report Kevin Draper of East 2nd was initially approached as a suspicious person at the Days...
May 10, 2021
