Category Archives: Local News
Vistra Energy to close coal power plants in Illinois, Ohio
A Texas-based company is closing its remaining coal-fired power plants in Illinois including the state’s largest coal plant, the Baldwin Power Plant in Randolph County. The other plants are loca...
Oct 05, 2020
Police Beat for Monday, October 5th, 2020
A 37-year-old Centralia man is being held in the Marion County Jail in lieu of $30,000 bond on outstanding Marion and Clinton County felony failure to appear warrants. Pierre Wilmington of Hickory Rid...
Oct 05, 2020
Two-car crash in Salem sends one to the hospital
One person was taken to Salem Township Hospital for treatment following a two-car crash at West Main and Hotze Road Sunday morning. Salem Police say a car driven by 82-year-old Virginia Holderly of Ea...
Oct 04, 2020
40 unclaimed bicycles quickly adopted Saturday by new owners at Salem Police Department
The unclaimed bikes collected by the Salem Police Department over the past two years are placed out during a free giveaway on Saturday. To help with social distancing everyone who wanted a bike was gi...
Oct 04, 2020 The bikes lined up at the Salem Police Department for a past surplus bicycle giveaway.
Two injured in hit and run crash on I-64
A father and son from Collinsville were injured in a hit and run crash on I-64 six miles east of Mt. Vernon late Saturday night. While reports are not yet available from State Police, Jefferson County...
Oct 04, 2020
Police beat for Sunday, October 4th, 2020
Centralia Police have arrested a 29-year-old Centralia man for criminal trespass to land and resisting a peace officer. Joshua Lucas of South Pine was arrested following an early Sunday morning incide...
Oct 04, 2020
Kitchen of Centralia home damaged by fire
The kitchen of a Centralia home was damaged in an early Saturday morning fire. Centralia city firemen say the fire apparently started from a pan of grease left on the stove at the Jeff Slusher home at...
Oct 03, 2020
Salem man receives five-year prison term on burglary and drug charges
A 32-year-old Salem man was sentenced to five years in prison in Marion County Court Friday after earlier pleading guilty to three felony charges. Cory Hodge received a five-year sentence for burglary...
Oct 03, 2020
Bond set at $150,000 for Salem man charged with predatory criminal sexual assault to a child
Bond has been set at $150,000 for a 57-year-old Salem man charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. Rayvon Garner of South Rotan is accused in the charge of inappropriately touching a...
Oct 03, 2020
Police beat for Saturday, October 3rd, 2020
Centralia Police arrested two people on drug charges following a traffic stop at McCord and Pleasant early Saturday morning. The driver, 33-year-old Andrew Barringer of South Pine in Centralia, is bei...
Oct 03, 2020