Category Archives: Local News

Salem man arrested for child pornography and unlawful recording
The Marion County Sheriff's Department has arrested a 44-year-old Salem man for alleged child pornography and unlawful recording by placing a video device in a residence. Deputies report David Tindall...
Bruce Kropp Jun 13, 2021

Both drivers injured in car-mail truck crash in Centralia
Centralia Police say both drivers were taken to the hospital after a car and mail truck collided at the 4th and Maple Street intersection in Centralia late Saturday afternoon. Reports indicate a car d...
Bruce Kropp Jun 13, 2021 Final place of mail truck involved in crash at South Maple and 4th Street in Centralia late Saturday afternoon. Photo by Tim Ferguson.

Centralia man arrested for allegedly firing shot towards another man
A 25-year-old Centralia man is being held in the Marion County Jail on multiple charges after allegedly firing a handgun towards another man in the 600 block of East 11th Street in Centralia around 10...
Bruce Kropp Jun 13, 2021

Ameren says electricity was out in Odin Sunday morning due to equipment malfunction
Ameren Illinois officials say an equipment malfunction in a substation resulted in a power outage to 543 customers in the Odin area Sunday morning. The power outage began around six am for most custom...
Bruce Kropp Jun 13, 2021 Tonyglen14 / CC

Police Beat for Sunday, June 13th, 2021
A 33-year-old Salem man was arrested by Salem Police for retail theft of items from the Four Season's Garden Center on West Whitaker Street. Damon DeBoard had allegedly been caught on a surveillance c...
Bruce Kropp Jun 13, 2021

Death of Illinois inmate restrained by cops deemed homicide
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say the death of a man restrained by Sangamon County correctional officers and shocked with Tasers has been classified as a homicide. Thirty-nine-year-old Jaimeson...
Bruce Kropp Jun 13, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Singer Brett Young added to Illinois State Fair lineup
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Country singer Brett Young will perform this summer's Illinois State Fair. The state's Agriculture Department officials say Young will take the grandstand stage on Aug. 20, wi...
Bruce Kropp Jun 13, 2021 Katherine Johnson / CC

Fire destroys mobile home in Kinmundy
A mobile home was destroyed by fire Saturday morning in Kinmundy. Kinmundy-Alma Fire Chief Kevin Day says Ron Pauley of 410 West Third was sleeping in a bedroom when he woke up to find the window air ...
Bruce Kropp Jun 12, 2021

Jefferson County reports new COVID-19 death; no new cases in Marion County
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting a new COVID-19 death in Jefferson County. The death is one of 22 listed on Friday's report. The fatality was a male in his 80s. The deaths also in...
Bruce Kropp Jun 12, 2021

Bond set at $500,000 for Centralia man charged with sex offenses
Bond has been set at $500,000 for a 26-year-old Centralia man who faces two Class X predatory criminal sexual assault charges and single counts of predatory criminal sexual assault and failure to regi...
Bruce Kropp Jun 12, 2021
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