Category Archives: Local News

Centralia Mayor Bryan Kuder says work is underway to find a new city manager and he says they should reach their goal of appointing a new manager in July ahead of Forrest Langenfeld's departure from t...

A 72-year-old rural Huey woman died in an explosion and fire at her home Sunday morning. Clinton County Coroner Phillip Moss identifies the victim as Judith Schultz of Carrigan Drive north of Huey. An...

State Police arrested both drivers for driving under the influence early Sunday morning following two single-vehicle crashes on I-57 at milepost 79 in Franklin County. A Mt. Vernon woman was injured i...

Heavy showers pushed across South Central Illinois early Sunday morning. The Salem Water Plant recorded 85-hundredths of an inch of rain and the Centralia Water Treatment Plant 1.01 inches of rain. Ce...

A 35-year-old Salem man received minor arm and leg injuries Friday night when he was run over by a car he was working on in the driveway of a home at 617 North Illinois Street. Salem Police say Nicola...

A 39-year-old Orchardville man was arrested by Salem Police for alleged driving under the influence when his vehicle crashed into a parked car in the 100 block of South Broadway in downtown Salem just...

A 49-year-old Centralia woman is being held in the Marion County Jail for alleged domestic battery. Angelica Leidner of South Sycamore was arrested by Centralia Police for allegedly striking a man wit...

ROCKTON, Ill. (AP) - A senior fire official says an explosion and massive fire at a chemical plant in northern Illinois that filled the sky with black smoke and forced the evacuation of hundreds of ho...

A motorcyclist received minor injuries after his bike crashed Friday morning on the Iuka Road just north of Calvert Road. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Austin See was traveling northbound aroun...

Salem Police have arrested a 35-year-old Salem man for domestic battery, unlawful restraint, interfering with the reporting of domestic violence, and resisting arrest. Josh Seaton of East William was ...