Category Archives: Local News

Bond has been set at $25,000 for a 34-year-old Centralia man who has been charged with aggravated battery to a police officer and felony resisting arrest. Shane Littleton of South Hickory faces the ch...

A 21-year-old Salem man has had an unlawful restraint charge added against him in connection with a May 29th incident where he reportedly chased down a woman who was attempting to get away from him. D...

Two people brought to the Marion County Jail on Friday later posted bond and were released. 29-year-old Preston Rinne of East Noleman in Centralia posted a $350 bond on a petition to revoke his probat...

Governor JB Pritzker is signing legislation creating new political boundaries in Illinois for the next ten years. The Governor says the district maps for the Illinois legislature and Supreme Court, re...

A 27-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to four years in prison to be followed by two years of parole on four separate felony cases. Dustin Wooters of 129 Clinmar had pleaded guilty to the char...

Fayette County Coroner Dave Harris has announced the skeletal remains found in a field in rural Brownstown are those of 33-year-old Joel Anthony Mason. He was last known to live in the St. Louis area ...

Salem Police say a fishing boat was able to rescue a 49-year-old Centralia man who believed he was about to go under in the Salem Reservoir during the noon hour on Friday. The man reportedly had swum ...

The Marion County Health Department is reporting two new COVID-19 cases on Friday. One of the new cases is of school age, but school was not in session at the time. One of the cases is considered comm...

As South Central Illinois and the rest of the country struggle with filling all available jobs, WJBD-WSIQ is asking for your thoughts on your employment situation. The goal is to better understand the...

A Historic Farmers Market debuts for the summer season in downtown Salem on Saturday morning. Becky Carpenter-Timmerman is turning her parking lot at Benjamin Edwards on West Main Street into the mark...