Category Archives: Local News
17-year-old pleads guilty to charge involving May shooting incident in Centralia
A 17-year-old Centralia man standing trial as an adult has pleaded guilty to one of two charges pending against him in connection with a shooting incident on a northeast side Centralia street in June....
Oct 30, 2020
New positive COVID cases reach daily high
As new cases hit another daily high, state officials and doctors are stressing the seriousness of the current COVID-19 problem in Illinois. The number of new cases in Illinois has grown by 151 percent...
Oct 29, 2020
Three face new felony charges in Marion County Court
Three have been charged with new felony offenses in Marion County Court. 31-year-old Travis Wooters of South Sycamore in Centralia has been charged with unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle from an...
Oct 29, 2020
Mt. Vernon Police arrest managers of storage units for burglarizing their own units
David Bauer and Lynna Bauer (Mt. Vernon Police photos) The Mt. Vernon Police Department has arrested the managers of the U-Store Storage Facility at 1135 Veterans Memorial Drive for burglaries that oc...
Oct 29, 2020
Police Beat for Thursday, October 29th, 2020
Three people were brought to the Marion County Jail on Wednesday on outstanding warrants. 32-year-old Timothy Morton of Morton Lane in Kell was taken into custody by Marion County Sheriff’s Depu...
Oct 29, 2020
Salem Police investigate Medicine Shoppe Burglary
Salem Police Chief Sean Reynolds says an undisclosed amount of drugs and cash was stolen in an early morning burglary to the Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy on North Broadway in Salem. Reynolds says video su...
Oct 29, 2020
Franklin Park 1st Quarter Honor Roll
Franklin Park and Salem Elementary have released their first quarter Honor and High Honor Roll. 4th Grade High Honors: Zane Applegate Noah Beasley Issac Beatty Kyris Cantrell Kara Crain Megan Crenshaw...
Oct 29, 2020
Evansville, Indiana woman killed in Clay County crash
State Police say a 35-year-old Evansville, Indiana woman was killed when her car was involved in a crash with a semi on U.S. 50 at the Frontage Road west of Clay City Wednesday afternoon. Preliminary ...
Oct 29, 2020
Trick or Treat Kick Off at Gaetti Sports Academy & Castle Ridge
To help kick off Trick or Treating in Centralia, Gaetti Sports Academy and Castle Ridge are giving out free Trick or Treat bags and the first round of candy on Friday, October 30 th from 4:00pm to 6:0...
Oct 29, 2020
Another person charged with murder outside Central City pleads guilty to reduced charge
A 54-year-old Central City man has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder in connection with the shooting and burning death of Clender Edmond of the Metro-East in December of last ...
Oct 29, 2020