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An all-day drill involving a “live-burn” will be held by several area fire departments on Saturday. Centralia Fire Chief John Lynch says the drill will include burning several old abandone...

Bond was set at $15,000 in Marion County Court on Thursday for a 29-year-old Mascoutah man who scuffled with Centralia Police after running naked on South Poplar Street. Tyler Duke was charged with ag...

The Marion County Courthouse will be open from eight to noon on Saturday for early voting in the Tuesday, April 6th election. County Clerk Steve Fox says the Saturday opening is a week earlier than no...

Illinoisans are getting more time to sign up for a plan on the state’s health insurance marketplace. The Executive Director of Get Covered Illinois Laura Pellikan says the thousands of people wi...

Centralia High School will start school on August 17 and end on May 27 for the 2021-22 school year, according to a schedule approved last night at the monthly meeting of the CHS Board of Education. Su...

Kaskaskia College President George Evans says “it’s time” and the college will move back to more face to face courses for the summer and fall semester. Evans says the change is possi...

A 41-year-old Richview woman has been arrested for DUI and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident in the aftermath of a three-vehicle crash on US 50 near Westline Road west of Salem late Thursda...

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The Marion County Health Department is reporting the county’s 115 COVID-19 related death. The male was in his 80s. The health department is reporting 10 new positive COVID-19 cases on Thursday. ...

State Police say a 22-year-old Brownstown woman was injured when she rear-ended a pickup truck waiting to make a turn off U.S. 40 into a private drive near Fayette County Road 1470. Preliminary invest...