Category Archives: Local News
Salem Police work with Georgia officials on internet sex arrest
Salem Police have arrested a 26-year-old Salem man on a Georgia warrant charging two counts of sexual exploitation of children and obscene internet contact with a child. Jack Weidner was taken into cu...
Mar 25, 2021
City of Centralia to begin work Monday on South Locust and Calumet Street projects
Work is scheduled to start Monday on the South Locust and Calumet Street improvement project in Centralia The Public Works Department reports construction activities will include milling and asphalt s...
Mar 25, 2021
Centralia officials release details on boat licenses and boat limitations on Raccoon and Centralia Lakes
The City of Centralia has announced boat licenses required for Raccoon Lake and Lake Centralia are now on sale for the coming summer season. City officials are reminding fisherman and boaters to obtai...
Mar 25, 2021
Centralia teen injured in Route 161 Extension crash
A 19-year-old Centralia woman was airlifted by a medical ambulance to a St. Louis hospital following a one-car crash late Thursday morning on the Illinois Route 161 Extension west of Buchannan Road in...
Mar 25, 2021
Okawville truck driver injured in crash near Nashville
A 74-year-old Okawville man was injured when his truck ran off Illinois Route 127 Thursday morning and collided with a deep ditch embankment. State Police say Benjamin Meier was traveling northbound o...
Mar 25, 2021
Both drivers injured when truck crashes into IDOT vehicle patching I-64 in Washington County
Aerial view of I-64 crash between a box truck and IDOT truck. Photo courtesy of Irvington Fire Department. State Police say both drivers were injured in an I-64 crash in Washington County on Wednesday...
Mar 25, 2021
Motorcyclist flown from scene of Clay County crash
A 51-year-old Clay City man received what State Police are calling life-threatening injuries after crashing into the rear of an SUV. The crash occurred on U.S. 50 at Sunset Road in Clay County. State ...
Mar 25, 2021
Marion County reports only one new COVID-19 case on Tuesday and Wednesday
The Marion County Health Department is reporting only one new COVID-19 case on Tuesday and Wednesday at a time the number of cases statewide has spiked. The health department reports the one new case ...
Mar 25, 2021
Police Beat for Thursday, March 25th, 2021
Salem Police arrested a 36-year-old Salem man for violation of an order of protection Wednesday morning after receiving a complaint he was at a home where he was not allowed. TJ Schleuter of North Bro...
Mar 25, 2021
Mascoutah man arrested after running nude on South Poplar Street in Centralia
A 29-year-old Mascoutah man was arrested by Centralia Police after he allegedly fought with them after they were called to a report of a man running naked on South Poplar and the Huck’s Store pa...
Mar 25, 2021
