Category Archives: Local News
State threatening to cut off funding to Centralia and Salem Emergency Management units
State funding for the Centralia and Salem Emergency Management units is in jeopardy as the state tries to finalize its budget. Centralia City Manager Forest Langenfeld told the city council Monday nig...
May 25, 2021 From Centralia ESDA Facebook page.
Centralia City Council gives its support to the Image Committee
The Centralia City Council has passed a resolution of support for the city's Image Committee. City Manager Forrest Langenfeld says the group has several plans designed to improve the image of the city...
May 25, 2021
Centralia returns to in-person meetings
The City of Centralia has returned to in-person meetings. Zoom was still offered, but there was room for everyone who wanted to attended in-person. The council also approved resolutions to allow other...
May 25, 2021 Centralia City Council returns to in-person meetings on Monday night. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
A 22-year-old Sandoval man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for aggravated domestic battery. Kole Koehler was allegedly found ducked down behind a seat during an investigative tra...
May 25, 2021
Five face new felony charges following Monday court action
A 58-year-old Centralia man has been charged in Marion County Court on Monday with unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle, aggravated fleeing and eluding as well as felony retail theft following a hi...
May 25, 2021 Brian Turner / CC
Chicago priest Pfleger reinstated after abuse investigation
CHICAGO (AP) - Nationally known activist Chicago priest the Rev. Michael Pfleger will be reinstated as the leader of his parish after an investigation found "insufficient reason to suspect" he sexuall...
May 25, 2021
Corrections Department: Paroled child killer now a fugitive
CHICAGO (AP) - A 76-year-old man newly paroled from an Illinois prison after serving time for the 1972 murder of a teenage boy is considered a fugitive. The Illinois Department of Corrections lists Ra...
May 25, 2021
Marion County Health Department reports six new COVID-19 cases
The Marion County Health Department is reporting six new positive cases of COVID-19 over the weekend and Monday. None of the cases were in long-term care residents and one was a student. Contact traci...
May 24, 2021
Centralia City Council returns to in-person meetings with limited audience
The Centralia City Council returns to in-person meetings Monday night. City Clerk Kim Enke says all the city council, mayor, and staff will be attending in person along with a limited audience. She re...
May 24, 2021
State Ride Inspectors are back allowing carnivals to resume operation
State Ride Inspectors are back at it again this summer. As things return to pre-pandemic status, inspectors with the Illinois Department of Labor are out making sure rides are safe at theme parks, fai...
May 24, 2021 Doug Bowman / CC
