Category Archives: Local News

Two more Vandalia residents face charges for allegedly possessing and disseminating child pornography in Fayette County. Attorney General Kwame Raoul says the charges against 37-year-old Andrew Wehrle...

Plans are moving ahead for a 2021 Marion County Fair. Fair Board President Doug Telford says they are planning for a full fair and are hoping COVID-19 restrictions by the end of July will allow for it...

Kinmundy Mayor Jane Middleton swears in the community’s new police officer Kevin Barry at Thursday night’s meeting. Photo by Bruce Kropp. The Kinmundy Board of Alderman Thursday night was ...

Two Centralia men have been sentenced to prison in Marion County Court. 30-year-old TJ Chumley of West Broadway in Centralia was sentenced to three years in prison to be followed by one year of parole...

Two charged with sex abuse offenses (left to right) Wilton Nicholas Herrara-Lopez and Kevin Herrara-Guzman of Centralia. Two Centralia men were formally charged in Marion County Court on Thursday with...

A malfunctioning power strip is blamed for starting a small fire in the basement of an Odin home that caused smoke in the residence. Odin Firemen were called to a home owned by James and Nita Raver at...

There will be a food distribution on Saturday in Salem sponsored by Saved by Amazing Grace and the 1st Church of Christ on East Main at the Union Pacific overpass. This will be a drive-through distrib...

Five people were brought to the Marion County Jail on Thursday and early Friday morning. 53-year-old John Hunt of Centralia was arrested at the probation office on a petition to revoke his probation o...

Salem Community High School will have Prom this year….but it has been moved to after graduation. Megan Kessler who helps with the annual preparation says the decision was made to move Prom to Fr...

A 38-year-old Centralia woman has been arrested on new drug charges and an outstanding warrant. Centralia Police initially stopped Tina Lee of Marion Street while she was walking Wednesday afternoon d...