Category Archives: Local News

A 32-year-old Clay City man was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and theft after Centralia Police initially investigated a hit-and-run accident. Centralia Police say Jermiah Leigh was questi...

A 30-year-old Odin man was arrested by State Police for driving under the influence. Joshua Meredith of Oak Street was released from the Marion County Jail on a notice to appear in court. 33-year-old ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Democratic county leaders are seeking an investigation of a Republican legislator from Illinois after he displayed a decal of an anti-government militia movement on his pickup truck par...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois state Comptroller Susana Mendoza says last week’s debacle in attempting to fill the House seat vacated by longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan presents a prim...

Centralia Police have arrested two people for residential burglary. 58-year-old Gay Walker of North Lincoln in Centralia and her son, 41-year-old William Procise of Calumet City, were both picked up F...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge in San Francisco has approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging without the permission of its ...

CHICAGO (AP) - The hand-picked successor to former House Speaker Michael Madigan has decided not to accept a paycheck for keeping the job for only three days. Former state Rep. Edward Guerra Kodatt on...

CHICAGO (AP) - Three former postal carriers from Chicago are among 11 people indicted following an investigation into the theft of credit cards from the mail. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that federa...

Two people could face drug charges after Centralia Police executed a search warrant on what they are calling a known drug residence at 611 East 7th. Centralia Police Chief Greg Dodson says paperwork w...

Centralia Police have arrested a 59-year-old Centralia man for violation of bail bond and on a Marion County felony warrant in a domestic battery case. Lamonte Mitchell was taken to the Marion County ...