Category Archives: Local News

Centralia City Firemen look over the fire scene at 902 South Marion where one person received what is believed to be minor smoke inhalation from a blaze believed to have been set. Photo by Tim Ferguso...

A pole barn garage that had been converted into a home was damaged by fire early Friday night. Sandoval Fire Chief Chad Parson says no one was at home at the residence at 402 East Perry. Upon arrival,...

Jefferson Fire Protection District Firemen were called to the Continental Tire Plant in Mt. Vernon late Friday afternoon when the dust collecting system at the retread building caught fire. As a safet...

A 24-year-old Clay City man was injured in a motorcycle crash in Clay County early Saturday morning. State Police say Trenton Weaver was traveling south on Tower Road just south of U.S. 50 when he los...

A 24-year-old Centralia woman has been arrested for aggravated battery after allegedly striking a nurse at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in the back of the head with her arm. Centralia Police s...

Two people were injured in a three-vehicle crash on Calumet Street in Centralia late Thursday afternoon. Centralia Police say the crash began when an SUV driven by 55-year-old Ryan White of Centralia ...

The driver of a car that reportedly just waved at and refused to stop for Alma Police also called 911 to tell the dispatcher to instruct the officer to shut off his siren because he had not done anyth...

Unemployment increased slightly in Marion and Jefferson County while it continued to decline in the rest of South Central Illinois. The March unemployment rate in Marion County was 6.1-percent. That&#...

In a school year when many things have been canceled, the Centralia High School Showcase on Stage has found a way to proceed with the spring play “Storied”. Director Jami Jacobs says perfo...

The Salem Fire Protection District was called out Thursday afternoon to a report of a brush and trash fire. While the fire was close to the Mike Cannon home at 1908 County Farm Road, it was never thre...