Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Fire Protection District Chief honored on his retirement
Jun 30, 2021 Retiring Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Greg Earle lifts up his gift from members of the department at a Tuesday night retirement dinner. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Wednesday, June 30th, 2021
A 32-year-old Salem man is being held in the Marion County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bond after being arrested on a petition to revoke his probation on a youth offender registration violation conviction...
Jun 30, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Salem Police make arrest following foot chase of man wanted on warrant
Salem Police arrested 33-year-old Timothy Morton of Morton Lane in Kell on an outstanding Marion County felony failure to appear warrant following a Tuesday morning foot chase. Police say they advised...
Jun 30, 2021
Driver being sought following early morning crash north of Alma
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is looking for the driver of a car that crashed their vehicle on Route 37 north of Alma and left the scene. Kinmundy-Alma Fire Chief Kevin Day says a northbound ...
Jun 29, 2021
Centralia Police arrest two following early Tuesday morning traffic stop
Centralia Police arrested both occupants of a vehicle following an early morning traffic stop. The driver, 26-year-old Zachary Higgins of Morton Lane in Kell, was arrested for unlawful possession of a...
Jun 29, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
New Illinois law lets college athletes sign endorsements
CHICAGO (AP) - College athletes will be able to make money on product endorsements and hire agents under a plan signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The move comes as roughly two dozen states have a...
Jun 29, 2021 John Martinez Pavliga / CC
Centralia City Council told water plant has only 5 to10 years of life left
The Centralia City Council was told during a work session Monday night that city's nearly 100 year old water plant was not in imminent danger of failing but had only a minimum life remaining. Mike Cur...
Jun 29, 2021 Engineer Mike Curry delivers the bleak news on the Centralia Water Treatment plant at a Centralia City Council work session Monday night. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Centralia gets new city councilman
Centralia has a new councilman. Blake Griffin was recommended by Mayor Bryan Kuder and unanimously approved by the city council Monday night. He was immediately sworn in and took his seat on the counc...
Jun 29, 2021 Blake Griffin takes the oath of office from Centralia City Clerk Kim Emke as family members look on. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Odin School hires new principal
The Odin School has a new principal. Centralia High School Social Study teacher Quinton Marcum has accepted the position effective July 1st. Quinton has been a teacher at Centralia High School for 13 ...
Jun 29, 2021
Salem man injured in pickup-semi crash on south side of town
A 78-year-old Salem man was injured in a crash at Kell and South Broadway on Salem's south side early Monday night. Salem Police say Robert Donoho of Edgewood Road was eastbound on Kell Street when he...
Jun 29, 2021
