Category Archives: Local News
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
Salem Police say tickets issued following hit and run crash
Salem Police have completed reports on a hit and run crash early Thursday morning that knocked out power and a sewer lift station on the south side of Salem. Police say 46-year-old Andrew Fehrenbacher...
May 24, 2021
Salem man faces multiple charges following high speed chase in stolen pickup
A 58-year-old Salem man is in the Marion County Jail on multiple charges after allegedly leading Jefferson and Marion County Sheriff's Deputies and Salem Police on a two-county high speed chase Sunday...
May 24, 2021
Salem Elks name Citizen of the Year
The Salem Elks surprised retired educator and local historian Frank Brinkerhoff with its Citizen of the Year Award on Sunday. Brinkerhoff had unknowingly been brought to the Elk's for Sunday Chicken D...
May 24, 2021 Salem Elks Exalted Ruler Robert Lafenhagen (left) presents Citizen of Year Award to Frank Brinkerhoff. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem man arrested after alleged attack with large stick
A 24-year-old Salem man is being held in the Marion County Jail for aggravated battery with a weapon. Dustin Taylor of Hotze Road was taken into custody after allegedly entering an apartment in the 40...
May 24, 2021
170 Seniors graduate at Centralia High School
The Class of 2021 graduated at Centralia High School Sunday afternoon. The 170 graduates were led by Valedictorian Derek Brooks Harlan and Salutatorian Bradley Griffin. Principal Reid Shipley thanked ...
May 23, 2021 Centralia High School Class of 2021 Valedictorian Derek Brooks Harlan (left) and Salutatorian Bradley Griffin (right). Principal Reid Shipley is shown at the podium in the distance. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
A 30-year-old rural Kell man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies on two counts of criminal damage to property, a single count of aggravated assault to a police officer, and on an out...
May 23, 2021
