Category Archives: Local News
One person injured in two vehicle crash east of Centralia
State Police say one person was injured in a two-vehicle crash Monday afternoon on Illinois Route 161 near Zion Hill Road east of Centralia. Preliminary investigative details indicate 40-year-old Dave...
May 11, 2021
Sandoval Police investigating early morning stabbing
Sandoval Police are investigating a stabbing that reportedly occurred at one of the bars in Sandoval early Tuesday morning. Police Chief Joe Lyons says reports are incomplete and he currently has no d...
May 11, 2021
Centralia Police investigating shooting incident
Centralia Police are still trying to put together the pieces of what happened in the 700 block of North Lincoln Monday night. Administrative Sergeant Steve Whritenour says the department responded to ...
May 11, 2021
Salem Police arrest three on outstanding warrants at Salem home
Salem Police arrested three people wanted on outstanding warrants when going to one of their homes on Monday. 21-year-old Danielle Campbell of East Main Street was arrested on an outstanding Clinton C...
May 11, 2021 Darcy / CC
Centralia man who runs from police later found hiding in shed
A 55-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police on multiple new charges and two outstanding warrants after being located Monday hiding in a shed. Allen Wilson of South Poplar had ear...
May 11, 2021
Police Beat for Tuesday, May 11th, 2021
Salem Police arrested a 26-year-old Flora man on Monday on an outstanding Indiana Department of Corrections parole violation warrant. Dominque Castillo of West 6th was taken into custody after police ...
May 11, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Missing Georgia woman' body found along Metro-East Illinois highway
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a woman whose body was found at a southern Illinois highway intersection had been reported missing from Georgia, and her husband remains missing. Police say 3...
May 11, 2021 Tom Britt / CC
One person injured in two car crash at Broadway and Boone in Salem
Salem Police say one person was injured in a two vehicle crash at North Broadway and Boone Street on Monday afternoon. Police report a car driven by 19-year-old Maci Hocking of North Broadway in Salem...
May 11, 2021
Centralia seats new mayor and two new councilmen
Centralia has a new mayor. More than two years after being elected the first time, Bryan Kuder was seated as Mayor Monday night without opposition after winning his second election last month. "Just w...
May 11, 2021 Centralia's new Mayor Bryan Kuder takes the oath of office from City Clerk Kim Enke while his wife Christie holds the Bible.
Statewide COVID positivity rate continues to decline; 4 new cases reported in Marion County over weekend and Monday
The statewide positivity rate for COVID-19 has dropped to its lowest level in over a month as a spike in cases, mostly in the northern part of the state, appears to be coming to an end. The health dep...
May 10, 2021 Nik Anderson / CC
