Category Archives: Local News

Two people remained in the Marion County Jail on outstanding warrants on Friday. 43-year-old Seth Lambert of Burks Road in Vernon is being held in lieu of $5,000 bond on a Marion County felony failure...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A Rock Island resident is the first in Illinois identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to have contracted a variant of COVID-19 first identified in South...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois has submitted his resignation to the Biden administration despite two congressmen advocating for his retention. John Mil...

The driver of a pickup truck was killed in a crash involving a semi-truck at the Veterans Memorial Drive exit near Mt. Vernon Thursday afternoon. State Police say the name of the person killed has not...

Republic Services has announced they will resume trash collection in Centralia on Friday and Saturday as long as no additional snow is received. In a statement, the company says they will start with W...

Three arrested include (left to right) Charles McGee, Fredrick Webster, Calvin McGee (Centralia Police photos) Home in 400 block of North Locust where Thursday morning search warrant was issued. Centr...

A 33-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been arrested for alleged aggravated criminal sexual assault. Anthony Knappier was taken into custody on Wednesday following an investigation that began with a Februar...

A 45-year-old Centralia man has been arrested on a warrant charging Contempt of Court for allegedly being present at a Zoom Court Hearing where he had earlier been barred. William McClanahan of South ...

A 30 by 40-foot barn on the Ron Daniels property at 6195 North Abbott Lane south of Belle Rive was destroyed in a Wednesday night fire. Jefferson County Fire Protection District officials say the barn...

SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Centralia has been awarded an “A” in the 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. The national distinction by the independent watchdog organization reco...