Category Archives: Local News

The Kell Fire Department was called to a yard fire on the David Henson property at 7302 State Route 161 Extension in Iuka during the noon hour on Sunday. Upon arrival, firemen found a portable 12 by 2...

Jefferson Rural Firemen say the cause of a fire that burned one room of an older home used for storage remains undetermined. A passerby spotted smoke coming out from under the eves of the home owned b...

A 19-year-old Sandoval woman received what State Police are calling life-threatening injuries in a freak accident where she was struck by a car in which she was a passenger. Preliminary investigative ...

State Police have arrested a 33-year-old Muskegon, Michigan man for the manufacture or delivery of 10 to 30 grams of cannabis. James Miller was taken to the Marion County Jail. Two others remain in th...

Homecoming Court. From left to right: Soph. Escort – Jey’Chys Brown, Soph. Attendant – Madelyn Dailey, Jr. Escort – Connor Lorence, Jr. Attendant – Amanda Taylor, Queen &...

The Centralia City Council will consider the appointment of Financial Services Consultant Forrest Langenfeld as Interim City Manager on Monday night. The action is on the agenda after the council will...

The Marion County Sheriff’s Department reported minor injuries but no one transported to the hospital following a three-vehicle crash on U.S. 51 at the Boat Dock Road in Patoka late Thursday aft...

State Senator and Republican Gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey of rural Xenia has filed a bill in Springfield to bring back the use of paper ballots. Bailey feels they are the best and most reliab...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by three Democratic state attorneys general including Kwame Raoul of Illinois seeking to force the federal government to recognize Virginia's vote last year to ...

Schutt Sports have informed employees at the Salem plant of their plan to move out of Illinois to Plainfield, Indiana in stages during 2021. The move will start as early as this spring and finish perh...