Category Archives: Local News

The South Central School Board has set the date for eighth-grade promotion and high school graduation. Superintendent Kerry Herdes says both will be held on Friday, May 21st. Eighth-grade promotion wi...

A 20-year-old Salem woman was taken to Salem Township Hospital for treatment of injuries following a single-vehicle crash on the Omega Road south of Cash Road in rural Iuka Tuesday afternoon. Marion C...

Marion County sheriff’s deputies say two juveniles were taken to SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital after the SUV they were driving ran off the Racetrack Road 20 yards from the Bundyville Road...

Two Centralia men are headed to prison after entering guilty pleas in Marion County Court. 28-year-old Charles Felton of South Walnut received a two-year prison term for felony retail theft. Felton ad...

The City of Centralia has a new Assistant City Manager and Economic Development Director. City Manager Lowell Crow has announced the appointment of Derek Sherman of Richview to the position. Sherman c...

A third person has pleaded guilty to robbery in connection with a robbery and stabbing that occurred on the Point on Raccoon Lake on Christmas Eve 2019. 24-year-old Justin Landreth of South Pearl Stre...

Salem Police have arrested a 33-year-old Salem man for possession of methamphetamine and possession of a controlled substance. Damon Deboer of Tully Lane was taken into custody following an early Tues...

Fire heavily damaged the Charles and Linda Runyon home at 339 Sanders in Wamac Monday night. Photo by Brady Toennies. A Wamac family was left homeless by a fire that destroyed their home Monday night....

Salem’s longtime Public Works Director John Pruden has announced his retirement. He’s to be replaced by Assistant Public Works Director Annette Brushwitz. City Manager Rex Barbee told the ...

A rural Salem home received heavy damage from fire late Monday afternoon. Salem Fire Protection District Officials say no one was at home at the Robert Sands home at 2266 Branch Road when the fire was...