Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Woman Allegedly Steals Car When Leaving Courthouse on Pretrial Release
A 69-year-old Centralia woman is accused of stealing a car when walking out of the courthouse on pretrial release on Monday. Joyce King of Heritage Circle is now back in the Marion County Jail awaitin...
Jun 23, 2026 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Centralia receives annual audit report
The Centralia City Council received a clean audit report and approved financial statements for the 2025 fiscal year at its regular meeting on Monday. The audit was performed by CJ Schloser and Co. and...
Jun 23, 2026
Salem Community High School approves four year contract agreement with employees
The Salem Community High School Board Monday night approved salary increases for employees. The High School Education Association and the Support Personnel Association were both given new four year co...
Jun 23, 2026
Kaskaskia College Board approves personnel items
By Steven Stilt During its meeting Monday evening, the Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees approved a number of personnel-related items. Board members accepted the retirement of English professor John...
Jun 23, 2026
Police Beat for Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026
A 21-year-old Centralia man is being held in the Marion County Jail following his arrested on a no bond Marion County misdemeanor warrant. Colton McCowen told Centralia Police he was homeless. 51-year...
Jun 23, 2026
National Weather Service Rates rural Texico tornado an EF3 and finds paths for three small tornadoes in northern Marion County (updated 8 am Tuesday)
The National Weather Service has released a preliminary field study on tornadoes that hit northern Jefferson County and three smaller tornadoes in extreme northern Marion County. The 14-mile-long EF3 ...
Jun 22, 2026
Police Beat for Monday, June 22nd, 2026
A 69-year-old Centralia woman has been arrested by Centralia Police for aggravated battery to a nurse and criminal trespass to property. Joyce King reportedly had been taken to SSM Health St. Mary's H...
Jun 22, 2026
Odin man airlifted to St. Louis Hospital following crash on US 50 east of Odin
An Odin man was airlifted from the scene of a one car crash on US 50 a mile east of Odin early Sunday morning. Initial information indicates the man, whose name has not been released, drifted off the ...
Jun 22, 2026 Air Evac Medical Helicopter.
Kinmundy man escapes injury, but ticketed following crash on Crooked Creek Bridge on Selmaville Road
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say a 36-year-old Kinmundy man escaped injury when crashing into the guard rail on the Crook Creek Bridge on the Selmaville Road Sunday afternoon. Reports indicate Mic...
Jun 22, 2026
Four Injured in Wrong Way Crash in Centralia 6-22-26
A 21-year-old Mt. Vernon man faces multiple charges after driving at a high rate of speed the wrong way on South Poplar Street in Centralia early Sunday morning before crashing into another vehicle at...
Jun 22, 2026 Andrew Malone / CC
