Category Archives: Local News

The Kell and Odin Fire Protection Districts have received small equipment grants from the Office of the State Fire Marshall. Kell will receive $26,000 and Odin $18,500. The Assistant Chief of the Kell...

The Marion County Sheriff's Department arrived at the scene of a reported injury crash on O'Leary Road near the Kinlou Road intersection in rural Kinmundy Sunday night to find a motorcycle seat and bl...

The Salem Fire Protection District was called out around midnight Monday morning to Roddy Road north of Mills Cart Road where what appeared to be smoke had filled the air. Firemen believed they had pi...

A rural Orchardville home in extreme northeastern Jefferson County was destroyed by fire Sunday morning. The fire was at a home on Depeche Road about five miles southwest of Orchardville. It was fully...

The Centralia City Council is looking at connecting the new sidewalks on Airport and Country Club Roads to the downtown area. A resolution is on the Tuesday night city council agenda for a professiona...

Centralia Police have arrested a Centralia man on Monday for alleged domestic battery and interfering with the reporting of a domestic battery. Dustin Minor of Perrine Street was taken to the Marion C...

The measure aims to increase transparency and safety protocols around 'frontier' AI Article Summary A bill that seeks to regulate the most powerful artificial intelligence models passed the Illinois S...

Salem Police Chief Tyler Rose has named Sergeant Ian King as the department's new Deputy Chief. King first joined the Salem Police Department in 2019 and became a sergeant last April. He worked at the...

A Memorial Day service was held in Centralia this past Memorial Day at the American Legion Post #446. The ceremony began with a Posting of the American Flag colors. Following the flag colors, Scout Ve...

Residential trash pickup in Salem will run one day late this week, with no pickup on Monday, Memorial Day. Salem City offices will also be closed for the holiday. In Centralia, garage pickup will be o...