Category Archives: Local News

Eight people from the Centralia and Mt. Vernon area have been arrested on methamphetamine related charges following a two-week coordinated operation led by the FBI. A federal grand jury charged: 35-ye...

The Salem City Council Monday night, will be asked to approve a new residential and business TIF that stretches through a large part of the community, drawing concerns from some taxing bodies. There a...

Centralia City Firemen say a ten-by-ten-by-ten-foot metal shed was destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon. The fire was on the Juanito Thomas property at 406 Linden Street. It was a burn weekend in Cent...

A 22-year-old Salem man was arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for aggravated domestic battery. Eric Braham of Nation Road was taken into custody after a female went to a neighbor's home to ...

A large crowd gathered around the Salem Reservoir in Bryan Memorial Park for the traditional fireworks display over the Salem Reservoir. There were some changes this year. The afternoon music program ...

A Salem home was damaged in an early Saturday morning fire discovered by a Salem Police Officer on patrol. Salem Police say at first it was believed smoke was coming from an outbuilding, but when he g...

A six-year-old girl had to be revived with NARCAN after allegedly coming into contact with a potent form of an illicit drug, believed to be fentenyl, at a Centralia home Friday afternoon. Centralia Ci...

All three drivers involved in a chain reaction crash on U.S. 50 just east of the railroad overpass in Odin Friday afternoon declined hospital treatment. Initial information indicates a van driven by 6...

Salem Firemen were called to Salem Township Hospital for a report of a hot electrical smell in the emergency room area. Firemen checked the area but could not locate any source for the smell. The call...

The 14th Annual Centralia Veterans Fourth of July Parade drew 40 entries and a crowd along the parade route Friday afternoon. The parade included five floats, a number of decorated golf carts, emergen...