Category Archives: Local News

Wamac Police have arrested a 53-year-old Centralia for aggravated battery to a man at his home in Wamac last November. John Willis of North Poplar allegedly demanded the victim give a female $30. The ...

The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to pass resolutions to allow planning Airport Road sidewalks and Orchard Street improvements to move forward. The council will consider a resoluti...

Clay County State's Attorney Phillip Givens is formally announcing his Republican candidacy for at large judge in the 4th Judicial Circuit in the 2026 election. The seat is open as a result of the ret...

A 30 by 40-foot wooden barn believed to date back to the 1800s was destroyed in an early Sunday morning fire. Jefferson Fire officials say the fire was on the Bernard Morris property at 17,922 East Li...

Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 54-year-old Christopher Baur for violation of an order of protection. Baur told jail officials he was from the Kell area but was homeless. He's being held pen...

Three people refused hospital treatment following a two-vehicle crash late Friday afternoon on West Main Street at Walton Drive in front of the Salem Walmart Store. Salem Police say initial informatio...

An electrical fire is blamed for damaging the second story of a Kinmundy home late Thursday afternoon. Kinmundy-Alma Fire Chief Kevin Day says the fire was at the David Smith-Gibbson home in the 100 b...

A 27-year-old Centralia man who failed to complete the Marion County Drug Court program has been sentenced to three years in prison. Zechariaha Pigg of County Highway 18 had pleaded guilty to two coun...

Two people were taken to the Washington County Jail in Nashville on felony drug charges following a traffic stop in Nashville late Thursday night. Nashville Police arrested the driver, 36-year-old Jes...

Wamac Police arrested 53-year-old John Willis of North Poplar in Centralia for alleged aggravated battery. He was taken to the Marion County Jail. No other details are currently available. 43-year-old...