Category Archives: Local News

Centralia Police have made two separate domestic battery arrests. 25-year-old Brynt Long, who told authorities he was homeless, was taken to the Marion County Jail along with 33-year-old Megan Stroud ...

by Andrew Adams, Capitol News Illinois September 19, 2025 Article Summary The long-running debate over energy policy is heating up ahead of lawmakers' fall veto session. Lawmakers are considering loos...

Bandy's Pharmacy is celebrating 50 years in business. The business started in August 1975 when Steve Bandy and his wife Pam opened their first store in a converted small gas station building at Main a...

This is Homecoming Week at Salem Community High School, culminating with the homecoming football game against Roxana on Friday night and the homecoming dance on Saturday. The Senior Homecoming Court i...

The Mt. Vernon Festivals Fall Fest Committee has announced the Summer Food Distribution Program team will be the Grand Marshals of the 2025 Fall Fest Parade that will make its way through downtown Mt....

The Centralia City Council Monday night will consider the purchase of two used vehicles. One of the vehicles would be for the police department. Chief Chris Locke is requesting the purchase of a 2023 ...

A 57-year-old Centralia man was arrested after the side-by-side he was driving flipped over at the 15th and Hickory intersection in Centralia late Saturday night. Centralia Police say the driver, Jack...

A 47-year-old Vernon man has been arrested on a Fayette County felony no-bond failure to appear warrant. Billy McCoy of Seven Hills Road was taken into custody by Salem Police. He was later transferre...

The Salem Community High School Marching Wildcats opened their marching season over the weekend with a big win at the Robinson Marching Maroons Festival. Band Director John Randolph says the band won ...

A Certified Nursing Assistant at the Odin Health and Rehab Center has won a $5,000 'Home Package' prize as part of a special staff raffle tied to National Skilled Nursing Home Week. A special ceremony...