Category Archives: Local News
Highway Engineer Begins Work to Replace Three Worst Township Bridges in Marion County
The Marion County Road and Bridge Committee will recommend to the full county board that work begin to replace the three worst township road bridges in the county. Highway engineer Alex Kreke labeled ...
Jul 15, 2026 elesi / Depositphotos.com
Police Beat for Wednesday, July 15th, 2026
Salem Police arrested 24-year-old Geovani Santiso-Ventura for battery following an incident involving two men in a room at the Days Inn Tuesday night. Santiso-Ventura was held at the Marion County Jai...
Jul 15, 2026
Pritzker signs new laws on birth control, AI regulations, play-based learning
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois July 13, 2026 Article Summary JB Pritzker signed 31 new laws on Friday. One includes a controversial measure that allows minors to receive birth control without...
Jul 15, 2026 Gov. JB Pritzker plays Connect 4 with children following an event to open a new sports park in Springfield on April 28, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Centralia approves amended TIF agreement with Re:purpose Development
The Centralia City Council voted on Monday to approve an amendment to a development agreement with Re:purpose Development allowing for an additional $160,000 in TIF reimbursements. That number is adde...
Jul 14, 2026
Centralia Police investigate burglary and theft at vacant business buildings
Centralia Police are investigating a burglary to a vacant business building in the 300 block of East Broadway. At the time of the report, it wasn't known if those responsible were still inside. Howeve...
Jul 14, 2026
Marion federal prison inmate sentenced to more prison time for producing hand-drawn child sexual abuse material
A federal district judge added 224 months of federal imprisonment to the sentence of a federal correctional center inmate at Marion after he admitted to producing hand-drawn child sexual abuse materia...
Jul 14, 2026
2 teens charged in fatal shootings of 5 Illinois family members
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Two teenagers were charged with murder Tuesday in the killings of five members of an Illinois family who were shot at three different locations. A 16-year-old boy will be p...
Jul 14, 2026
Police Beat for Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
An 18-year-old Centralia man has been arrested on multiple warrants by Centralia Police. Demarco Smith of South Hickory was taken to the Marion County Jail on two Marion County juvenile warrants and a...
Jul 14, 2026
Murray Center Holds Patriotic Parade for America 250
Murray Center held a 250th Anniversary patriotic parade on Friday, July 10th. The parade was led by a group of Murray residents holding the American flag and a 250th Anniversary banner. Each cottage w...
Jul 13, 2026 Residents and Murray Parents Association President Rita Winkeler led the parade.
Centralia woman rescued by boater when kayak capsizes in Raccoon Lake
A Centralia woman was rescued by a boater near the dam on Raccoon Lake after her kayak capsized Sunday afternoon. The Centralia City Fire Department was called to assist, but the woman was in the boat...
Jul 13, 2026 Centralia City Fire Truck. File Photo.
