Category Archives: Local News

The Energy Assistance Foundation, through its Warm Neighbors Cool Friends (WNCF) program, is partnering with BCMW Community Services to provide energy bill payment assistance to eligible Ameren Illino...

A 61-year-old Centralia man was injured when his bicycle collided with a car near the Beach and Rexford Street intersection in Centralia early Thursday night. Steven Walta of Johnston Street was taken...

Centralia Police arrested three people on Saturday on weapons and drug charges. 22-year-old Seyana Lockhart-Jones of Perkins Street in Mt. Vernon and 18-year-old Jayeron Adams of Park Forest in Centra...

Centralia Police arrested two people on Friday for violation of the sex offender registration law. Both 45-year-old Shaun Brown of Martin Luther King Drive in Centralia and 36-year-old Kristopher Cook...

Two people were taken to the Marion County Jail on separate domestic battery arrests. Centralia Police arrested 46-year-old Jeremie Wallace of South Hickory in Centralia. 38-year-old Andy Appleton of ...

Kaskaskia College Theatre invites the community to experience Little Women: The Broadway Musical, a stage adaptation of the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott. The production will take place in the Ja...

Salem Mayor Nic Farley outlined successes in economic development, infrastructure improvements, and in the police department during his state of the city message on Thursday before the Greater Salem C...

The Centralia High School Board of Education held a bond hearing at the start of its regular meeting on Thursday for intent to sell bonds to pay for work on the sidewalk and repaving the parking lot. ...

The Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce hosts a Regional Business Expo at Kaskaskia College on Saturday. Chamber Executive Director Marcus Holland says the expo is in the original Kaskaskia College ...

Salem Police arrested a 17-year-old homeless Salem juvenile wanted on multiple charges following a short foot chase Thursday night. The juvenile had allegedly led police on a chase March 19th in a veh...