Category Archives: Local News

A 33-year-old Central City man has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of a stolen or converted vehicle and possession of under five grams of methamphet...

Marion County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested a 20-year-old Salem man for aggravated battery. Jacob Miller of Mills Cart Road is accused of throwing a knife at residents in a home on Maplewood Avenue...

As part of this year's festivities around the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Marion County America 250 Committee donated a commemorative flag to the city of C...

Salem's new police chief says his top priorities are getting the staff fully trained and specialty positions in the department filled. Tyler Rose was promoted to Chief from Deputy Chief last week with...

Unemployment in Marion County declined one-tenth of a percent between February and March. The March rate is 5.4-percent, which is seven tenths of a percent higher than a year ago. The Illinois Departm...

Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash at Elm and Rexford in Centralia Saturday night. Centralia Police say 24-year-old Shakaria Woodley of Fairway Drive in Centralia apparently ran the stop s...

Salem Police say they were able to lasso a pig that showed up on the front porch of a home near Cope and Donoho on the south side of Salem. Officers were equipped to handle the situation because they ...

Here are some photos from this year's Centralia High School May Fete, "Heavenly Rhythm." Photo Credit: Pat Hodges

Madison County State's Attorney Tom Haine has announced that a jury has found a 42-year-old Fayette County man guilty of abducting a woman from the parking lot of a Collinsville coffee shop at knifepo...

Centralia Police arrested a 24-year-old Centralia man for domestic battery. Toby Boughers of Fairway Drive was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a first court appearance on Monday. Centralia Po...