Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
Centralia Police arrested two people on Marion County felony failure to appear warrants. 56-year-old Gerald Phillips of East Broadway in Centralia and 50-year-old Robert Roe of South Cherry in Central...
Feb 04, 2025
Centralia Chamber of Commerce reports positive response to 'Inspire' campaign
Centralia Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marcus Holland told a membership event last week that the Inspire marketing campaign is drawing positive response. Holland says the goal of the program...
Feb 03, 2025 Marcus Holland speaks to members of the Centralia Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Odin Firemen present annual awards
The Odin Fire Protection District presented several annual awards at its annual appreciation dinner over the weekend. District firefighters selected Dakota Sloat as Firefighter of the Year. Sloat resp...
Feb 03, 2025 Dakota Sloat was named as Odin's 2024 Firefighter of the Year.
Deer Hunting Totals Up For 2024-25 Seasons
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has announced a preliminary total of 170,758 deer were taken during all of the 2024-2025 archery and firearm seasons that ended January 19th. That compares...
Feb 03, 2025
Two receive minor injuries in Boone and Broadway crash in Salem
Salem Police say both drivers were treated by emergency medical technicians on the scene of a crash at Boone and Broadway just before noon on Sunday. Police report a car driven by Connie Chapman of Pi...
Feb 03, 2025
Salem City Council has brief agenda Monday night
The Salem City Council agenda Monday night only includes two consent agenda items. They include a request from Clinton and Kayla Winchester from the Redemption Church to use Bryan Memorial Park stage ...
Feb 03, 2025
Centralia home undergoing renovation damaged by suspicious fire
A Centralia home undergoing renovation was damaged by a suspicious fire late Sunday night. Centralia City Firemen say the home in the 1400 block of South Maple was undergoing renovation by its owner C...
Feb 03, 2025 Centralia City firemen responding to a fire on South Maple. Photo by Tim Ferguson
Marion County Board Names Acting County Engineer
The Marion County Board's Road and Bridge Committee has named Board Secretary Lori Linder as Acting County Engineer. The decision came in a special meeting on Friday following the earlier resignation ...
Feb 02, 2025 Marion County Highway Department building.
Marion County Road and Bridge Committee discusses road damage from solar project northwest of Salem
The Marion County Road and Bridge Committee has authorized County Board Chair Steve Whritenour to sign an addendum to a resolution requiring general contractor Alberici Corporation to pay $75,000 upfr...
Feb 02, 2025 File photo. Construction underway on a solar farm near the intersection of Hoots Chapel and West Boone Street. Photo by Henderick Morton.
Police Beat for Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a 35-year-old Salem man Saturday morning for aggravated battery to a child and domestic battery. Brian Weems of Nation Road is accused of causing injury to a ...
Feb 02, 2025
