Category Archives: Local News
Veterans Resource Fair planned in Centralia Friday, November 7th
The City of Centralia Veterans Affairs Committee will hold a Veteran Resource Fair on Friday, November 7th, from nine to noon. The event will be held at the Centralia VFW on South Pine Street. Informa...
Oct 30, 2025
Two more candidates file for Marion County Board seats
Two candidates have filed to run in the Republican primary for Marion County Board seats. Harvey Evans V has filed to run in District One and Jack Riley is running for re-election in District Two. Can...
Oct 30, 2025 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Arrest made in Boulder area Deer Killings
An 18-year-old rural Carlyle man has been arrested in connection with the killing of at least 13 deer in the Boulder area on October 24th. Clinton County Sheriff's Deputies say Ashton McArthur is accu...
Oct 30, 2025 Clinton County Sheriff's Department. Photo courtesy of department's Facebook page.
Fire destroys St. Peter home undergoing renovation
A vacant home in St. Peter that was being remodeled was destroyed in an early Thursday morning fire. St. Peter Fire Chief Kevin Jenne says the home in the 100 block of West 4th had flames showing from...
Oct 30, 2025 Zdenko Zivkovic / CC
Centralia home receives minor damage from fire
A Centralia home received minor damage from fire Wednesday morning following a series of events. Centralia Fire Chief Jeff Day says a power line outside the Michael Johnson home at 804 South Hickory f...
Oct 30, 2025 Centralia City Fire Truck. File Photo.
Police Beat for Thursday, October 30th, 2025
Salem Police arrested 26-year-old Jeremiah Meyer of Sparrow Lane in Mt. Vernon on a no bond Marion County felony failure to appear warrant. Centralia Police arrested 42-year-old Tina Myers of Case Str...
Oct 30, 2025
Jurors convict Illinois deputy of killing Sonya Massey but can't agree on first-degree murder charge
By JOHN O'CONNOR Associated Press PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A jury on Wednesday convicted an Illinois sheriff's deputy of second-degree murder, a lesser charge, in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Blac...
Oct 29, 2025 Supporters of Sonya Massey’s family gather outside the Peoria County Courthouse in Peoria, Ill., Wednesday, October 29, 2025. (AP Photo/John O’Connor)
Illinois joins lawsuit to force federal government not to pause SNAP benefits
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois October 28, 2025 Article Summary Illinois is one of 25 states suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture over plans to pause benefits for the Supplemental Nutriti...
Oct 29, 2025 Attorney General Kwame Raoul listens to debate in the Illinois House in May 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Marion County Board reappoints Board of Review and Health Board members after setting new appointment procedures
The Marion County Board has reappointed two members of the Board of Review and four members of the Health Board under the old appointment system after finalizing how the system would work going forwar...
Oct 29, 2025 File photo: Marion County Board meeting. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Lawmakers advance bill allowing public officials to conceal personal information
by Brenden Moore, Capitol News Illinois October 29, 2025 Article Summary New legislation would allow state lawmakers, constitutional officers and state's attorneys, among others, to request that their...
Oct 29, 2025 State Rep. Katie Stuart presents her bill aimed at protecting public officials from doxing on the Illinois House floor on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
