Category Archives: Local News

Two people were injured Friday afternoon in a single SUV crash on Green Street Road near Brick Hill Road east of Central City. Initial information from the Marion County Sheriff's Department indicates...

Two people were returned to the Marion County Jail via prisoner transport from another county on Friday on outstanding warrants. 30-year-old Zachary Higgins of South Cherry in Centralia was arrested o...

By Austin Williams United Way of Southern Illinois held the United We Stand Dinner at the Centralia Cultural Society on Friday. Guests were able to enjoy a meal from Chammies Food for the Soul and lis...

Twenty-two pilots have flown in from around the country and Canada to take part in the aerobatics competition at Salem's Leckrone Field. Contest Director Bruce Bellew says judges on the ground are wat...

Centralia Police had to take down an aggressive dog that chased several people in a neighborhood and attempted to attack Centralia Animal Control and Centralia Police officers. The owner of the dog wa...

Some special promotions are planned for the final two days of operation of the Salem Aquatic Center this Saturday and Sunday. Salem Recreation Director Jed Casburn says the normal $7 admission charge ...

SPRINGFIELD, IL - Headed to the Grandstand? The Illinois State Fair is offering a few important reminders to know before you go. These updated safety protocols at the Grandstand will help ensure a sec...

Attorney General Kwame Raoul, with a bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general, has launched Operation Robocall Roundup. It is an effort by the multistate Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force to cra...

The grinding of the rails by maintenance crews on the Union Pacific tracks from Kinmundy to the Jefferson County line apparently led to a number of spot fires inside some of the rail ties. Railroad of...

State Senator Terri Bryant and State Representative Dave Severin will team up next Wednesday, August 13, at the Rolland Lewis Building in Mt. Vernon from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. for a free Senior Citiz...