Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Police arrest 14-year-old juvenile who shot himself in the leg
Centralia Police have arrested a 14-year-old male juvenile for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after he allegedly shot himself in the leg while playing football. Centralia Police Lieutenant Steve ...
May 27, 2025
8-year-old Kinmundy girl dies following fall from tree
Funeral services have been set for an eight-year-old Kinmundy girl who died this weekend from injuries sustained following a seven-foot fall from a tree at her home. Grace Elizabeth Fitzwater fell fro...
May 27, 2025
Marion County Board to discuss hiring freeze for fulltime employees
The chair of the Marion County Board's Budget Committee will ask county office holders Tuesday night for a freeze on the hiring of fulltime employees. Brock Waggoner said at an earlier finance committ...
May 27, 2025 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Local meeting called for the Older Americans Act Day of Action
A day of action for the Older Americans Act has been set for Wednesday, May 28, with the local meeting being held at the Grace United Methodist Church in Salem from 10 to 11:30 am. Organizers say 2025...
May 27, 2025 nirchik / Depositphotos.com
Centralia Police make arrest in arson case
Centralia Police have arrested a 32-year-old Centralia man for arson for allegedly setting a trash dumpster on fire behind Westside Laundry on West Broadway early Saturday evening. Keenan Ruckman of C...
May 27, 2025
One person airlifted from scene of single car wreck east of Centralia
State Police say one person was airlifted from the scene of a single car crash on Route 161 west of Zion Hill Road east of Centralia during the noon hour on Monday. Preliminary information does not in...
May 27, 2025
Unemployment drops across South Central Illinois
Unemployment fell across South Central Illinois in April. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported unemployment dropped nine-tenths of a percent in April to 3.5-percent. That's nine-ten...
May 27, 2025
Marion County Sheriff guest speaker at Salem Memorial Day Program
Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps says Memorial Day is important to remember the sacrifices made by those defending our country. He was the guest speaker at the Memorial Day Ceremony in East Lawn Cem...
May 26, 2025 Maron County Sheriff Kevin Cripps delivering his address at the Veterans Day Program in East Lawn Cemetery. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Hungry Hearts begins for summer on Tuesday
The Hungry Hearts free sack lunch program for the Salem area gets underway for the summer on Tuesday. Marilyn Lewis is once again coordinating the program. "Fiancs are pretty well stable on the progra...
May 26, 2025 Meals being prepared for Hungry Hearts program at the Salem Community Center in 2019. File Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Centralia City Council to consider increasing annual rent for some Lake Centralia Leases
The Centralia City Council Tuesday night will consider an increase in leases for the portion of Lake Centralia that they own. In all, 69 properties on the lake are involved. The proposal includes a 9....
May 26, 2025
