Category Archives: Local News

Monday is the Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior Holiday, a federal, state, and local holiday. Most government offices will be closed, including area courthouses and Salem and Centralia City Halls. Garbag...

Jefferson County Sheriff's Detective Captain Bobby Wallace has been honored by Southern Illinois District U.S. Attorney Rachelle Crowe. The award was for excellence in law enforcement service as a res...

The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports two Salem men escaped serious injury when the car they were riding went out of control when hitting an icy spot on Tonti Road near the Charleston Road in...

A 30-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been arrested on a Marion County major traffic warrant. Jarron Liddell of South 7th was arrested in Jefferson County and later transported to the Marion County Jail to...

Miss Marion County Fair Queen Preslee Harris of Iuka is at the Miss Illinois Fair County Queen competition in Springfield this weekend. She is one of 74 county fair queens from around the state and wi...

A 16-year-old Irvington juvenile boy has been arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle, aggravated fleeing and eluding and numerous traffic charges following a high-speed chase from the west side o...

A 45-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been found guilty by a Jefferson County Court Jury for first-degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. Robert Lewis was charged in connect...

A 57-year-old Centralia man escaped serious injury when his car ran off the road and hit a power pole in the 900 block of 2nd near Myer Street. Centralia Police say the impact brought down the power l...

Jefferson County Coroner Roger Hayse says a St. Charles, Missouri couple were killed in a crash on southbound I-57 near the Ina exit Thursday morning when their vehicle was crushed between two semi-tr...

Centralia's new city manager Galen Mahle was sworn in at the Centralia City Council chambers Thursday afternoon. A small crowd turned out to welcome Mahle to city hall. Mahle says he's been looking fo...