Category Archives: Local News

Three people remain in the Marion County Jail on outstanding warrants. 35-year-old Myron Doss of South 2nd in Breese was arrested by Clinton County Sheriff's Deputies on a no bond failure to appear ma...

Retiring Salem police chief Susan Miller says she wanted to be a police officer from the age of six when her dad retired Centralia Police Officer Bruce Humphries came to her school as Officer Friendly...

A car was destroyed by fire in Iuka early Tuesday morning. Iuka Fire Chief Kenny Eagan says Frankie Upchurch had just started the car in his driveway in the 600 block of North Avenue when he started s...

Jefferson County Coroner Roger Hayse has released the name of the 46-year-old woman who died in a fire at her home in the 2800 block of Mannen Street early Tuesday morning. She is Lillliye Marshall. H...

The Senior Meal Program which has temporarily replaced the Project Bread Meal Program in Salem and most of Marion County outside the Centralia area reports they have checked up on participating senior...

Marion County's new Coroner Claude Howell has issued his first annual report showing 415 deaths during 2024. That's down three deaths from the prior year. Howell says the main cause of death last year...

Centralia City Officials say Republic Services is encountering further delays and slower collection times for trash on all of their routes due to the winter storm. Previously, Republic reported there ...

Salem Police are investigating fuel tanks being drilled in vehicles at Schmidt Ford and Pennington Chevrolet overnight. Police say Pennington first found two gas tanks drilled to drain the gas. After ...

Centralia Police have arrested 40-year-old Tia Beyers of East Messenger in Patoka on a no bond St. Clair County warrant. She was taken to the Marion County Jail to await transfer to St. Clair County. ...

A 47-year-old St. Elmo man has pleaded guilty in federal court to several assault and firearms charges after he opened fire on federal law enforcement agents who went to serve an arrest warrant at his...