Category Archives: Local News

Four people were brought to the Marion County Jail on Thursday on outstanding no bond warrants. Centralia Police arrested 37-year-old Paxton Price of North Beech in Centralia and 50-year-old Robert Ro...

The Oak Ridge Campground at Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area in Marion County will be closed to the public beginning September 3rd while a bridge replacement project is underway on the only acc...

A 48-year-old former Salem resident died Saturday morning in a single vehicle crash in the Town of Manlius, New York. David Engel grew up in Salem and was a Selmaville Grade and Salem Community High S...

District Three Marion County Board member Steve Whritenour had earlier decided not to run for re-election, but that has now changed. The Marion County Republican Central Committee had filled Whritenou...

Marion County Board Finance Committee Chair Chris Krupp says major cuts will be needed to balance the county's budget for the coming fiscal year that begins December 1st. His comment came at Tuesday n...

The Marion County Board Tuesday night voted to name Marilee Snow as Interim County Highway Engineer. Snow, who has worked at the department the past 11 years, will serve until a replacement is found f...

The Central City village board voted at Tuesday's meeting to remove the ordinance requirement to have mobile homes placed on block and mortar. There were two dissenting votes, from Tom Cagle and RoseA...

Salem Police stopped 34-year-old Timothy Pomeroy of South Main in Iuka while he was walking early this morning on West Warmoth Street. The initial stop was because they believed he was wanted on a war...

The Illinois Department of Criminal Investigation has taken over an investigation of a man who died at the storage facility in the 600 block of Aaron Parkway on the west side of Centralia. Centralia P...

The Centralia City Council approved a new five-year contract agreement with CWI of Illinois doing business as Republic Services. The new contract includes the ability for residents to request large it...