Category Archives: Local News

The Centralia City Council Monday will continue discussion of creating a half-cent sales tax to replace the one-cent sales tax that the state of Illinois will no longer levy on behalf of local governm...

Sandoval Firemen were called out early Monday morning to a report of a semi tractor cab on fire. The blaze was outside a home at 715 Virginia Avenue. Upon arrival, Fire Chief Chad Parson said the cab ...

A 33-year-old Centralia woman has been arrested by Centralia Police on a no bond felony failure to appear warrant. Bianca Meeks of Geary Street was wanted on a pending court case for pending theft, po...

Kaskaskia College has broken ground on a new $9.8 -million gymnasium. College President George Evans says the 29,000 square-foot facility will all be on one level, unlike the present gym, will have se...

Story and photos by Austin Williams The City of Centralia held a public meeting Friday to discuss its application for a Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Grant. Mitch Hardiek with Milano and Grunloh...

Washington County is among seven counties included in a major federal disaster area by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The designation is the result of severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line...

The Marion County Sheriff's Department arrested a 48-year-old Salem man for aggravated battery after he allegedly kicked and struck a Salem woman in the head with a baseball bat late Saturday morning....

The Drury Inn in Mt. Vernon was evacuated late Saturday morning when a haze developed on the fifth floor of the motel. The problem turned out not to be a fire, but a freon leak in one of the air condi...

Salem Police have arrested 54-year-old Christopher Baur of County Farm Road in Kell for violation of an order of protection. He was taken to the Marion County Jail. 21-year-old Gabrielle Ledet of East...

A crowd of people wearing purple shirts gathered near the bell tower on Saturday for the annual Walk to End Alzheimer's, organized by the Alzheimer's Association. Funds raised by walks like this one g...