Category Archives: Local News
Vacant condemned home in Centralia damaged in Sunday night fire
A late Sunday night fire that gutted several back rooms of a vacant and condemned two and a half story home at 630 North Walnut Street in Centralia remains under investigation. Centralia City Firefigh...
Aug 12, 2024 Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Estimated $2,000 raised in Salem Animal Control Swim
An estimated $2,000 was raised for the Salem Animal Control facility during a Sunday fundraising event at the Salem Aquatic Center. The Salem Animal Control Facility manager, Stephanie Rakers, was ple...
Aug 12, 2024 The Salem Animal Control Facility fund raiser closed the season for the Aquatic Center on Sunday. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Centralia City Council to be asked to extend loan payments for new water plant
The Centralia City Council will be asked Monday night to extent payments on its $34,000 low interest Illinois EPA loan from 20 to 30 years. City Manager Kory Smith says the loan will be used to pay fo...
Aug 12, 2024
Tuesday final day to pay Marion County mobile home tax bills without penalty
The Marion County Treasurer Office is reminding everyone that the 2024 Mobile Home Tax Bills are due Tuesday August 13th to avoid late charges. Payments can be made at the treasurer's office at the co...
Aug 12, 2024 DonkeyHotey / CC
Three injured in Sunday morning crash on Walnut Hill Road
State Police say three people were injured in a one-vehicle crash in the 2300 block of Walnut Hill Road southeast of Centralia early Sunday morning. An Air Evac helicopter landed on the scene to take ...
Aug 12, 2024 ISP FILE PHOTO: An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo.(Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Police Beat for Monday, August 12th, 2024
Centralia Police arrested a 25-year-old West Palm Beach, Florida man on Sunday on an outstanding Marion County DUI warrant. Ronaldo Balencia-Gomez was taken to the Marion County Jail on the no-bond wa...
Aug 12, 2024
Kinmundy City Council moves forward on grant requests for sewer system and sidewalk
The Kinmundy City Council Thursday night agreed to move forward with a multi-year grant request to replace its sewer system. An income survey will go out with the water bills next week and Mayor Angie...
Aug 11, 2024
Large vacant Centralia house destroyed in early Sunday morning fire
A large vacant two-story home was destroyed by fire early Sunday morning. Centralia City Firemen say the home at 509 North Hickory was engulfed in flames upon arrival. The roof of the home collapsed a...
Aug 11, 2024 Fire engulfs a home at a vacant home at 509 North Hickory in Centralia. Photo by Sherre Goad.
Mt. Vernon man receives 30 years in prison for aggravated criminal sexual abuse
A 57-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated criminal sexual abuse with a victim under the age of 13. Darren Meyer received the sentence as part of a negotiated...
Aug 11, 2024 Darren Meyer. Jefferson County Sheriff's Department photo.
Two Ina residents arrested on warrants for child pornography
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department has arrested two Ina residents on warrants charging child pornography. 28-year-old Tyler J. Stover and 25-year-old Julie R. Bulthuis of Cross Street were char...
Aug 11, 2024 Tyler Stover and Julie Bulthuis. Photos: Jefferson County Sheriff's Department.
