Category Archives: Local News
One arrested, another being sought following traffic stop and drug bust on Salem home
A traffic stop where drugs were discovered led to the execution of a search warrant on a Salem home on Friday, where a large amount of drugs were recovered. 26-year-old Breeann Stanford of West 12th i...
Oct 11, 2025
National Guard stands down in Illinois while troops patrol in Memphis with local police
By ADRIAN SAINZ and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - National Guard troops patrolled in Tennessee's second-largest city for the first time Friday while soldiers in Illinois we...
Oct 11, 2025 Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks to the media while Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listens outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Centralia High School choirs hold Fall Concert outdoors
The weather was nice enough for Centralia High School's Fall Choir Concert to be held outside in the courtyard. The Beginning, Concert, and Advanced Choirs directed by Jami Jacobs each performed three...
Oct 10, 2025 The audience watches Centralia's Fall Choir Concert in the courtyard. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Mt. Vernon man already being held on multiple charges following alleged road rage incident faces new charge
A 40-year-old Mt. Vernon man already ordered to be held without bond following multiple charges after an alleged road rage incident on U.S. 50 near Odin Saturday afternoon now faces a new charge. Rodn...
Oct 10, 2025
Centralia Police question three juveniles in multiple vehicle burglaries
Centralia Police say they have questioned three juveniles in connection with multiple vehicle burglaries that occurred on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Some stolen items were recovered in their...
Oct 10, 2025
Two flown to St. Louis hospital following motorcycle chase and crash in Centralia area
Both the driver and passenger on a motorcycle involved in a late Thursday night high speed chase in Central City and Centralia were flown to St. Louis hospital after the cycle crashed. The names of th...
Oct 10, 2025
Wamac mobile home being demolished is destroyed by fire
A mobile home being demolished was destroyed by fire at Nine Country View in Wamac on Thursday. The Centralia Fire Protection District reported the home was owned by Danny Thompson Jr. Sparks from the...
Oct 10, 2025
Large vacant home and former hotel in Kinmundy destroyed by fire
The former three-story Central Hotel in Kinmundy, built in 1893 and long ago converted to a home, was destroyed by fire early Friday morning. Kinmundy-Alma Fire Chief Kevin Day says a neighbor first s...
Oct 10, 2025 A photo of the stately home first built as the Central Hotel in 1893 was destroyed in a Friday fire. Photo from the Kinmundy Historical Commission.
Several acres of soybeans burn in fire blamed on combine
Iuka Firemen say two to three acres of both cut and standing soybeans burned in a fire Thursday afternoon on the Brad Blackburn property on the Iuka Road South of Iuka blamed on a hot bearing on the c...
Oct 10, 2025
Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for 2 weeks
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press A judge on Thursday blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks, finding no substantial evide...
Oct 09, 2025 Protestors yell at Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents driving out of an immigration processing facility in Broadview, Ill., Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
