Category Archives: Local News
Three injured in single vehicle crash just south of Mt. Vernon
Three Mt. Vernon residents were injured in a one vehicle crash on State Route 148 just south of Veterans Memorial Drive on the south side of Mt. Vernon early Friday morning. Jefferson County Sheriff J...
Jul 05, 2024
Fire heavily damages Sandoval mobile home
Fire heavily damaged a mobile home in Sandoval late Thursday night. Sandoval Fire officials say Darrell Mason and Amanda Winegarner of 202 West Florida returned home and were greeted by fire and smoke...
Jul 05, 2024 Sandoval mobile home fire. Picture by Tim Ferguson.
Salem Police say ATM at west side branch of First Financial Bank burglarized
The Salem Police Department is investigating a burglary to the ATM machine outside the west side drive through of First Financial Bank at West Main and Delmar. Police were notified by a burglar alarm ...
Jul 05, 2024
Police Beat for Thursday, July 4th, 2024
Eight people remain in the Marion County Jail following arrests on Wednesday. 32-year-old Brittany Stephens of South Hickory in Centralia was arrested by Centralia Police for alleged domestic battery....
Jul 05, 2024
Salem man arrested for animal cruelty after video shows him allegedly beating a dog
A 38-year-old Salem man was given a notice to appear in court after being arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for animal torture and cruelty to an animal. Daniel Thomason of Church Road was a...
Jul 05, 2024
Salem's 4th of July Celebration draws big crowds after rain threat lifts
A 4th of July music festival drew a crowd to the band stage at Bryan Memorial Park before the annual independence day fireworks display over the Salem Reservoir. City Clerk Tabatha Meador picked up th...
Jul 05, 2024 Murphy 500 performing at the 4th of July music festival in Bryan Memorial Park. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Largest crowd yet watches Centralia Veterans 4th of July Parade
After threat of cancelation, a good crowd of spectators lined West Broadway for the 13th Annual Greater Centralia Area Veterans 4th of July Parade. The parade was led by Grand Marshall, the Honorable ...
Jul 05, 2024 The Jim Beasley Kaskaskia College Veterans Tribute float won first for Most Patriotic entry. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Police Beat for Friday, July 5th, 2024
Two people remain in the Marion County Jail Friday morning following separate domestic battery arrests. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 32-year-old Kyle Obermeier of North Everett in Odin, w...
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The July Fourth parade shooting paralyzed a boy. His life remains shattered 2 years later, mom says
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Keely Roberts counts the days, not years, since a deadly shooting at an Independence Day parade in 2022 injured her and left one of her twin boys paral...
Jul 05, 2024 FILE - Law enforcement search after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb, July 4, 2022. Keely Roberts, the mother of the youngest victims of the Fourth of July parade shooting, which left one of her twin sons — now 10 — paralyzed from the waist down, will talk to the media Wednesday, July 3, 2024, about what it means to survive the horror two years later. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Dean's List | President's List | Radiology
Kaskaskia College announces 2024 Spring Dean's List CENTRALIA, IL - Congratulations to the full- and part-time students on the Kaskaskia College Dean's List for the spring 2024 semester. This list inc...
Jul 05, 2024
