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This weekend, the Centralia High School Showcase on Stage will be performing its spring musical, High School Musical, based on the Disney Channel movie of the same name. Wednesday evening was the fina...
Austin Williams Mar 19, 2026 CHS performers on stage in rehearsal for High School Musical. Photo by Pat Hodges.
The Women's Center at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital is reporting a record number of births in 2025. 1,629 babies were welcomed last year. SSM Health says this record-breaking year reflects the co...
Austin Williams Mar 19, 2026 SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital Women’s Center staff.
Two people were arrested on Wednesday on separate no bond failure to appear misdemeanor warrants and taken to the Marion County Jail to await a court appearance. 34-year-old Forrest Donaldson of Ford ...
Austin Williams Mar 19, 2026
An estimated 200 took advantage of a free breakfast in celebration of National Agriculture Week at the Marion County Farm Bureau on Tuesday. Manager Brad Conant says this year's event was made special...
Austin Williams Mar 18, 2026 The serving line at the Marion County Agriculture Day Breakfast on Tuesday morning.
A mobile home was destroyed by fire in Centralia early Wednesday morning. Centralia Firefighters say when they arrived on the scene at 808 East 15th, the home was fully involved in flames. The home is...
Austin Williams Mar 18, 2026 Centralia City Fire Truck. File Photo.
Both drivers were checked on the scene following a rear end collision at the Route 37 and Route 161 intersection late Tuesday night. Initial information from the Marion County Sheriff's Department ind...
Austin Williams Mar 18, 2026
A 34-year-old Salem man has been arrested for home invasion with injuries following a Tuesday afternoon incident in Salem where he allegedly entered another man's house before shoving and slapping him...
Austin Williams Mar 18, 2026
Fayette County State's Attorney Brenda Mathis currently holds a 25-vote lead over Judge Wesley Gozia in the race for circuit-wide judge. Voters in nine counties, including Marion, Clinton, Clay, Fayet...
Bruce Kropp Mar 18, 2026 Current leader in Circuit Judge Race Brenda Mathis.
Zach Rose will be the Republican candidate for Marion County Clerk in the November election. He defeated Greg Wright 2,876 votes to 1,448 in Tuesday's primary election. This is Rose's first run for po...
Bruce Kropp Mar 17, 2026 Zach Rose speaking at the Republican Lincoln Day Dinner. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
State Representative Charlie Meier held off a primary challenger in Tuesday's election. With 87-percent of the vote tabulated, Charlie Meier had 6,268 votes to Zachary Meyer's 3,992 votes. "I'm happy ...
Bruce Kropp Mar 17, 2026