Category Archives: Local News
Salem Firemen called to tire fire on camper vehicle
Salem Police and Fire were able to put out a fire Sunday night on what remained of two rear tires on a camper vehicle being pulled by a pickup truck. Frank Swearingen of Troy, Ohio had continued to dr...
Jun 17, 2024
Apartment in Library Apartments complex in Centralia damaged by suspicious fire
A fire damaged an apartment in the Library Apartment complex at 111 South Sycamore Street in Centralia early Sunday morning. The initial 911 call indicated smoke and fire showing, but the first arrivi...
Jun 16, 2024 Centralia Firemen checking apartment for fire. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Centralia home receives minor damage in dryer fire
The laundry room area of a Centralia home was damaged in a Saturday morning fire. The fire was at the Isaac and Christina Wright home at #5 Clear Lake. Centralia City Firemen say the owner met them at...
Jun 16, 2024 Firemen greeted by smoke when trying to reach dryer fire on Clear Lake Drive on Saturday morning. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Police Beat for Sunday, June 16th, 2024
A 28-year-old Centralia man has been arrested on two outstanding warrants and resisting arrest after allegedly running from Marion County Sheriff's Deputies who went to his home to pick him up on the ...
Jun 16, 2024
Electrical fire damages Centralia home
An electric fire caused a minor fire but heavy smoke damage to part of a home occupied by Sharon Bierman at 418 South Maple Street in Centralia early Friday night. Centralia City Firemen say smoke was...
Jun 15, 2024 Firemen watch the smoke coming from the 2nd floor eves and windows at 418 South Maple during firefighting efforts early Friday evening.
Salem man sentenced to eight years in prison for Sesser bank robbery
A 61-year-old Salem man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the January 2023 bank robbery of the Southern Illinois Bank in Zeigler. Earl Morlan was also ordered to make $3,100 restitution ...
Jun 15, 2024
Police Beat for Saturday, June 15th, 2024
Three people were brought to the Marion County Jail on Friday on outstanding no-bond Marion County warrants. They are 31-year-old David Funte of Charleston, 33-year-old Kristy Gallatin of College Stre...
Jun 15, 2024
Residents and communities preparing for heat wave that will envelop Midwest and Northeast next week
By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press Things are about to heat up in much of the U.S. with dangerously hot temperatures in the Midwest and Northeast next week, prompting health officials to urge people to ...
Jun 15, 2024 rfphoto / Depositphotos.com
Think cicadas are weird? Check out superfans, who eat the bugs, use them in art and even striptease
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer FOREST PARK, Illinois (AP) - Mayumi Barrack sees a pair of mating periodical cicadas getting together, whips out her phone, says, "Hi guys!" and takes their pictur...
Jun 15, 2024 Periodical cicada, in the process of shedding their nymphal skins, cling to a tree branch early Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Charleston, Ill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Central City home damaged by fire
Centralia Fire Protection District Firefighters were able to confine a fire in the ceiling of a bedroom at a Central City home Friday afternoon. Fire Chief Ross Boshera says they were initially called...
Jun 14, 2024 Firefighters enter the home at 143 South Marion in Central City where a fire broke out early Friday afternoon. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
