Category Archives: Local News
Groundbreaking set for Friday on $250,000 addition to Centralia Community Youth Center
Groundbreaking is set for Friday for the $250,000 addition to the Centralia Community Youth Center on East Rexford Street. Executive Director Herb Williams says the 48 by 80-foot addition will include...
Sep 25, 2023 Centralia Community Youth Center Executive Director Herb Williams
Bistro Lighting coming to portions of downtown Centralia
The City of Centralia plans to utilize part of a grant for downtown improvements for the placement of lighting that will span the city streets. The lights are bistro lights that will connect into the ...
Sep 25, 2023 Nick Page / Unsplash
Blown tire leads to fire that destroys semi on I-57
Jefferson Fire officials say a blown tire apparently started a fire that destroyed a semi on southbound I-57 at the 90 mile marker south of Mt. Vernon early Sunday morning. The driver of the truck had...
Sep 25, 2023
Police Beat for Sunday, September 24th, 2023
A 23-year-old Centralia man is being held without bond after being arrested on a Marion County failure to appear in court on a possession of methamphetamine case. Johnathan Alton of North Hickory was ...
Sep 24, 2023
Arrest warrant issued for Centralia man wanted in shooting
An arrest warrant has been issued in Clinton County Court for a 23-year-old Centralia man wanted in connection with a shooting last Sunday evening. The warrant charges Jonathon Hunt with aggravated di...
Sep 23, 2023 Jonathon Hunt
Centralia Police break up burglary in progress
Centralia Police broke up a burglary in progress in a home in the 1000 block of Hester Street in Centralia Friday morning. Police say the homeowner returned home around 8:30 Friday morning to discover...
Sep 23, 2023 Michael Lutz (Marion County Sheriff's Department)
First arrest in Marion County made under new violation of pretrial release provisions
Centralia Police have made the first arrest in Marion County for violation of the new pretrial release provisions. As a result, 45-year-old Christopher Ramey of East 6th in Centralia was taken into cu...
Sep 23, 2023
Four area counties remain at medium level for COVID-19 spread
Marion, Washington, Fayette, and Effingham Counties all remain at the medium level for COVID-19 transmission. The weekly update from the CDC shows Marion County with six new hospitalizations for the w...
Sep 23, 2023
Chicago officials ink nearly $30M contract with security firm to move migrants to winterized camps
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago officials have signed a nearly $30 million contract with a private security firm to relocate migrants seeking asylum from police stations and the city's two airports to winteriz...
Sep 23, 2023 FILE - Immigrants from Venezuela are reflected in a marble wall while taking shelter at the Chicago Police Department's 16th District station on May 1, 2023. Chicago officials have signed a nearly $30 million contract with a private security firm to relocate migrants seeking asylum from police stations and the city’s two airports to winterized camps with massive tents before cold weather arrives. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, FIle)
Mt. Vernon Police seek two suspects in Thursday night shooting
Mt. Vernon Police are seeking two suspects in a Thursday night shooting in the parking lot behind Times Square Mall. The 18-year-old male victim was flown from a local hospital to a regional facility ...
Sep 22, 2023