Category Archives: Local News

A 54-year-old Centralia woman has now been charged in Jefferson County Court with two counts of murder in connection with a car-pedestrian accident in the Dix Dollar General Parking Lot. According to ...

Conagra has been issued a $1.5 -million dollar building permit by the City of Centralia to add a steel framed building platform to support a modular engine room for an ammonia refrigeration system. Ce...

Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps says a rural Salem man has lost over $40,000 to an elaborate fraud scan that included a letter of assurance of a $3 -million prize reportedly signed by the Director ...

A 31-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court on Wednesday to four counts of failure to register as a sex offender. Th...

Three people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Wednesday. 49-year-old Shannon Demain of Maplewood Avenue in Salem was arrested on a violation of an order of protection. 31-year-old Nathan Hale o...

The Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce is seeking bids on its building and adjoining vacant lot on West Main Street. If the property is sold the chamber is looking at the possibility of having a mobile...

The Salem City Council has approved the use of $466,850 in the city's motor fuel tax fund to help pay for a $1 -million road and sidewalk improvement project. The other $493,291 will come from Rebuild...

A 29-year-old rural Kell man has been sentenced to five years in prison after his probation was revoked on a possession of under five grams of methamphetamine conviction. Kerry Whipple of Carter Road ...

One person was injured in a single car crash on the Nation Road near the Sands Road intersection south of Salem Wednesday morning. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say a 17-year-old male juvenile from...

(By: Steven Stilt) While no formal action was taken on the topic during Tuesday's Wamac City Council meeting, city officials discussed the possibility of the Centralia Moose Lodge using a concessions ...