Category Archives: Local News

The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to implement a two-percent surcharge for those who pay their city utility bills via credit or debit cards. Until now, the city has been accepting ...

Salem Police have arrested a 33-year-old homeless Salem woman for possession of methamphetamine and on an outstanding Marion County felony warrant on a criminal trespass to residence conviction. Nicol...

Please be advised that a boil order has been issued for the entire Village of Iuka due to the major waterline break on the Northeast Marion County Water Company and will remain in effect until further...

A 76-year-old Mt. Vernon woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Route 37 at Kell Road early Saturday afternoon. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say a car driven by Marilyn McPheeters of East Vio...

A 48-year-old Mt. Vernon woman was injured when a semi-truck turning from West Main onto Missouri Avenue cut the corner too short and ran over the rear of a car waiting at the stop sign on Missouri Av...

A 33-year-old Central City woman was arrested by Central City Police Saturday night for alleged possession of a controlled substance, aggravated fleeing and eluding police, and driving on a suspended/...

Both Marion County Sheriff's Deputies and Odin Police are investigating the theft of all-terrain vehicles. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating the theft of a 2023 Polaris Northstar from...

The Salem Fire Protection District was called out three times on Saturday, including a fire that destroyed a light and a child's electric jeep. Firemen report the call was at the Jarrod Burner residen...

By MELINA WALLING and ISABELLA O'MALLEY CHICAGO (AP) - Natural disasters can be dramatic - barreling hurricanes, building-toppling tornadoes - but heat is more deadly. Chicago learned that the hard wa...

CHICAGO (AP) - An SUV traveling the wrong way along a Chicago lakefront road collided with a city bus Sunday morning, killing one of the SUV's passengers and injuring 15 other people, authorities said...