Category Archives: Local News
Over 180 graduate at Centralia High School on Sunday
Centralia High School honored the Class of 2024 at its graduation ceremony on Sunday. Trout Arena was packed full of seniors' friends and families present to celebrate the achievements of the graduati...
May 20, 2024 Centralia High School students get diplomas during Sunday graduation. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Centralia Police make arrest in connection with Friday street fight
Centralia Police have arrested a 13-year-old Centralia juvenile boy for aggravated battery in a public place in connection with a Friday night street fight. Police say the 13-year-old Centralia girl w...
May 20, 2024
Fire destroys rural Bluford doublewide mobile home
Fire destroyed a rural Bluford doublewide mobile home early Monday morning. Bluford Fire Chief Marty Archer says the mobile home at 15,332 North Seagull Lane west of Bluford was fully engulfed in flam...
May 20, 2024 liz west / CC
Marion County Sheriff's Department seeking motorcyclist who crashed north of Kell
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is looking for the operator of a motorcycle that crashed when missing the t-intersection at the end of Heinzmann Road at the intersection with the Route 161 Exte...
May 20, 2024
Salem City Council Monday night to be asked to award bids on street and gas line improvements
The Salem City Council Monday night will be asked to award bids on street and natural gas line replacement work for the summer months. The council is being asked to award a $371,300 bid to Rooters Ame...
May 20, 2024
First Ralph Mirka Day a success at Salem Leckrone Field
More than 60 received free airplane rides and others came out to watch the plane during the first ever Ralph Mirka Day held at Salem Leckrone Field. Airport Manager Bob Tate says perfect flying weathe...
May 20, 2024 Ride plane comes in for a landing during Ralph Mirka Day at Salem Leckrone Field on Saturday. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Monday, May 20th, 2024
A 33-year-old homeless Centralia man was arrested and taken to the Marion County Jail by Centralia Police on Sunday on two Peoria County warrants. Michael Tucker is being held without bond on the traf...
May 20, 2024
Street light pole crashes down in Main and Broadway wreck in Salem
One driver was injured in an early Sunday morning crash at Main and Broadway in Salem that ended with a street light pole at the corner being struck and knocked into the intersection. Salem Police say...
May 19, 2024
Pre-Need Contract Hotline available for those with arrangements through former Moran Queen-Boggs Funeral Home
The Illinois Comptroller's Office has made arrangements with the now closed Moran Queen-Boggs Funeral Home to have its pre-need funeral records moved to a licensed pre-need funeral provider. The move ...
May 19, 2024 Moran Queen Boggs Funeral Home in downtown Centralia. Photo: Funeral Home's website.
Jury finds Chicago police officer not guilty in girlfriend's 2021 shooting death
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago police officer has been acquitted in the 2021 fatal shooting of a woman who was the mother of his child. A Cook County jury on Friday found Pierre Tyler, 32, not guilty of fir...
May 19, 2024 Blogtrepreneur / CC
