Category Archives: Local News
Wagon Train moves through Salem Saturday
It wasn't the usual sight in Salem on Saturday. A wagon train consisting of six covered wagons, along with horse and mule riders, made their way through town surprising motorists and those living alon...
May 08, 2023 The wagon trains gather in an open field near the Red Dog Saloon while moving around the Salem area during a Saturday fund raiser. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
City of Salem seeking citizen input as they begin new strategic plan
The City of Salem is beginning work on a 2024 Strategic Plan. The city's new Director of Economic Development Leah Dellicarpini is heading the process. "We've put together a strategic planning team co...
May 08, 2023 Salem Economic Development Director Leah Dellicarpini.
Centralia City Council gets two new members Monday night
The Centralia City Council gets two new members when it reorganizes Monday night following the April 4th election. Isreal 'Izzy' Fontanez and Barri Allen will be seated to four-year terms, replacing R...
May 08, 2023
About 60 kids attend Emergency Response Day at Salem Elks
About 60 kids plus their parents attended the Salem Elk's first-ever Youth Week Emergency Responders Day held in the Elk's parking lot on Thursday. Salem Mayor Nic Farley presented a proclamation decl...
May 07, 2023 Salem Fireman Michael Gaston lets one of the attendees at the Salem Elk's Youth Day Emergency Response Day try on some fire equipment.
South Locust Street Historic Fair draws another big crowd
The South Locust Street Historic Fair in Centralia drew another big crowd this year. While the weather had been a question mark for Saturday all week, Centralia Community Development Director Gayla Ha...
May 07, 2023 A look down the 100 and 200 blocks of South Locust Street during the 2023 Historic South Locust Street Fair. Photo taken by the Centralia Fire Department from an aerial truck holding the US flag.
Kaskaskia College marks 10th anniversary of Veterans Memorial
Kaskaskia College marked the 10th Anniversary of the Jim Beasley Veterans Memorial on the main college campus by remembering committee members who have passed away. A balloon was released for each of ...
May 07, 2023 The ceremony held Friday to remember those who have passed involved in the Jim Beasley Veterans Tribute on its tenth anniversary. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Centralia man arrested after allegedly firing gunshot inside home
A 30-year-old Centralia man has been arrested on weapons and drug charges after allegedly threatening to shoot himself and another person in the home before firing a single shot inside his home. Patri...
May 07, 2023
Police Beat for Sunday, May 7th, 2023
A 26-year-old Odin man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for alleged domestic battery. Terry Sliger of Farthing Road was taken to the Marion County Jail. 49-year-old Jewel Harris o...
May 07, 2023
Chicago police officer fatally shot after working her shift
CHICAGO (AP) - An off-duty Chicago police officer was shot and killed early Saturday as she headed home on the city's Southside after her shift. The officer was shot about 1:42 a.m. in the city's Aval...
May 07, 2023 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
Fire heavily damages Central City mobile home
Fire heavily damaged a Central City mobile home on Friday afternoon. Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera says the occupant of the mobile home at 322 North Park had left the home a sh...
May 06, 2023 FIre burned one end of a mobile on Park Street in Central City Friday afternoon, while the entire home sustained heavy smoke and heat damage. Photo by Brady Toennies.