Category Archives: Local News
Odin fireman called to pickup truck fire
The Odin Fire Protection District was called Friday to the 500 block of Hickory Street in Odin where a 2000 Chevrolet pickup truck caught fire. Jennifer Watson was driving the truck at the time the fi...
Jul 08, 2023 Odin firemen fight fire in pickup truck on Friday.
Centralia man graduates from Marion County Drug Court
A 37-year-old Centralia man has graduated from Marion County Drug Court. Blake Miller of Fulton Road in Centralia had charges of residential burglary and a petition to revoke his probation on a posses...
Jul 08, 2023
Illinois and 9 other states plan to sue EPA over standards for residential wood-burning stoves
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Attorneys general from 10 states plan to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, saying its failure to review and ensure emissions standards for residential wood-burning st...
Jul 08, 2023 zeevveez / CC
Police Beat for Tuesday, July 7th, 2023
Centralia Police have arrested a 29-year-old Centralia man for unlawful use of a weapon and driving on a suspended license. Derrick Nixon of Howard Street was taken to the Marion County Jail pending a...
Jul 07, 2023
Three of Salem's five outdoor warning sirens currently not operating
Three of Salem's five outdoor warning sirens currently are not working. Emergency Management Agency Coordinator Andrew Strong says the siren in Bryan Memorial Park did not sound during the June test. ...
Jul 07, 2023 Lake Street tornado siren. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem Firemen put out multiple fires along Route 37 south of Salem
The Salem Fire Protection District put out multiple grass fires along the east side of Route 37 from Church to Sassafras Roads late Thursday afternoon. Salem Assistant Fire Chief Bill Fulton says all ...
Jul 07, 2023
Centralia man gets two year prison term on meth conviction
A 31-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court Thursday to unlawful possession of under five grams of methamphetamine. Scott Anderso...
Jul 07, 2023
Rains come in time to prevent extensive crop damage
Marion-Clinton County Farm Bureau Manager Brad Conant says the rains last Thursday through Saturday came in time to prevent serious damage to the corn and soybean crops. The area had moved into the mo...
Jul 07, 2023 Corn crop south of Salem last July. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
State reaches tentative contract agreement with AFSCME
Governor JB Pritzker says he's pleased to have tentative contract agreement with the state's largest employee union....AFSCME. Details of the contract won't be released until AFSCME members review and...
Jul 07, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Centralia man receives eight years in prison on drug charges
32-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to a total of eight years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court on Wednesday to a methamphetamine charge and having his drug court probati...
Jul 06, 2023