Category Archives: Local News
Explosion, fire at Archer Daniels Midland facility in Illinois injures 8 employees
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - An explosion and fire at an Archer Daniels Midland facility in Illinois injured eight employees and sent a tower of smoke into the air Sunday evening, officials said Monday. The e...
Sep 11, 2023
Tri-County Electric awarding classroom grants to eight teachers
The Tri-County Electric Cooperative has announced once again this year they will be awarding eight teachers $500 classroom grants. The grants are for classroom and education enhancement projects. The ...
Sep 11, 2023 Tri County Electric Cooperative headquarters in Mt. Vernon. (Photo by Bruce Kropp)
Ground broken on new health sciences building at SIUE
Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville is getting a new 105-million-dollar health sciences building. The state-of-the-art facility will connect existing buildings, bringing together the schools ...
Sep 10, 2023
Salem man arrested after stolen car crashes on Racetrack Road
A 27-year-old Salem man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for alleged theft of a motor vehicle and theft from a motor vehicle. Deputies say Shane Parker of South College was found ...
Sep 10, 2023
Police Beat for Sunday, September 10th, 2023
Two people were brought to the Marion County Jail on Saturday following separate domestic battery arrests. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 22-year-old Cameron Deadmond of Arizona Street in S...
Sep 10, 2023
Most of Marion County returns to normal soil moisture levels
The US Drought Monitor weekly update shows all of Marion County except a very small area in the southwest corner that includes Centralia is out of the abnormally dry conditions and has returned to nor...
Sep 09, 2023
Police Beat for Saturday, September 9th, 2023
Centralia Police have arrested 41-year-old Robert Poe of South Poplar in Centralia for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. He was taken to the Marion County Jail. Centralia Police ar...
Sep 09, 2023
Farina man injured in single-vehicle crash south of Forbes State Park
A 53-year-old Farina man was injured in a one-vehicle crash on Steavers Road near Foster Road southeast of Forbes State Park early Saturday morning. Initial information from the Marion County Sheriff'...
Sep 09, 2023
Centralia man charged with felony resisting a peace officer
A 31-year-old Centralia man has been charged with felony resisting/obstructing a peace officer after allegedly kicking a garage door down on a Centralia Police Officer's arm. Centralia Police say they...
Sep 09, 2023
Two face new felony drug charges
Two people have been charged in Marion County Court with unlawful possession of less than five grams of methamphetamine. 53-year-old Anjela Briones of South Sycamore in Centralia was arrested during a...
Sep 09, 2023
