Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Wednesday, December 24th, 2025
Centralia Police have arrested a 47-year-old Centralia man for violation of pre-trial release. Emanuel Neal of Cormick Street was taken to the Marion County Jail to await further court action. Central...
Dec 24, 2025
One person injured in U.S. 50 crash east of Iuka early Tuesday night
A 22-year-old Sandoval woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 50 east of Iuka early Tuesday night. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Alicia Cox of Old U.S. 51 was traveling eastbound on U...
Dec 24, 2025
Salem Presbyterian Church to Continue Free Annual Christmas Fellowship Dinner
Don't spend the holiday alone! The Salem Presbyterian Church will continue its tradition of providing its annual Christmas Fellowship Dinner at noon on Christmas Day. One of the organizers, Amy Telfor...
Dec 23, 2025 Past Christmas Day Dinner at the Salem Presbyterian Church. Photo by Jordan Smith.
Supreme Court keeps Trump's National Guard deployment blocked in the Chicago area, for now
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area to support its immigration...
Dec 23, 2025 With the Supreme Court Building under renovations, the justices hear oral arguments on President Donald Trump's push to expand control over independent federal agencies, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Pope disappointed over approval of assisted suicide legislation in his home state of Illinois
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) - Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday he was "very disappointed" that his home state of Illinois had approved a law allowing for medically assist...
Dec 23, 2025 Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists as he leaves the Castel Gandolfo residence to head to the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Centralia Police to work with TASC to get services to homeless people
The Centralia Police Department has announced they will be working with TASC, Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities, to try and provide services to the homeless in the community. The TASC Deflec...
Dec 23, 2025
President's decision to give some federal workers extra days off for Christmas does not include post offices
U.S. Post Offices will not be closed any additional days as a result of President Trump giving some federal workers extra days off on Wednesday and Friday for the Christmas holidays. An official at th...
Dec 23, 2025 Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos / CC
Police beat for Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025
Salem Police arrested a 40-year-old Salem woman, Angeleen Williams of Salem Mobile Home Park, on an outstanding Jefferson County warrant for failure to appear on a possession of controlled substance c...
Dec 23, 2025
Powerball jackpot up to $1.7 Billion for Christmas Eve
The Powerball jackpot has soared to $1.7 billion for Wednesday night's drawing. If won, this jackpot would become the fourth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. While no one matched all six numbers...
Dec 23, 2025
DOJ sues Illinois' governor over laws protecting immigrants at courthouses and hospitals
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Monday against Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker over new state laws aimed at protecting immigrants at courthous...
Dec 23, 2025 Law enforcement standoff with protesters outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
