Category Archives: Local News
Centralia City Council Looks at Connecting New Airport Road-Country Club Road Sidewalks with Downtown
The Centralia City Council is looking at connecting the new sidewalks on Airport and Country Club Roads to the downtown area. A resolution is on the Tuesday night city council agenda for a professiona...
May 26, 2026
Police Beat for Tuesday, May 26th, 2026
Centralia Police have arrested a Centralia man on Monday for alleged domestic battery and interfering with the reporting of a domestic battery. Dustin Minor of Perrine Street was taken to the Marion C...
May 26, 2026
Bill regulating powerful AI models advances as advocates say it's only the first step
The measure aims to increase transparency and safety protocols around 'frontier' AI Article Summary A bill that seeks to regulate the most powerful artificial intelligence models passed the Illinois S...
May 26, 2026 State Sen. Mary Edly-Allen, the bill’s sponsor, speaks on the Senate floor May 20. Edly-Allen’s bill seeks to regulate the most advanced forms of AI models. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Sergeant Ian King Named Salem's New Deputy Police Chief
Salem Police Chief Tyler Rose has named Sergeant Ian King as the department's new Deputy Chief. King first joined the Salem Police Department in 2019 and became a sergeant last April. He worked at the...
May 26, 2026 Ian King when being sworn in as Police Sergeant in April 2025 by Salem Mayor Nic Farley.
2026 Centralia Memorial Day Service held at American Legion Post #446
A Memorial Day service was held in Centralia this past Memorial Day at the American Legion Post #446. The ceremony began with a Posting of the American Flag colors. Following the flag colors, Scout Ve...
May 25, 2026
Trash Pickup One Day Late in Salem this week; on Regular Schedule in Centralia
Residential trash pickup in Salem will run one day late this week, with no pickup on Monday, Memorial Day. Salem City offices will also be closed for the holiday. In Centralia, garage pickup will be o...
May 24, 2026
One Room of Salem Home Damaged in Early Sunday morning Fire
A short in the cord of a floor lamp apparently started a fire in the living room of a Salem home early Sunday morning. Salem Assistant Fire Chief Bill Fulton says the smoky fire was at the Michael Mas...
May 24, 2026 Salem Police Officer Brett Niepoetter with dog he helped get out of home during smoky early Sunday morning fire.
Mt. Vernon man dies from injuries sustained when struck by a pickup truck
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department reports a 40-year-old Mt. Vernon man was killed from injuries sustained when hit by a pickup truck on Wednesday night while walking on the 8300 block of North...
May 24, 2026
Police Beat for Sunday May 24th, 2026
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 26-year-old Jordan Rinehart of Brubaker Road in Salem for domestic battery and aggravated assault. He was taken to the Marion County Jail await further court ...
May 24, 2026
A decade after Standing Rock protests, contentious segment of Dakota Access oil pipeline gets OK
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Federal officials on Thursday gave final approval for the Dakota Access oil pipeline to continue operating its contentious Missouri River crossing, ...
May 24, 2026 FILE - A sign for the Dakota Access Pipeline is seen north of Cannonball, N.D. and the Standing Rock Reservation on May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
