Category Archives: Local News
Rural Kinmundy man hurt in ATV wreck
A 56-year-old rural Kinmundy man was found unconscious under his overturned ATV on a trail off the 7900 block of Sinclair Road in rural Kinmundy early Sunday evening. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies ...
May 15, 2023
Walnut Hill woman receives apparent minor injuries in crash on Walnut Hill Road
A 19-year-old Walnut Hill woman indicated she would seek medical treatment on her own following a single-vehicle crash Sunday night on Walnut Hill Road at the Main Street intersection in Walnut Hill. ...
May 15, 2023
Police Beat for Monday, May 15th, 2023
Centralia Police arrested 36-year-old Joshua Bourque of Jonquil Drive in Centralia for possession of methamphetamine. He was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a final decision on the filing of ...
May 15, 2023
Central City Home Center holds grand opening for large new store
The shuttered Central City Lumber Company has new life as the new Central City Home Center. A ribbon cutting and grand opening were held over the weekend. Owner Dan Ramey says he's glad the complex on...
May 15, 2023 Grand opening and ribbon cutting held for Central City Home center on Saturday. Photo by Pat Hodges.
US Marine Nicholas Kleiboeker remembered 20 years after his death in Iraq
Family and friends of US Marine Nicholas Kleiboeker was remembered 20 years after his death in Iraq at a gathering at the Odin Village Park on Saturday. An outdoor basketball court built in his memory...
May 15, 2023 Kleiboeker family gathers on the outdoor basketball court dedicated to Nic Kleiboeker over the weekend. Left to right front row: Sam Clark, James Clark, and Shane Clark; second row: Brittany Smith, Jennifer Marshall, Teresa Clark, Jessica Tabor, Patti Tate, and Sheryl Kleiboeker; third row: Hank Jourdan and Gary Kleiboeker. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
'Stamp Out Hunger' Food Drive results released for area cities
The US Postal Service mail carriers have released the results of the local 'Stamp Out Hunger' Food Drive results. Postal carriers in Salem collected a total of 650 pounds of food for the Salem Ministe...
May 15, 2023 Those helping with the Salem food collection show off what they collected on Saturday. Left to right: Heather Fontenez, Isreal Fontenez III, Jake Johnson, Christian Worrells, Hollie Frazier, Grayson Frazier, Andy Inlow, Travis Sanders and Isreal 'Izzy' Fontenez. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Centralia clears 10 people living in boarded up two story apartment house and will seek its demolition
Centralia Community Development Director Gayla Harting says various city departments participated last Thursday in clearing ten residents from a boarded-up two-story old apartment house without runnin...
May 15, 2023 Two story apartment house Centraia is now seeking permission to demolish. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Salem City Council to swear in new City Clerk and Patrolman
The Salem City Council Monday night will swear in current Economic Development Director Tabitha Meador as the new City Clerk and Assistant City Manager. Meador is replacing Bev Quinn who is retiring f...
May 15, 2023 Salem Police Chief Kyle Ambuehl with new patrolman Keith Austin Schoreck at his graduation from the police academy.
Flash Flood Warning Lifted: Heavy rains hit northern and central Marion County
Rain totals varied greatly across Marion County as a severe thunderstorm moved southeast through Southern Fayette County into the northern and central part of Marion County. Of rain totals so far, Pat...
May 14, 2023 Chelsea Gabriel / CC
Two Centralia women formally charged with burglary broken up in progress
Two Centralia women have been formally charged in Marion County Court with burglary. 42-year-old Aleshia Stein and 36-year-old Whitney Reynolds, both of Marilyn Avenue in Centralia, were arrested by M...
May 14, 2023 Whitney Reynolds and Aleshia Stein (Marion County Sheriff's Department)
