Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
Salem Police have arrested 22-year-old Cameron Ross of Frazier Street in Centralia for aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery. Police report Ross was involved in an altercation at a home on ...
May 10, 2023
Bond set at $15,000 for Centralia man charged with firing gun inside home
Bond has been set at $15,000 for a 30-year-old Centralia man who fired a gun inside his home Saturday morning. Patrick Flanigan of East Kerr Street was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm and...
May 09, 2023
Police Beat for Tuesday, May 9th, 2023
A 33-year-old Kinmundy woman was arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for criminal trespass to property after entering a car on the Law Enforcement Center's parking lot. Sheriff's officials sa...
May 09, 2023
State Police release more information on fatal officer-involved shooting near Woodlawn (2 pm update)
State Police have identified a man shot during an altercation with a State Trooper on Interstate 64 at milepost 72 near Woodlawn early Tuesday morning. He's 23-year-old Brandon Griffin of Albuquerque,...
May 09, 2023
Centralia City Council votes to take 'civility' pledge
The Centralia City Council has voted to take the 'civility' pledge. Centralia Mayor Bryan Kuder says the Illinois Municipal League is pushing the pledge. "What that does is essentially hold us to ensu...
May 09, 2023 Centralia Mayor Bryan Kuder.
Salem Police shoot suspect twice with bean bags when he comes towards them with a knife
Salem Police Chief Kyle Ambuehl said officers had to fire two bean bags at a man acting irrationally when he began coming towards them with a knife during an incident last Thursday. The firing of the ...
May 09, 2023
Centralia man arrested on numerous charges after series of incidents
A 29-year-old Centralia man faces numerous charges after initially jumping on the hood of a car, causing issues at two businesses, fighting two police officers, and causing a disturbance at SSM Health...
May 09, 2023
Centralia Police make another child pornography arrest
A 19-year-old Centralia man has been arrested for possession of child pornography. Brent Morris of East Calumet was taken into custody at his home Monday night following an investigation that began in...
May 09, 2023
Two new Centralia City Councilmen sworn in; Mayor Kuder begins 4-year term
The Centralia City Council reorganized Monday night, with two new councilmen being sworn into office along with Mayor Bryan Kuder who begins a new four-year term. Both incoming Councilman Isreal 'Izzy...
May 09, 2023 New Centralia City Council. Left to right: Jeff Castellari, Izzy Fontanez, Mayor Bryan Kuder, Barri Allen and Rob Jackson.
Centralia teen charged with nine counts of Class X child pornography
An 18-year-old Centralia man has been charged in Marion County Court with nine counts of Class X child pornography. In each of the counts, Brett Page of Edgebrook Lane is accused of transferring an im...
May 08, 2023
