Category Archives: Local News
Centralia BPW Will Hold Equal Pay Day Rally on Saturday
Centralia Business and Professional Women are having an Equal Pay Day Rally on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Centralia American Legion. City Manager Galen Mahle will speak at the event along with other spe...
Mar 06, 2026
New Part-Time Centralia Firefighter Sworn In
Centralia has a new part-time firefighter. Brandon Beaver was sworn in by Centralia City Clerk Kim Enke during a ceremony at city hall Thursday afternoon. Beaver is a 2014 graduate of Centralia High S...
Mar 06, 2026 Brandon Beaver is sworn in as a Centralia City firefighter. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Salem Man Gets 12 Year Prison Term for Criminal Sexual Assault
A 43-year-old Salem man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court on Thursday to criminal sexual assault. Alejandro Maines-Sosa of North Broadway admitted t...
Mar 06, 2026
Mt. Vernon Man Gets Ten Years for Residential Arson
A 71-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been sentenced in Jefferson County Court to ten years in prison for residential arson. Larry Moss admitted to setting a fire in an apartment complex in the 1100 block ...
Mar 06, 2026 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Juvenile Held for Fight at Menta School That Led to Injury to Another Student
A 17-year-old juvenile has been ordered detained after being charged in Marion County Court with multiple offenses in connection with a Wednesday fight at the Menta Academy and later leading Wamac Pol...
Mar 06, 2026
Mt. Vernon Woman Gets Five Year Sentence on Drug Delivery Charges
A 31-year-old Mt. Vernon woman has been sentenced in Jefferson County Court to five years in prison on a petition to revoke his probation for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful d...
Mar 06, 2026 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Salem to Begin Spring Leaf Collection Service March 16th
The City of Salem will begin its spring leaf collection service on the week of March 16th. The pickup will continue through March 27th. The Public Works Department makes every effort to complete one c...
Mar 06, 2026 Chris Barber / CC
Police Beat for Friday, March 6th, 2026
Two people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Thursday for separate domestic battery cases. 41-year-old Lindsey Price of East 3rd in Kell was arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies and 47-y...
Mar 06, 2026
Centralia Woman Ticketed Following Roll Over Crash on Airport Road in Centralia
A 29-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for alleged driving under the influence after her car rolled over in a crash on the 600 block of Airport Road just outside of Centralia early Friday morning....
Mar 06, 2026
This weekend's US clock change is a problem, and there's a deep divide on how to fix it
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Clocks will skip ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday for daylight saving time in most of the U.S., creating a 23-hour day that throws off sleep schedules, plunges early-...
Mar 06, 2026 FILE- Chuck Roeser, right, and Don Bugh set the time forward on the historic clock tower atop the Dallas County Courthouse, March 7, 2024, in Dallas. The mechanical clock built in 1890 requires hand lubrication and reseting twice a year with daylight saving time. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
