Category Archives: Local News
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
Police Beat for Monday, May 8th, 2023
A 22-year-old Salem man has been arrested on a no bond St. Louis County, Missouri warrant. Ivan Weibrecht of North Marion was taken into custody by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies on Sunday and taken...
May 08, 2023
Alma holds Annual Consignment Auction
Alma Mayor Russell Swift was pleased with the turnout for the village's annual Consignment Auction held on Saturday. Several streets were lined with flatbed trucks full of items for the sale and more ...
May 08, 2023 The crowd gathers around one of the auctioneers at the Alma Consignment Auction on Saturday. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Wagon Train moves through Salem Saturday
It wasn't the usual sight in Salem on Saturday. A wagon train consisting of six covered wagons, along with horse and mule riders, made their way through town surprising motorists and those living alon...
May 08, 2023 The wagon trains gather in an open field near the Red Dog Saloon while moving around the Salem area during a Saturday fund raiser. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
City of Salem seeking citizen input as they begin new strategic plan
The City of Salem is beginning work on a 2024 Strategic Plan. The city's new Director of Economic Development Leah Dellicarpini is heading the process. "We've put together a strategic planning team co...
May 08, 2023 Salem Economic Development Director Leah Dellicarpini.
Centralia City Council gets two new members Monday night
The Centralia City Council gets two new members when it reorganizes Monday night following the April 4th election. Isreal 'Izzy' Fontanez and Barri Allen will be seated to four-year terms, replacing R...
May 08, 2023
About 60 kids attend Emergency Response Day at Salem Elks
About 60 kids plus their parents attended the Salem Elk's first-ever Youth Week Emergency Responders Day held in the Elk's parking lot on Thursday. Salem Mayor Nic Farley presented a proclamation decl...
May 07, 2023 Salem Fireman Michael Gaston lets one of the attendees at the Salem Elk's Youth Day Emergency Response Day try on some fire equipment.
South Locust Street Historic Fair draws another big crowd
The South Locust Street Historic Fair in Centralia drew another big crowd this year. While the weather had been a question mark for Saturday all week, Centralia Community Development Director Gayla Ha...
May 07, 2023 A look down the 100 and 200 blocks of South Locust Street during the 2023 Historic South Locust Street Fair. Photo taken by the Centralia Fire Department from an aerial truck holding the US flag.
