Category Archives: Local News
Five acres of woods burn in fire southeast of Centralia
Five acres of woods burned in a fire in the 600 block of Burge Road southeast of Centralia Tuesday afternoon. Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera said the fire had spread from a stic...
Apr 12, 2023 file photo
Police Beat for Wednesday, April 12th, 2023
A 47-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by a Marion County Sheriff's Deputy on an outstanding St. Clair County warrant. Clinton Bradley of North Locust was taken to the county jail where he was ...
Apr 12, 2023
Salem woman refuses hospital treatment following Green Street Road crash
A 23-year-old Salem woman refused hospital treatment following a single vehicle crash on the Green Street Road near Westline Road early Wednesday morning. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Kaylee H...
Apr 12, 2023
Marion County Board hears of Moose Annex Cleanup
The Marion County Board received an update Tuesday night on a cleanup of the Moose Annex building that had been filled with broken furniture and other junk that had led to earlier consideration of the...
Apr 12, 2023 Marion County Board Vice-Char Dr. Creighton Engel and Chair Debbie Smith.
Top Madigan foot soldier testifies he didn't work for $4,500 monthly checks
Political worker had contract passed around between multiple ComEd lobbyists By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - After spending two decades giving up most of...
Apr 12, 2023 Ed Moody, a former political operative of former House Speaker Michael Madigan, took the witness stand in the "ComEd Four" bribery trial Tuesday, testifying for the prosecution after having been granted immunity. (Capitol News Illinois illustration; Moody photo from trial evidence, courthouse photo by Hannah Meisel)
Marion County State's Attorney Tim Hudspeth joins 32 other SA's seeking to have Assault Weapons Ban struck down
Marion County State's Attorney Tim Hudspeth has joined 32 other Illinois counties in filing a 'friend of the court' brief asking the Illinois Supreme Court to strike down the state's so-called Assault...
Apr 11, 2023 Marion County State's Attorney Tim Hudspeth.
Salem arrest two for curfew violations in area damaged by tornado
Salem Police have given city ordinance violation tickets for curfew violations to two homeless Salem residents. 39-year-old Quinton Nix and 41-year-old Jacklyn Tate were spotted in the area of the tor...
Apr 11, 2023
Police Beat for Tuesday, April 11th, 2023
A 29-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for criminal damage to state supported property. Britt McCray of Cormick Street was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a decisio...
Apr 11, 2023
Centralia Youth Center improvements at center of disagreement with city
Centralia Youth Center Executive Director Herb Williams isn't happy the city will not let Mission Centralia building a ramp at the front of the building to allow the center free of charge to become AD...
Apr 11, 2023 Centralia Community Center Executive Director Herb Williams (file photo)
Centralia Mayor declares Tuesday as Master Sergeant Merritt Leroy Wynn Day in Centralia
Centralia Mayor Bryan Kuder has declared April 11th as Master Sergeant Merritt Leroy Wynn Day in Centralia. Wynn was killed in action in North Korea in 1950, but his remains were only identified late ...
Apr 11, 2023 One of Master Sergeant Merritt Leroy Wynn's last direct relatives Melva Bledsoe accepts a proclamation declaring Tuesday as Master Sergeant Merritt Leroy Wynn Day in Centralia from Mayor Brian Kuder and the city council. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
