Category Archives: Local News
Centralia issues $244,552 in building permits in March
The City of Centralia issued 15 building permits totaling $244,552 during the month of March. The largest permit was an $80,000 permit for construction of a new home issued to Preston Johannes at 634 ...
Apr 08, 2023
Home destroyed by fire in Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon Firemen say a small two story home was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon. Fire officials say no one was at home at the residence at 706 South 25th Street when the fire was discovered aroun...
Apr 08, 2023
Lawn mower destroyed by fire in rural Odin
A lawn mower caught leaves on fire Friday afternoon at a rural Odin home which in turn caught the lawn mower on fire, destroying it. Odin Fire Chief Greg Smith says the fire was at the Howard Owens pr...
Apr 08, 2023 Leaf fire sets lawn mower on fire at rural Odin home.
Police Beat for Saturday, April 8th, 2023
Wamac Police have arrested a 25-year-old Centralia man for possession of another person's debit or credit card. Johnny Skurat of South Maple was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a decision on ...
Apr 08, 2023
Save the date: One year until total solar eclipse sweeps US including Southern Illinois
NEW YORK (AP) - Just one year from now, a total solar eclipse will sweep across North America. The eclipse will slice a diagonal line across 13 states in the U.S., from Texas through Maine. Parts of M...
Apr 08, 2023 FILE - This combination of photos shows the path of the sun during a total eclipse by the moon Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, near Redmond, Ore. It’s only a year until a total solar eclipse sweeps across North America. On April 8, 2024, the moon will cast its shadow across a stretch of the U.S., Mexico and Canada, plunging millions of people into midday darkness. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Go forward with Ochoa': Madigan kept pressure on ComEd for key board appointment
Jury hears more wiretapped calls, from Ochoa himself as feds wind down their arguments By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - When Juan Ochoa was appointed to t...
Apr 08, 2023 The Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Hannah Meisel)
Mainer pleads guilty to charge in alleged mosque attack plot
BANGOR, Maine (AP) - A 19-year-old accused of making homemade explosives and plotting to attack a mosque in the Chicago area pleaded guilty Friday to providing material support to terrorists. Xavier P...
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Retired Centralia Fire Chief Mike Kracht passes away
Retired Centralia Fire Chief Mike Kracht has passed away. Kracht was a 24 year member of the department. He began his career in June 1988, was promoted to Lieutenant in November 1999 and promoted to f...
Apr 07, 2023
Three formally charged in Marion County Court Thursday with felony drug offenses
Bond was set at $100,000 for a 42-year-old Salem man who was formally charged in Marion County Court on Thursday with a Class X charge of possession of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine with intent t...
Apr 07, 2023 Curtis Holstlaw
Two face drug charges following west side Centralia traffic stop
A Salem man and a Centralia man both face drug charges following a traffic stop on West McCord Street in Centralia early Wednesday morning. Centralia Police arrested both the driver, 30-year-old Jerem...
Apr 07, 2023
