Category Archives: Local News
State Police release more details on three traffic crashes on I-57 south of Kinmundy on Tuesday
State Police have released further details on three related traffic crashes on I-57 south of the Kinmundy exit on Tuesday. The first crash occurred at 6:50 Tuesday morning when the driver of a semi ra...
Aug 17, 2022 A semi unable to slow for traffic on I-57 south of the Kinmundy exit hits a car and another truck forcing the second truck into a third semi.
Centralia Lake to be treated with Algaecide on Thursday
Lake Centralia will once again be treated with Algaecide on Thursday. City Manager Kory Smith says with continued warm air and water temperatures, the city will once again be applying a commercial alg...
Aug 17, 2022 NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Centralia man gets three years in prison after pleading guilty to reduced charge of robbery
A 22-year-old Centralia man has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of robbery in connection with an April incident in Foundation Park where $270 cash and a debit card were stolen from a 65-year-old Sa...
Aug 17, 2022
Salem Fire Protection District observing 130th Anniversary Wednesday
The Salem Fire Protection District is observing its 130th anniversary of its beginning as a fire service agency on Wednesday. It began with one man, a Mr. Jones whose duty was to patrol the city at ni...
Aug 17, 2022 Salem's second fire vehicle, a horse drawn wagon.
Scooters Coffee Drive Thrus coming to Salem, Centralia, Mt. Vernon, and Vandalia
Scooters Coffee Drive Thru's are coming to Salem, Centralia, Mt. Vernon, Vandalia and two other communities. Rachel Wallace who owns many of the Subway Restaurants in the area along with the Best West...
Aug 17, 2022 Scooters Coffee Drive Thru (Scooters Facebook Page)
Salem man gets 12 year prison term for predatory criminal sexual assault
A 21-year-old Salem man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for predatory criminal sexual assault. Dustin Peach had entered a guilty plea to the Class X charge in April in exchange for three chil...
Aug 17, 2022
Clinton County Health Department confirming mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile Virus
The Clinton County Health Department has confirmed the first mosquitoes to test positive for West Nile virus. The positive batches were collected on August 15th from rural Trenton, Germantown, and Bar...
Aug 16, 2022 dr_relling / CC
Centralia announces conditional appointment of new police chief
Centralia City Manager W. Kory Smith has announced the conditional appointment has been offered to Christopher Locke to serve as Centralia's Police Chief. He is currently the Police Chief of Fairview ...
Aug 16, 2022
Southbound I-57 reopened north of Salem following multi-vehicle crash
Three people were injured in a four-vehicle chain reaction collision crash on Southbound I-57 that closed the southbound lanes at mile marker 124 eight miles north of the Salem exit for several hours....
Aug 16, 2022 A semi unable to slow for traffic on I-57 south of the Kinmundy exit hits a car and another truck forcing the second truck into a third semi.
Police Beat for Tuesday, August 16th, 2022
A 42-year-old Sandoval man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for violation of bail bond. Curtis Scott of Nebraska Avenue in Sandoval was taken to the Marion County Jail. 28-year-ol...
Aug 16, 2022