Category Archives: Local News

An early Saturday morning fire has caused minor damage to a Salem home. Salem Fire Protection District officials say the fire was at the Christy Spencer home at 1514 South College. The fire that had s...

Salem Police have arrested 24-year-old Mason Becker of Julia Drive in Salem for motor vehicle theft. He was released from the Marion County Jail on a notice to appear when taken to Salem Township Hosp...

A vacant home scheduled for demolition was destroyed in an early Friday morning fire in Wamac. Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera says the home at 101 Wall was fully engulfed in fla...

Kell Firemen report five acres of a cut cornfield on the southeast corner of State Route 161 and Medlin Road, east of Centralia, burned early Thursday afternoon. The fire apparently started when ember...

A Winter Storm Weather Advisory goes into effect at midnight Friday night and continues through midnight Saturday night. Two to four inches of snow is expected to begin early Saturday morning. Here is...

A vacant home on the north side of Mt. Vernon is most likely a total loss following a Thanksgiving morning fire. Jefferson Fire reported flames and smoke upon arrival at the home owned by Steve Jones ...

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for northeast Missouri and west central Illinois that includes parts of the St. Louis metro area for Friday night into Saturday evening. Ac...

The American Red Cross is honoring three employees of Nots Logistics in Nashville for springing into action to assist a coworker who collapsed during a medical emergency. Curtis Matlock, Bernard Dickn...

State Police report two accidents involving semi trucks and cars in the construction zone on northbound I-57 south of Mt. Vernon, Wednesday night. The first crash occurred at milepost 88 when a semi h...

A 33-year-old Sandoval man was taken into custody at the Marion County Courthouse on Wednesday after being sentenced to 60 days in court for direct criminal contempt of court. William Eagan of Jeffers...