Category Archives: Local News
Two graduate from Marion County Drug Court
Two participants in the Marion County Drug Court Program graduated on Friday. They are 49-year-old Charles Hamburg of East 13th in Centralia and 56-year-old Timothy Lusch of Centralia. Hamburg was pla...
Feb 04, 2023
Two charged after alleged burglary broken up in progress
Two Centralia men have been charged in Marion County Court with attempted burglary and possession of burglary tools. 31-year-old Stephen Bryant, who told authorities he was homeless, and 41-year-old C...
Feb 04, 2023 Christopher Frakes (left) and Stephen Bryant (right)
Centralia man charged with felony weapons charge
A 36-year-old Centralia man has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. Jeremy Phelps of North Marion in Centralia faces at least a two-year prison term up to ten years in prison...
Feb 04, 2023 Marion County Courthouse with old flag poles that have now been removed due to structural problems.
Police recruits now have to take a course on avoiding wrongful convictions
With the start of the new year, all police recruits in Illinois will have to take a course on avoiding wrongful convictions. This is a new requirement but was developed several years ago and used by M...
Feb 04, 2023
Police Beat for Saturday, February 4th, 2023
A 44-year-old rural Kell man was taken to the Marion County Jail on an outstanding failure to appear misdemeanor warrant on a battery conviction. James Garner was being held in lieu of a $2,500 bond. ...
Feb 04, 2023
Little construction in Centralia in January
There were only four building permits issued in the City of Centralia during January and they totaled only $8,000. The largest permit was for a sign for a business at 806 South Poplar requested by Kel...
Feb 04, 2023
Wamac mobile home receives bathroom damage in fire
A fire at a mobile home in Wamac Wednesday afternoon was confined to a bathroom. Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera says the fire at the mobile home in the Brookside Mobile Home Par...
Feb 03, 2023 Centralia District Firemen at a bathroom fire at a mobile home in Brookside Mobile Home Park. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Police Beat for Friday, February 3rd, 2023
Salem Police arrested a 36-year-old Centralia man for unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon and unlawful use of a weapon after they received a report of an employee at a business having a gun. Re...
Feb 03, 2023
Two arrested after a burglary broken up in progress
Two Centralia residents were arrested after a burglary to a shed in rural Central City was broken up in progress. 32-year-old Stephen Bryant of North Cherry and 41-year-old Christopher Frakes of East ...
Feb 03, 2023
Marion County second in oil production in Illinois again in 2022
While total oil production was down, Marion County remained the number two oil producing county in Illinois in 2022. The figures tabulated by the Illinois Petroleum Resource Board show the county prod...
Feb 03, 2023
