Category Archives: Local News
February to rank among the warmest in history
Preliminary numbers are in and it looks like a mild February wrapped up a weak winter in Illinois. The statewide average temperature last month was 35 degrees. That's four degrees above normal says Il...
Mar 06, 2023 Les Chatfield / CC
USDA offering money for agriculture easements
Farmers can be paid for a guarantee that their farms never become subdivisions or factory sites and for flood-prone land being turned into wetlands. Assistant State Conservationist Paula Hingson says ...
Mar 06, 2023 EvelynGiggles / CC
Vacant home just outside of Mt. Vernon heavily damaged by fire
A vacant home at 8th and George in Mt. Vernon was heavily damaged by fire Saturday night. Jefferson Fire reports flames were shooting from the front porch upon their arrival. They learned a homeless m...
Mar 05, 2023 Zdenko Zivkovic / CC
Police Beat for Sunday, March 5th, 2023
A 34-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for aggravated domestic battery. Dietric Starks of McKee Street was taken to the Marion County Jail. 46-year-old Teddy Brown of West C...
Mar 05, 2023
Salem man arrested for January car burglary at SCHS
A 19-year-old Salem man being sought following a January car burglary at Salem Community High School was taken into custody Saturday night during a traffic stop in Centralia. Salem Police say Branden ...
Mar 05, 2023
Heavy rains cause flooding, strong winds down trees and cause minor damage
A strong storm system that crossed the country brought high winds and heavy rains to South Central Illinois on Friday. The Alma Weather Station recorded a top wind gust of 53 miles per hour at 3:22 Fr...
Mar 04, 2023 A carport is blown up in the air in Odin during the strong winds Friday afternoon.
Bond set at $75,000 for Salem man charged in connection with stabbing and shooting
A 19-year-old Salem man was formally charged in Marion County Court on Friday with aggravated battery and defacing identification marks of a firearm serial number following an early morning altercatio...
Mar 04, 2023
Centralia man receives two-year prison term on drug conviction
A 21-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to possession of under five grams of methamphetamine and a petition to revoke his pro...
Mar 04, 2023
Marion County increases to medium community level of COVID-19
Marion County has increased to the medium community level of COVID-19. The weekly tracker report from the CDC shows the county had 90 confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Wedn...
Mar 04, 2023
Police Beat for Saturday, March 4th, 2023
A 19-year-old East St. Louis man has been arrested by Centralia Police for aggravated assault, unlawful use of weapons, and armed habitual criminal. Demonte Agnew was taken to the Marion County Jail t...
Mar 04, 2023
