Category Archives: Local News
Salem woman loses life in fire at her house
A 56-year-old Salem woman lost her life in a fire at her home Thursday afternoon. Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon identifies the victim as Lisa Platz of 525 North Broadway. Salem Fire Protection Dis...
Oct 28, 2022 Fire took a life and caused heavy damage to this home at 525 North Broadway in Salem Thursday afternoon. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Centralia High School adds more vocational and dual credit options
The Centralia High School Board Thursday night approved new vocational and dual credit options for the coming school year. Superintendent Dr. Chuck Lane says they are just as concerned about where the...
Oct 28, 2022
Centralia man gets one year prison term on weapons charge
A 35-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Andrew Szatkowski of East Green Street admitte...
Oct 28, 2022
Firefighters move two to safety during house fire on Walnut Hill Road
Firefighters moved two residents of a home on fire Wednesday afternoon to safety. The fire was at the Carolyn Lashbrook home at 942 Walnut Hill Road. When Centralia Fire Protection District Battalion ...
Oct 27, 2022 Firemen check to make sure a fire is out 942 Walnut Hill Road southeast of Centralia on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Centralia City Firemen say smoky apartment fire result of stove fire
Centralia City Firemen say a pan of burning food caused heavy smoke to come from a third-floor apartment at the Loepker Apartments, formerly known as the Library Manor Apartments, at 111 South Sycamor...
Oct 27, 2022
Police Beat for Thursday, October 27th, 2022
A 69-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for possession of methamphetamine and driving on a revoked license. Ronald Leek of North Beech was taken to the Marion County Jail to ...
Oct 27, 2022
Ex-Teamsters' boss gets 19 months in Chicago extortion case
CHICAGO (AP) - A former Teamsters union boss who was once one of the most powerful labor leaders in Chicago was sentenced Wednesday to 19 months in federal prison for extorting $325,000 from the head ...
Oct 27, 2022 FILE - John Coli, president of Teamsters Joint Council 25, speaks at a news conference in Chicago on Oct. 21, 2011. Coli, a former Teamsters union boss who was once one of the most powerful labor leaders in Chicago, was sentenced Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, to 19 months in federal prison for extorting $325,000 from the head of a film studio in the city. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
Salem Police say reports of man with gun and four later 'shots fired' calls all found to be unsubstantiated
Salem Police Chief Kyle Ambuehl says reports of a man with a gun in the area of the west side industrial park and four later shots fired complaints were all found to be unsubstantiated. Ambuehl says a...
Oct 27, 2022
Mountain lion traveling state spotted in Springfield
A mountain lion being tracked by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources has been spotted in Springfield. Nebraska wildlife officials were able to put a GPS collar on the cougar last year, and mo...
Oct 27, 2022 Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Mt Vernon man found guilty of home invasion, armed robbery, and armed violence
A 38-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been found guilty by a Jefferson County Jury for home invasion, armed robbery, and armed violence. Melvin Taylor was arrested on the charges in November of last year. ...
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