Category Archives: Local News
Juul Labs agrees to pay $462 million settlement to 6 states including Illinois
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. will pay $462 million to six states and the District of Columbia, marking the largest settlement the compan...
Apr 12, 2023 Vaping360 / CC
Area police departments deal with unfounded calls about active shooters (8pm update)
Illinois State Police is reporting local law enforcement in 19 counties received a total of 21 calls making threats toward schools, including Salem, Centralia, and Mt. Vernon High Schools. The Statewi...
Apr 12, 2023
Remains of Master Sgt Wynn returned to Centralia
The remains of Master Sergeant Merritt Leroy Wynn are back in Centralia. Officials of the Irvin Macz Funeral Home in Centralia picked up the remains at St. Louis Lambert Airport late Tuesday afternoon...
Apr 12, 2023 The body of Master Sergeant Merritt LeRoy Wynn is returned to the Irvin Macz Funeral Home Tuesday night.
Both drivers injured in head-on crash on East McCord Street in Centralia
Centralia Police say both drivers were injured in a head-on crash on East McCord Street at Edgewood Lane on the east side of Centralia Tuesday afternoon. Police report a car driven by 32-year-old Heat...
Apr 12, 2023
Centralia Pool Committee asked to set top priorities of what they'd like to see in new outdoor pool
The Centralia Pool Committee was asked Tuesday night to set their top five priorities of what they would like to see in a new outdoor pool. The committee met with Joshua Layer of Burbach Aquatics, Inc...
Apr 12, 2023 Members of the Centralia Pool Committee are shown examples of other pools designed by Burbach Aquatics, Inc. at Tuesday night's meeting.
Five acres of woods burn in fire southeast of Centralia
Five acres of woods burned in a fire in the 600 block of Burge Road southeast of Centralia Tuesday afternoon. Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera said the fire had spread from a stic...
Apr 12, 2023 file photo
Police Beat for Wednesday, April 12th, 2023
A 47-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by a Marion County Sheriff's Deputy on an outstanding St. Clair County warrant. Clinton Bradley of North Locust was taken to the county jail where he was ...
Apr 12, 2023
Salem woman refuses hospital treatment following Green Street Road crash
A 23-year-old Salem woman refused hospital treatment following a single vehicle crash on the Green Street Road near Westline Road early Wednesday morning. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Kaylee H...
Apr 12, 2023
Marion County Board hears of Moose Annex Cleanup
The Marion County Board received an update Tuesday night on a cleanup of the Moose Annex building that had been filled with broken furniture and other junk that had led to earlier consideration of the...
Apr 12, 2023 Marion County Board Vice-Char Dr. Creighton Engel and Chair Debbie Smith.
Top Madigan foot soldier testifies he didn't work for $4,500 monthly checks
Political worker had contract passed around between multiple ComEd lobbyists By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - After spending two decades giving up most of...
Apr 12, 2023 Ed Moody, a former political operative of former House Speaker Michael Madigan, took the witness stand in the "ComEd Four" bribery trial Tuesday, testifying for the prosecution after having been granted immunity. (Capitol News Illinois illustration; Moody photo from trial evidence, courthouse photo by Hannah Meisel)
