Category Archives: Local News
See winners and photos of Fall Festival Events
Photos by Pat Hodges Centralia's 2022 Fall Festival brought a large crowd downtown for a day of spooks and scares and tricks and treats. It boasted a number of events for all to enjoy. Local businesse...
Oct 30, 2022
70th Annual Centralia Kiddie Parade draws decent crowd
Photos by Pat Hodges Yesterday morning marked the 70th Annual Centralia Kiddie Parade which brought a wave of young ghouls and goblins, and their families, to the streets of Centralia. There were plen...
Oct 30, 2022
Family floats take top honors in 95th Annual Centralia Halloween Parade; see complete list of winners and more than 70 photos of the parade
Two family floats won top honors in the 95th Annual Centralia Halloween Parade. The Harley Queen Trophy was presented to an elaborate float by the Cushman Family honoring the Wizard of Oz. Grand Marsh...
Oct 29, 2022 The Cushman family's Wizard of Oz themed float won the coveted Harley Queen Trophy as the top float in the 94th annual Centralia Halloween Parade. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Number of COVID cases increasing, Marion County remains at low community transmission rate 10-29-22
The weekly CDC tracker shows Marion County with 17 new COVID-19 cases and two new hospitalizations for the week ending Thursday. The number of new or probable cases is up 21 percent from the prior wee...
Oct 29, 2022
Springfield mountain lion sedated, taken to Indiana refuge
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A mountain lion that roamed residential neighborhoods in Springfield was sedated Friday and taken to an Indiana sanctuary that houses big cats, the Illinois Department of Natu...
Oct 29, 2022 Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Salem man sentenced to two years in prison for possession of meth
A 26-year-old Salem man has been sentenced to two years in prison in Marion County Court after earlier pleading guilty to possession of under five grams of methamphetamine. Dustin Taylor of Hotze Road...
Oct 29, 2022
Salem man faces sex offender registration charge
A 30-year-old homeless Salem man has been charged in Marion County Court with unlawful loitering within a school zone. Russell Wimberly was arrested by Salem Police on Thursday after he was allegedly ...
Oct 29, 2022 Joe Gratz
Police Beat for Saturday, October 29th, 2022
Two people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Friday on outstanding felony warrants. 50-year-old James Garner of South Locust in Centralia was transported to the Marion County Jail after being re...
Oct 29, 2022
3 arrested in connection with shots fired on State Trooper
Illinois State Police say a State Police Officer was fired upon on I-39 near Mendota in north-central Illinois on Thursday night while investigating an earlier shooting on the Interstate. State Police...
Oct 28, 2022
Police Beat for Friday, October 28th, 2022
A 37-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police on three counts of disorderly conduct and a single count of criminal damage to property. Johnathan Hiltibital of North Locust is accus...
Oct 28, 2022
