Category Archives: Local News
Suspicious fire burns items inside detached garage in Centralia
Centralia City firemen say a fire in a detached garage at the Billy Cameron and Brandy Boyce home at 619 North Cherry is under investigation as a suspicious fire. While items inside the building burne...
Oct 20, 2025 Centralia City Fire Truck. File Photo.
Salem man charged with two Class X felonies following vehicular hijacking (updated 10:30 Monday morning)
A 44-year-old Salem man was formally charged in Marion County Court on Monday following a weekend vehicular hijacking. Rodrelle Sanders of West Church of West Church in Salem was charged with Class X ...
Oct 20, 2025
Marion County Democrats join nationwide "No Kings" protest
Over 100 protestors lined up along West McCord Street next to Fairview Park in Centralia on Saturday morning to join the "No Kings" protest against the Donald Trump administration. Marion County Democ...
Oct 19, 2025 No King protestors line West Broadway in Centralia on Saturday. Photo by Austin Williams.
Marion County Sheriff's Department Investigating Three Vehicle Stolen and Set on Fire
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating the theft of three pickup trucks that were all later destroyed by fire. A stolen ATV was later found abandoned in a creek. Sheriff Kevin Cripps ...
Oct 19, 2025 File photo: Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem Man Arrested after allegedly Swerving Two Salem Police Cars
A 33-year-old Salem man was arrested on two counts of aggravated assault after allegedly swerving at two Salem Police cars who were attempting to stop him on a domestic battery complaint. Police say T...
Oct 19, 2025
Three Refuse Treatment Following Two Vehicle Crash on Selmaville Road
The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports three people involved in a two-vehicle crash Saturday night on Selmaville Road near the Lazy Acre Road intersection southwest of Salem declined hospital ...
Oct 19, 2025
Heavy rains hit South Central Illinois
Some of the heaviest rain from the cold front that crossed the country on Saturday and early Sunday morning fell in South Central Illinois. The Centralia Water Plant recorded 4.72 inches for the 24 ho...
Oct 19, 2025
Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to allow National Guard deployment in Illinois
Administration claims courts have no right to check president's military authority By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary The Trump administration on Fr...
Oct 18, 2025 A man in military-style fatigues walks outside an
Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Oct. 9. National Guard
troops were deployed to the facility earlier in the day. (Capitol News Illinois photo by
Andrew Adams)
Judge wants immigration agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after clashes with public
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Troubled by clashes between agents and the public, a judge on Thursday said she will require federal immigration officers in the Chicago area to w...
Oct 18, 2025 Several protesters stand outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Broadview, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Police Beat for Saturday, October 18th, 2025
Salem Police have arrested 33-year-old Troy Grantham of Lynwood Drive on two counts of aggravated assault. He was taken to the Marion County Jail. 37-year-old Bianca Meeks of Geary Street in Centralia...
Oct 18, 2025
