Category Archives: Local News
Pritzker calls up Guard to help care for arriving migrants
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday called up 75 members of the Illinois National Guard to help organize shelter, food and medical ca...
Sep 14, 2022
R. Kelly convicted on many counts, acquitted of trial fixing
By MICHAEL TARM and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, deliv...
Sep 14, 2022 Lean-Op / CC
Centralia City Manager hopes animal control problems behind city with new hire
Centralia City Manager Kory Smith is hoping the hiring of a new animal control officer on Tuesday will solve issues caused by the city not having its own animal control. Smith says the officer will re...
Sep 14, 2022 frankieleon / CC
Bond set at $180,000 for Salem man on three felony charges following alleged bomb threats
Bond has been set at $180,000 for a 35-year-old Salem man formally charged in Marion County Court on Tuesday with three felony disorderly conduct charges for allegedly making three separate bomb threa...
Sep 14, 2022
Salem man receives three year prison term on sex offender registration act violation
A 38-year-old Salem man has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court to one of seven failure to register as a sex offender charges pending against him. Chri...
Sep 14, 2022
Salem woman arrested after leading Centralia Police on brief pursuit
A 47-year-old Salem woman was arrested on multiple charges after nearly colliding with a Centralia Police car Tuesday night. Centralia Police say Maria Massaro of Washington Street was traveling north...
Sep 14, 2022
Salem woman pleads guilty to felony drug charge
A 42-year-old Salem woman has entered a guilty plea in Marion County to a charge of possession of under five grams of methamphetamine. Crystal Berkel of East Church Street was sentenced to two years f...
Sep 14, 2022 Joe Gratz
Homeless man arrested when found sleeping in rural Centralia home
A rural Centralia resident returned home late Tuesday afternoon to find a man asleep inside their home. The resident of the 400 block of Jasper Road let the man sleep while they called the Marion Coun...
Sep 14, 2022
Employee of Intermountain Electronics in Centralia killed in freak accident
An employee of Intermountain Electronics on Swan Avenue in the Centralia Industrial Park was killed Tuesday afternoon in a freak accident at the plant. Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon has identified...
Sep 14, 2022
Number of Construction Projects and Purchases Approved at CCS Board Meeting
The Centralia City Schools Board meeting was held last night, boasting a record number of motions being made. Superintendent Craig Clark started off the meeting with a short summary of the budget, not...
Sep 14, 2022
