Category Archives: Local News
Two dozen pilots spend weekend in Salem for aerobatics competition
If you live in Salem and heard planes buzzing around all weekend, they were part of the annual aerobatics competition held at Salem's Leckrone Field. The pilots flew in from around the country, includ...
Aug 10, 2026 Dimid_86 / Depositphotos.com
Marion County Fair Board President pleased with just completed fair
Marion County Fair Board President Doug Telford is pleased with all the events and the crowds at this year's county fair that wrapped up Saturday night. Telford is thanking everyone who came out to su...
Aug 10, 2026 File photo: Demo derby at the Marion County Fairgrounds. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
State Police release more information on fatal I-57 crash that killed Odin woman
State Police have released more preliminary information on a three-vehicle crash that killed a 25-year-old Odin woman on southbound I-57 three miles south of Dix late Thursday night. Madison Burton wa...
Aug 10, 2026
Semi truck hits pickup pulling a trailer on I-57 south of Kinmundy exit
Two people sustained apparent minor injuries when a semi truck ran into the rear of a pickup truck pulling a camper trailer in the southbound lanes of I-57 at mile marker 124 near Alma. Kinmundy-Alma ...
Aug 10, 2026
Police Beat for Monday, August 10th, 2026
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested 32-year-old Dustin Minor of South Walnut in Centralia for alleged aggravated battery. A deputy was on duty when he drove upon a female on the ground bein...
Aug 10, 2026
School funding stretched thin as costs rise, corporate revenue source shrinks
by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois August 7, 2026 Article Summary The Illinois State Board of Education released details Friday of how it will distribute $9.3 billion in Evidence-Based Funding to...
Aug 10, 2026 Illinois Supt. of Education Dr. Tony Sanders speaks at the Governor’s Mansion in Springfield in March 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
Arrest made in connection with large street disturbance in Centralia early Saturday morning (updated 2:30 pm Sunday)
Centralia Police have made an arrest in connection with a large street disturbance near Howard and Franklin Streets early Saturday morning. 19-year-old Cedric Powe of South Brookside in Centralia was ...
Aug 09, 2026
Three arrested in connection with armed robbery in Centralia
Centralia Police have arrested three men in connection with an early Friday afternoon armed robbery of a man on South Perrine Street. 18-year-old Samuel Niermann of Melrose Drive in Centralia was arre...
Aug 08, 2026 Three arrested in connection with Perrine Street armed robbery. (left to right) Samuel Niermann, Shannon Samuels, and Hayden Minor. (MCSO photos)
Police Beat for Saturday, August 8th, 2026
State Police made two separate arrests for possession of under five grams of methamphetamine. 34-year-old Ryan Thomas of Cave in Rock and 61-year-old Patricia Eubanks of Shannon Avenue in Richview wer...
Aug 08, 2026
Odin woman killed when her disabled car hit on I-57 south of Dix
A 25-year-old Odin woman has died in a crash on southbound I-57 three miles south of Dix. Jefferson County Coroner Roger Hayse pronounced Madison Burton dead in the emergency room of Good Samaritan Ho...
Aug 07, 2026 ISP FILE PHOTO: An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo.(Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
