Category Archives: Local News
St. Mary's AutumnFest in Centralia dodges rain, draws big crowd
Photos by Tim Ferguson (see gallery below) St. Mary's AutumnFest drew a large crowd as some heavy isolated thunderstorms avoided Centralia. First responders were honored in the Knights of Columbus Blu...
Sep 11, 2022
Police Beat for Sunday, September 11th, 2022
Salem Police arrested 23-year-old Kemper Hotze of North Ohio Street in Salem for felony criminal trespass to a residence. He was taken into custody after allegedly entering an occupied home in the 500...
Sep 11, 2022
Marion County back to high COVID community transmission level
Marion County is back in the high COVID-19 community transmission level with 96 new cases and seven new hospitalizations reported in the week ending Thursday. The number of new cases is actually down ...
Sep 10, 2022 Raed Mansour / CC
Grand Marshal named for Crossroads Community Hospital Fall in Love with Mt. Vernon Parade
The Mt. Vernon Festivals, Inc. Fall Fest Committee has announced Lisa Damron will be the Grand Marshal for the Crossroads Community Hospital Fall in Love with Mt. Vernon Parade. The parade will begin ...
Sep 10, 2022
Police Beat for Saturday, September 10th, 2022
Centralia Police have arrested a 19-year-old Centralia man for reckless conduct, aggravated fleeing and eluding police, and reckless driving. Tahj Billberry of Hickory Ridge Court was taken to the Mar...
Sep 10, 2022
Illinois man pleads guilty to felonies in 2021 Capitol riot
CHICAGO (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a central Illinois man pleaded guilty Friday to felony charges for assaulting a law enforcement officer and a member of the news media during the Jan. 6, 2021, r...
Sep 10, 2022 Radek Kucharski / CC
Salem Fire Department to hold 9/11 Memorial Observance Saturday
The Salem Fire Protection District will be holding its annual 9/11 Memorial Observance in Bryan Memorial Park on Saturday. Deputy Fire Chief Greg Miller says the activity will begin with the 'Run to R...
Sep 09, 2022 Salem Firefighters in full gear walk the steps it took New York first responders to reach the victims of 9-11 during the 2021 ceremony. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Update: Salem Police now say man was stabbed in altercation on West Schwartz Street and not downtown
Salem Police say a 32-year-old Iuka man who was stabbed in the arm Thursday night was involved in an altercation in the 600 block of West Schwartz. Police say initial information indicated the man had...
Sep 09, 2022
Update: Bond set at $75,000 for Vernon woman charged with cattle theft
Bond was set at $75,000 for a 46-year-old Vernon woman in Marion County Court on Friday after she was charged with felony theft for selling cattle she didn't own. Misty Potergois of Farthing Road is a...
Sep 09, 2022
Bradford National Bank and Community Trust Bank parent companies announce plans to merge
Bradford Bancorp, Inc, the parent company of Bradford National Bank, and Community Bancshares, Inc., the parent company of Community Trust Bank, have jointly announced that the two companies have sign...
Sep 09, 2022
