Category Archives: Local News
St. Louis trucker killed in two truck crash on I-70
A 60-year-old St. Louis, Missouri truck driver was killed after his rig ran off I-70 between Effingham and the Indiana border early Saturday morning and caught fire. Claude Watson was pronounced dead ...
Aug 07, 2022
Drivers of car and motorcycle both injured in Centralia crash
Centralia Police say both the driver of a car and motorcycle were injured in a crash at 4th and Poplar in Centralia late Saturday morning. Centralia Police report the crash occurred when a southbound ...
Aug 07, 2022 The scene of a car-motorcycle crash at 4th and Poplar in Centralia late Saturday morning. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Police Beat for Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Centralia Police have arrested a 29-year-old Centralia woman for burglary and retail theft. Krystyne Kelly of North Cherry was taken to the Marion County Jail. Centralia Police arrested 28-year-old An...
Aug 07, 2022
Spanish Teacher from Oregon High School 2022 Illinois Teacher of the Year
The 2022 Illinois Teacher of the Year is Oregon High School Spanish Teacher Kimberly Radostits. Radostits clearly remembers the struggles she had when one particular freshman student declared that he ...
Aug 07, 2022 2023 Illinois Teacher of the Year Kim Radostits.
More police promised for Chicago trains after fatal shooting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Officials are pledging to reinforce security on Chicago Transit Authority trains after the shooting death of a passenger. Twenty-nine-year-old Diuntel Moon was shot multiple t...
Aug 07, 2022
Marion County Fair Grandstand sells out for Friday night demolition derby
The Marion County Fair Demolition Derby was performed to a full grandstand Friday night. In the stock car class, Brandon Dodson of Texico took best of show and finished fourth. The winner was Kyle Sim...
Aug 06, 2022 Marion County Demolition Derby action Friday night at the Fairgrounds. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Marion County remains at high community spread level for COVID-19
Marion County remains at the high community spread level for COVID-19. However, the CDC's COVID tracker indicates the number of cases in Marion County during the past week fell 24 percent to 102 cases...
Aug 06, 2022 Raed Mansour / CC
Centralia house fire confined to electrical outlet
A Centralia family woke up Saturday morning to their dogs barking and discovered a fire shooting out of an outlet behind an entertainment center. Centralia City Firemen say the fire was at the Robert ...
Aug 06, 2022
Centralia City Firemen called to train engine fire
Centralia City Firemen were called to a train engine on fire early Saturday morning. Firefighters say a Burlington Northern Railroad crew noticed the second engine of a coal train had lost power when ...
Aug 06, 2022 Marty Bernard
Prosecutors file three new felony charges in Marion County Court
Three new felony charges were filed in Marion County Court on Friday. 39-year-old Steven Cody of South Pine in Centralia was charged with burglary. He was arrested by Centralia Police for allegedly en...
Aug 06, 2022 Marion County Courthouse
