Category Archives: Local News
Number of COVID cases increasing, Marion County remains at low community transmission rate 10-29-22
The weekly CDC tracker shows Marion County with 17 new COVID-19 cases and two new hospitalizations for the week ending Thursday. The number of new or probable cases is up 21 percent from the prior wee...
Oct 29, 2022
Springfield mountain lion sedated, taken to Indiana refuge
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A mountain lion that roamed residential neighborhoods in Springfield was sedated Friday and taken to an Indiana sanctuary that houses big cats, the Illinois Department of Natu...
Oct 29, 2022 Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Salem man sentenced to two years in prison for possession of meth
A 26-year-old Salem man has been sentenced to two years in prison in Marion County Court after earlier pleading guilty to possession of under five grams of methamphetamine. Dustin Taylor of Hotze Road...
Oct 29, 2022
Salem man faces sex offender registration charge
A 30-year-old homeless Salem man has been charged in Marion County Court with unlawful loitering within a school zone. Russell Wimberly was arrested by Salem Police on Thursday after he was allegedly ...
Oct 29, 2022 Joe Gratz
Police Beat for Saturday, October 29th, 2022
Two people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Friday on outstanding felony warrants. 50-year-old James Garner of South Locust in Centralia was transported to the Marion County Jail after being re...
Oct 29, 2022
3 arrested in connection with shots fired on State Trooper
Illinois State Police say a State Police Officer was fired upon on I-39 near Mendota in north-central Illinois on Thursday night while investigating an earlier shooting on the Interstate. State Police...
Oct 28, 2022
Police Beat for Friday, October 28th, 2022
A 37-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police on three counts of disorderly conduct and a single count of criminal damage to property. Johnathan Hiltibital of North Locust is accus...
Oct 28, 2022
Centralia's parade master ready for city's two Halloween Parades Saturday
Everything is set for two parades in Centralia on Saturday. The Fall Festival which runs from nine to three on Saturday will feature the Children's Halloween Parade. The big parade will follow at seve...
Oct 28, 2022 Top float of the 94th Annual Centralia Halloween Parade was the entry from the Macz Funeral Homes.
Man brandishing gun removed from Amtrak train in Centralia
Centralia Police removed a 24-year-old Chicago man from an Amtrak train Friday morning after he was allegedly brandishing a gun at others on the train. Robert King was arrested for aggravated unlawful...
Oct 28, 2022
Marion County Clerk's office to be open next two Saturdays for early voting
The Marion County Clerk's office will be open the next two Saturdays for in-person early voting. County Clerk Steve Fox says those wanting to vote should enter the east door of the courthouse and come...
Oct 28, 2022
