Category Archives: Local News
Police beat for Monday, June 27th, 2022
Centralia Police arrested 41-year-old Katherine Slater of South Cherry in Centralia for aggravated domestic battery. She was taken to the Marion County Jail. Centralia Police arrested 41-year-old Todd...
Jun 27, 2022
Salem home receives minor damage in Sunday evening fire
A Salem home received minor damage in a fire that damaged a small area of an outside wall. The fire was at the Nicole Edwards home in the 1200 block of West Spruce Street. Salem Fire Protection Distri...
Jun 27, 2022
Salem home receives minor damage in Monday morning electrical fire
The Salem Fire Protection District got a quick knockdown of a fire that began in an electrical outlet early Monday morning. The department was called to the Lucas Mellenbine residence in the 2700 bloc...
Jun 27, 2022
Trump endorses Darren Bailey for governor
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Darren Bailey of Clay County in his run for the Republican nomination for Governor during a MEGA rally near Quincy Saturday night. Bailey has been courting Trump...
Jun 26, 2022 Matt Johnson / CC
Mt. Vernon man arrested on weapons charges after found hiding in crawl space
A 20-year-old Mt. Vernon man is in custody on three weapons charges after allegedly threatening a victim with a firearm and then refusing to come out of a home. Alexander Kuhn reportedly went into a r...
Jun 26, 2022 Mt. Vernon Police surround home where Alexander Kuhn allegedly refused to exit Friday afternoon. Mt. Vernon Police Facebook page.
Police Beat for Sunday, June 26th, 2022
Salem Police arrested a 35-year-old Salem woman for possession of methamphetamine, possession of a firearm without a valid FOID card, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after investigating a repo...
Jun 26, 2022
Fire causes minor damage to rural Mt. Vernon home
Jefferson County Fire Protection District firefighters found a small fire behind a stove in the kitchen of a home in the 12-thousand block of North Dartmouth Lane in Mt. Vernon after responding to a c...
Jun 26, 2022 Robert Couse-Baker / CC
Two injured in head-on crash on North Broadway in Salem
Salem Police say both drivers were injured in a head-on crash on North Broadway near Chuck's Place early Saturday afternoon. Salem Police say a northbound car driven by 64-year-old Susan Griffin of De...
Jun 25, 2022
Camping trailer heavily damaged by propane fire
A large camping trailer pulled behind a vehicle caught fire when traveling on Selmaville Road just south of US 50 late Saturday morning. Salem Fire Protection District Officials say a problem with a r...
Jun 25, 2022
House fire rekindles in Centralia overnight
A house that was badly damaged by fire Friday morning caught fire again just before midnight. Centralia City Firefighters were called back to the home at 528 South Maple Street just before midnight wh...
Jun 25, 2022 Flames were showing from a home at 528 South Maple where a fire earlier in the day on Friday rekindled and sent firemen back to the scene. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
