Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Monday, October 6th, 2025
Centralia Police arrested a 16-year-old Centralia male juvenile on Friday for aggravated battery to a school employee following an altercation at the Centralia High School Annex. The juvenile boy appa...
Oct 06, 2025
Fires in Salem Sunday afternoon destroy mobile home and pickup truck
Separate Sunday afternoon fires destroyed a mobile home and a pickup truck in the Salem area. Salem Firemen say a mobile home at the rear of the Cheryl Mitchell property at 3261 Bryant Lane used for s...
Oct 06, 2025
No Permanent Damage at Salem Hospital when Steam Line Breaks
Salem Township Hospital President James Timpe says the hospital received no damage when a steam line broke and a large amount of water poured out onto the floor early Sunday afternoon. Salem Firemen h...
Oct 06, 2025
Salem City Council to hear annual audit
The Salem City Council on Monday night will hear the annual audit report for the fiscal year that ended April 30th. The library's annual tax levy will be considered. The agenda also includes discussio...
Oct 06, 2025
Odin Crash Leads to Fight and Arrest of a Man on Drug and Weapons Charges; Third Person Injured (updated 2 pm Monday)
A 40-year-old Mt. Vernon man was arrested on drug and weapons charges after allegedly battering the driver of a vehicle that hit him in the rear on US 50 East of Odin late Saturday afternoon. Rodney M...
Oct 06, 2025
Centralia High School Names Homecoming King and Queen
It was homecoming weekend at Centralia High School. Montez Duncan and Sabrena Johnson were named King and Queen. The rest of the court included Senior Attendant Krimsen Thompson and Senior Escort Devi...
Oct 06, 2025 Homecoming King Montez Duncan and Queen Sabrena Johnson. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Hometown Collision Wins Grand Marshal's Trophy in Little Egypt Parade; Photo Gallery has been added
A float built by Hometown Collision was selected by Grand Marshal John Boles as the top float winner of the 54th Annual Little Egypt Festival Parade. Hometown Collision used the Candy Land game as its...
Oct 05, 2025 Hometown Towing won the Grand Marshal Trophy for their Candy Land entry. Photo by Rylan Lawson.
Trump plans to federalize 300 troops in Illinois, as judge blocks a similar mobilization in Oregon
Associated Press President Donald Trump authorized the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago on Saturday, marking the latest escalation of ...
Oct 05, 2025 Protestors and reporters gathered outside an immigration
enforcement facility in Broadview on Saturday, Oct. 4. (Capitol News Illinois photo by
Andrew Adams)
Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press Associated Press (AP) - Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Coun...
Oct 05, 2025 Greg Bovino, the chief patrol agent for the U.S. Border Patrol El Centro sector, right, walks along protester that was detained near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Dieterich Woman Hurt When SUV Strikes Deer on I-57North of Salem
State Police say a 35-year-old Dieterich woman was injured when her SUV collided with a deer on I-57 southbound at the 121-mile marker, five miles north of the Salem exit. The airbag deployed, but the...
Oct 05, 2025 ISP FILE PHOTO: An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo.(Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
