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			</news:publication>
			<news:publication_date>2026-10-31T19:52:52+00:00</news:publication_date>
			<news:title>State Fire Marshal Investigates suspicious Centralia pickup truck fire</news:title>

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			<image:title><![CDATA[Centralia Arson Fire]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[A pickup truck burns in the 900 block of South Locust early Saturday morning.  Photo by Brody Toennies.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/10/31/salem-and-kell-firemen-fight-brush-fire/</loc>
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			<news:publication>
				<news:name>South Central Illinois' News, Sports and Weather Station</news:name>
				<news:language>en</news:language>
			</news:publication>
			<news:publication_date>2026-10-31T19:47:09+00:00</news:publication_date>
			<news:title>Salem and Kell Firemen fight brush fire</news:title>

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			<image:title><![CDATA[fire]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[<a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/53133240@N00/303873311/' target='_blank' rel="noopener noreferrer">liz west</a> / <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/' target='_blank' class='pac-pickapic-CC' rel="noopener noreferrer">CC</a>]]></image:caption>
		</image:image>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/10/31/police-beat-for-saturday-october-31st-2026/</loc>
		<news:news>
			<news:publication>
				<news:name>South Central Illinois' News, Sports and Weather Station</news:name>
				<news:language>en</news:language>
			</news:publication>
			<news:publication_date>2026-10-31T19:43:39+00:00</news:publication_date>
			<news:title>Police Beat for Saturday, October 31st, 2026</news:title>

		</news:news>
		<image:image>
			<image:loc>https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2745/files/2026/01/jail.jpg</image:loc>
			<image:title><![CDATA[jail]]></image:title>
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