The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to add some restrictions to the operation of low-speed electric and gas bicycles in the city. City Manager Galen Mahle says the changes will update the city's ordinance to match requirement under the new state law that goes into effect January first. The changes would require speedometers. The process for registration remains unchanged and is required with the Police Department including an inspection process and fee of $20. An annual t...

Centralia Police arrested 27-year-old Samantha Cook for domestic battery. She told police she was homeless. Cook was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a first appearance in court later today. Salem Police arrested 62-year-old Arnold Glosser of Shelburn, Indiana for possession of a stolen firearm. He was arrested during a traffic stop on West Main Street. He was later released on a notice to appear in court. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 26-year-old Conlee Jones of East...

A 59-year-old Centralia man driving the wrong way on Noleman Street in Centralia struck a Centralia City Grade School bus and another vehicle on Monday afternoon. Centralia Police say Gregory Dunbar of Green Street Road had just used an inhaler that knocked him out. He was ticketed for aggravated driving under the influence of drugs and driving the wrong way on a one way street. The first crash occurred at Hickory and Noleman when he struck the school bus occupied by driver 34-year-old Eric...

Salem Police arrested 33-year-old Christopher Budds of West Schwartz in Salem for alleged aggravated domestic battery. He was taken to the Marion County Jail to await further court action. Centralia Police arrested 25-year-old Lucas Boyce of North Walnut in Centralia for alleged domestic battery. He was taken to the Marion County Jail. Centralia Police arrested 37-year-old Colleen Stokes of South Locust in Centralia on an outstanding no bond Marion County felony warrant and an outstanding S...

A controlled brush fire got blown out of control by the wind Saturday afternoon and spread to a 3.5 acre hay field. The Salem Fire Protection District was able to stop the fire on the Jake Purcell Purcell property in the 3000 block of Hotze Road as it began to move into a wood area. No buildings were threatened. The fire call came in at 1:30 Saturday.

Two former Centralia residents who now reside in Murphysboro were killed in an early Thursday morning off-road side-by-side crash near Ava in rural Jackson County. The Jackson County Sheriff's Department identifies the two as 35-year-old Alex Auld and 35-year-old Kelsie Blue. A third person, 62-year-old David McCaleb, also of Murphysboro, was airlifted from the scene to a St. Louis area hospital for treatment. The department reported he was last listed in serious but stable condition. A new...

A 41-year-old rural Centralia man was injured in a single rollover crash on U.S. 51 near Cemetery Road south of Sandoval late Friday night. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Allen Rhymes of Green Street Road was transported from the scene of the crash by Air Evac Helicopter to a St. Louis hospital. Sandoval Fire and Ambulance and United Medical Response were called to assist at the scene. The crash occurred at 11:31 Friday night.

A suspect with a knife damaged ten police squad cars in Mt. Vernon before confronting a responding officer while still armed with a knife. Fortunately, the suspect, later identified as 29-year-old Daniel Artis of Mt. Vernon, turned and fled after advancing toward the officer and was arrested after being tased. The incident occurred on November 3rd in the parking lot of the Rolland Lewis building at 800 South 27th Street, where police received a report of tires being slashed. As the first of...