Salem Police arrested a 29-year-old Patoka man following an alleged domestic battery at a home on East Seneff Street in Salem. Braydon Gambill of East Messenger was taken to the Marion County Jail to await further court action. The alleged victim was taken to Salem Township Hospital for treatment. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 33-year-old Roy Cochran of Franklin Street in Odin for failure to register as a sex offender. He was taken to the Marion County Jail. 47-year-old Brian H...

A 22-year-old Sandoval man was ordered held without bond after appearing in Marion County Court for the first time on Wednesday for arson. Joey Evans of South Main is accused of throwing a lighted gasoline can at a parked pickup truck in a parking lot in the 900 block of South Locust. The blaze burned the engine compartment before the Centralia Fire Department put it out. Witnesses and video in the area were able to allegedly confirm Evans actions. The probable cause statement presented by ...

Marion County Clerk Steve Fox had some special surprises for his final election before retiring December first. It started with power problems. "Three precincts that had power outages for multiple hours during the day. I really want to thank the community for stepping up. We had generators, lights, and different things brought in so that we could get through the day, and I appreciate that." The longest outage was in Romine Township where the power was out four and a half hours. T...

A 32-year-old homeless Sandoval man has been arrested for arson and criminal damage to property in connection with a fire that heavily damaged a pickup truck last weekend. Joey Evans is accused of throwing a lighted can of gasoline at the truck while it was parked in a parking lot in the 900 block of South Locust. The engine compartment caught fire and was fully engulfed when firemen arrived. Firemen were able to stop the fire before it spread to the rest of the truck. The investigation by C...

Centralia Police have arrested 60-year-old Todd Glispie of East 3rd in Centralia for alleged domestic battery and aggravated assault. He was taken to the Marion County Jail. 45-year-old Christopher Measer of Goreville was arrested in Franklin County and transported back to the Marion County Jail on a Marion County felony no bond failure to appear warrant. Salem Police arrested 33-year-old Joeitta Mansker of Cody Road in Centralia on an outstanding Marion County DUI warrant and a new offense ...

Marion County voters have selected Anthony Decker as their next sheriff. Unofficial vote tallies show Decker finishing election night with 8,061 votes. Cody Rose is anticipated to have gathered most of the 3,839 write-in votes cast. Decker thanked his supporters. "I'm just grateful and humbled by the amount of support I got. To the people who worked hard to help me, I really appreciate everyone. I will continue to work hard for the people of Marion County as I have my entire career. ...

The Marion County Board will remain all Republican as two Democratic candidates lost in their attempts to break the strong hold. In District 3, appointed board member Josh Dunahee beat Democrat Kerry Hodge 1,721 to 818 votes. In District 5, the two Republicans running for the two open seats were victorious. Christopher Duncan finished with 1,097 votes and Dustin Garren with 1,000 votes. They beat Democrat Patria Dillow, who finished with 729 votes. In addition to Duncan and Garren, three o...

Jefferson County elected 8 Republicans and 1 Democrat to the Jefferson County Board on election night. Republican candidates in Districts 2, 3, 5, and 8 ran unopposed. Republican Jeff Williams defeated Derrek Wilson in District 6, Republican Kenny Benjamin defeated Michael Young in District 11, Republican Wayne Hicks defeated Adam Colon in District 12, and Democrat Richard Gradford defeated WM. Todd Cole in District 13. In statewide races, Jefferson County voters heavily favored republican ca...