This year's graduating seniors from Centralia High School have received a total of $3,059,868.00.

Greenville University's Commencement Ceremony Celebrated 247 Graduates on Sunday Greenville University (GU) celebrated a defining milestone for its Class of 2026 on Saturday, May 9, as 247 graduates crossed the Commencement stage. Alongside the conferring of degrees, President Suzanne Davis recognized exceptional achievements by presenting three of the University's highest individual honors. The University conferred 193 undergraduate degrees across 23 majors. 54 graduate degrees were conferre...

Former South Central High School teacher Shane Lother of Edgewood Road in Salem was ordered held without bond after being formally charged in Marion County Court Monday with grooming a 15-year-old female student. The charge states that Lother, a person holding a position of trust, authority or supervision in relation to the child victim knowingly engaged in a pattern of conduct that attempted to seduce, solicit, lure or entice the minor to engage in any unlawful sexual conduct by communicatin...

A rural Mt. Vernon mobile home was heavily damaged by fire early Tuesday night. Jefferson Fire officials say the fire at the Vonna Lane home in the 15,000 block of East Nolan was reported a smoke coming from a stove. Upon arrival, firemen found a dryer in a hallway on fire. The fire burned about a third of the trailer, with the rest receiving heavy heat and smoke damage. The Lane family was home at the time and escaped without injury. It is still unclear what started the fire. Jefferson Fi...

A 33-year-old Central City man has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of a stolen or converted vehicle and possession of under five grams of methamphetamine. Steven Jones of Richmond Heights Mobile Home Park admitted to being in possession of a motorcycle owned by another man knowing it was stolen or converted in February of this year. The possession of meth charge stemmed from an arrest in October 2025. As part of the plea agreement, an obs...

Marion County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested a 20-year-old Salem man for aggravated battery. Jacob Miller of Mills Cart Road is accused of throwing a knife at residents in a home on Maplewood Avenue just north of Salem. Centralia Police arrested him for alleged retail theft. Centralia Police have arrested 24-year-old Shaheed Webster of West Broadway in Centralia for domestic battery and an Indiana Department of Corrections warrant. 32-year-old Andrew Stein of Marilyn Drive in Centralia ha...

As part of this year's festivities around the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Marion County America 250 Committee donated a commemorative flag to the city of Centralia at Monday night's city council meeting. Committee co-chair Mark Decker said that in addition to the flag that has already been presented to Marion County itself, flags will be donated to each of the county's municipalities. The committee has planned a 1776 Dinner to take place on Friday,...

Salem's new police chief says his top priorities are getting the staff fully trained and specialty positions in the department filled. Tyler Rose was promoted to Chief from Deputy Chief last week with the departure of Chief Todd Boles. Rose did not apply for the chief position the last time it was vacant. "Last year when I was promoted from investigations to the Deputy Chief position, it was very short notice," Rose said. "I was given just a few weeks of training before stepp...