The first baby of the New Year at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital is Kayce Cameron Johnston. He is the son of first-time parents Alexis Davis and Cameron Johnston and excited grandparents, Tammy and Sam Johnston. The healthy baby boy was born at 7:06 on New Year's morning, weighing seven pounds and 11 ounces and measuring 20 and a quarter inches. Director of SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital Labor and Delivery Unit Tammy Parish says every year they are excited to welcome the New Year's b...

City of Centralia Emergency Snow Routes The City of Centralia Declares Snow Emergency Effective as of 8:00 A.M. Sunday January 5, 2025, through 8:00 A.M. Tuesday January 7, 2024. A snow emergency simply means that residents should not park their vehicles on the following streets but rather park in the alley or in their driveway: Poplar Street Elm Street McCord Street One Way Section of Noleman Street Broadway Street Pleasant Avenue Rexford Avenue - Pleasant to Poplar Locust Street -Rhodes to ...

The Village of Odin emergency snow route will go into effect Saturday evening at 6 pm. The residents of Odin should move their vehicles off the roads so Village Crew can plow the roads. If residents fail to move their vehicles off the road, the vehicle will be towed at the owner's expense.

Marion County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested a 30-year-old Centralia man for aggravated battery in connection with a road rage incident on December 17th. Reports indicate Clint Taylor of South Walnut struck a 35-year-old Salem man in the back of the head with a tire iron after a confrontation took place on Myers Road east of Centralia. The alleged victim did not require hospital treatment. Sheriff's Deputies say the two men did not know each other. A witness was able to get a photo of th...

A 46-year-old Sandoval woman has been arrested by Sandoval Police on two outstanding warrants. Mikki Thomas of Diamond Springs Road was taken to the Marion County Jail on a Marion County felony failure to appear with no bond warrant and an outstanding Clinton County warrant.

Improvements are starting to be made in the Marion County Animal Control Program. Board Chair Steve Whritenour has announced a Facebook page has now been launched to post photos of found dogs and those eligible for adoption. The address is Marion County Illinois Animal Control. The animal control officer will not respond to complaints sent to the Facebook page. In another improvement, Animal Control Officer Ken Ferguson now has a direct phone line to report problems with dogs. It is 730...

Clean-up crews remain on the scene of a hazardous materials spill in a single semi-truck crash on Interstate 64 near the Woodlawn exit early Thursday night. Initial information indicates the driver of the semi drifted off the Interstate and overturned in the roadside ditch. There were no injuries. I-64 westbound is closed from the I-57/I-64 north split in Mt. Vernon west to the Washington County line. Westbound traffic is being detoured at the Mt. Vernon exit 95 of I-57, west to US 51, an...

HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese has welcomed its first baby of the new year. Cal Michael Thompson arrived at exactly midnight on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, weighing 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and was 20½ inches long. Cal's proud parents are Matthew and Haley Thompson of Breese. In celebration of being the first baby born in 2025 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Cal and his family were presented with a gift basket of baby items from the St. Joseph's Women and Infants Center and the St. Joseph's Hospi...