CENTRALIA, IL — The Centralia Police Department has been busy making drug arrests. According to Chief Greg Dodson, around 1:45 Friday afternoon, investigators conducted a search of a known drug residence at 611 East Seventh Street in Centralia. Dodson says the residence has been the source of continuous drug trafficking complaints by area residents and for the…… read more
MARION COUNTY, IL — A 63-year-old Fairfield man who was part of a multi-agency drug operation in 2018 was sentenced Thursday in Marion County Court to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to delivery of methamphetamine. Steven Cook was one of seven people arrested in the operation. Initially he was charged with three counts of unlawful…… read more
CENTRALIA, IL — A 36-year-old St. Louis man has been formally charged in Marion County Court with sexually abusing a Centralia woman while parked in his vehicle on a Centralia street. According to Centralia police Donta Bass was arrested Wednesday after the alleged 19-year-old victim fled the vehicle on Wright Drive and ran to a friend’s nearby…… read more
MT. VERNON, IL — Two Mt. Vernon residents were arrested by the Mt. Vernon Police Department/Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office High Risk Team Thursday evening after executing a drug search warrant at 13481 N. Dartmouth Lane. 33-year old Christopher L. Webb and 26-year old Jordan A. Crowder were transported to the Jefferson County Justice Center on…… read more
MT. VERNON, IL — Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Bullard is having a fundraising Concealed Carry License class for Family Life Church’s Warming Center tonight from 4-10pm and Saturday from 8am-6:30pm at Kingdom Seed Ministries. Sheriff Bullard says the donations will do more than just provide to the warming center at the church. Cost of the class…… read more
MARION, IL — The City of Marion is moving along with plans to begin July 1st putting 10 permanent murals on historic buildings located in the downtown area. Allison Hasler, the City’s Director of Community Programs, shares with us where the murals will be located. The City is currently accepting applications from artists for the…… read more
MT. VERNON, IL — A Veterans drive-thru food giveaway will take place Saturday at Roadhouse Harley Davidson/RV in Mt. Vernon from 8-11am. The Lance Corporal J. Kyle Price Memorial Foundation in a partnership with Cusamano & Sons, and United Way of South Central Illinois will be handing out 800 boxes of meat, produce, and dairy…… read more
EFFINGHAM, IL — A car/train crash in Effingham Wednesday took the life of a 67-year-old Effingham man who was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the Effingham County Coroner’s Office, Ernest L. Rich was the only occupant of the vehicle that struck the side of a Canadian National freight train Wednesday morning on the…… read more
BONNIE, IL — A Waltonville firefighter suffered minor injuries Wednesday night while working a residential structure fire in Bonnie. According to Assistant Waltonville Fire Chief Scott Pennington, they responded around 6:25 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a fire at a home in the 11000 block of East Bonnie Road. While fighting the blaze, a…… read more
CENTRALIA, IL — Bail was set at $25,000 Wednesday in Marion County Court for a 21-year-old Centralia woman arrested Tuesday in a buy/bust operation by the Centralia Police Department. According to Centralia Police Chief Greg Dodson, Brinesha Hall was taken into custody for Possession & Delivery of a Controlled Substance within 500 feet of a…… read more
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RESCHEDULED – Thursday, June 10, 2021 @ The Family Arena ON SALE • PRICES • $103 (Rows 1-7), $93 (Floor), $78 (Lower Level Sidelines), $63 (Lower Level Endzone), $53 (Upper Level) Tickets can be purchased at the Family Arena Ticket Office or online at Ticketmaster.com. Legendary Canadian musicians and songwriters Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings announced today a US leg…