A 21-year-old Danville man has been indicted for the September 2018 armed robbery of the People’s National Bank facility at 400 East Broadway in Centralia. The indictment charges Aaron Moss and an unnamed person of robbing the bank using a Glock .40 model 27 firearm. No one else is named in the two-count indictment returned…… Read More »
A 22-year-old Salem woman had bond set at $50,000 in Marion County Court Wednesday after being formally charged with domestic battery and aggravated battery to a correctional officer following separate incidents Tuesday night. Salem Police initially took Brittnay Finley of East Olive to jail for domestic battery after she allegedly struck her boyfriend in the…… Read More »
Centralia Mayor Herb Williams delayed a vote on two new liquor licenses until the next city council meeting when the entire council can be present. Former Mayor Tom Ashby spoke against issuing any more liquor licenses saying the city didn’t need to be a city of gaming. He noted he had rejected numerous applications for…… Read More »
The Centralia Business and Professional Women’s Club has named its 2019 Woman and Boss of the Year. The Woman of the Year is Sally Tiemann and the Boss of the Year is Larry Hoelscher. Tiemann worked in banking before her retirement and has been active in many BPW and community activities. Hoelscher is the manager…… Read More »
Mayor Herb Williams reads from a plaque honoring Centralia Police Chief Brian Atchison on his retirement at Tuesday night’s city council meeting. Photo by Bruce Kropp. Centralia Police Chief Brian Atchison was honored by the Centralia City Council Tuesday night for 30 years of service to the police department, the last three as chief. Atchison…… Read More »
The regular season in the Egyptian Illini Conference is over, now the post season tournament gets started on Monday at St Elmo High School. CHBC was the regular season champs followed by 2 seed St Elmo/Brownstown, Patoka was 3rd, Ramsey 4th and Mulberry Grove #5. Games start Monday with CHBC v. Ramsey at 6, CHBC…
