A 26-year-old Salem man has been arrested for violation of the sex offender registration law. Salem Police took Russell Wimberly into custody after he failed to report his location after earlier telling police he was homeless. 22-year-old Lindell Troupe of Walnut Street in Centralia was arrested by Centralia Police for aggravated domestic battery. He’s accused…… Read More »
Pictured in photo: Front row (left to right) Randy Schnake, Ann Toedte, Patti Hahn and Sandy Bueglin. Second Row: Bill Luebben, Angie Schnake, and Debbie Mitchell. 3rd row: Ron Donoho, Lee Christensen, Sandy Meacum, Carl Meacum, Gay Toedke, Janet Gray, Sally Tiemann, and Henry Bueglin. 4th Row: Dave Koelling, Tony Korzenewski, Sue Koeling, and Bob…… Read More »
Salem Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry Manager Barb Henderson (back center) works with other volunteers to separate canned goods brought in by the Boy Scouts on Saturday. Photo by Bruce Kropp. “Everything’s looking pretty good right now.” That’s Salem Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry Manager Barb Henderson as she sat surrounded by 5,000 cans of food…… Read More »
The Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court Lloyd Karmeier has appointed Fourth Judicial Circuit Associate Judge Ericka Sanders to the Supreme Court Committee on Juvenile Courts. The Supreme Court Committee on Juvenile Courts is tasked with reviewing and making recommendations on matters affecting juvenile law and juvenile courts, including child protection and delinquency systems.…… Read More »
Centralia Police say they took a Centralia man to SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital for a mental health evaluation after he allegedly made numerous threats, including to kill himself and go to the Walmart Store and shoot the first person he saw. Police report they searched the Walmart store Sunday afternoon for the man after…… Read More »
Keshaun Jones scored 19 points off the bench and grabbed 9 rebounds as Centralia opened up their season with a 67-29 win over Cleveland Naval ROTC of St Louis in the Orphans Thanksgiving Tournament. Crue Walker had 10 rebounds to go with 9 points while guards Bryan Meskil and Preston Johannes added 9 and 8…
Salem senior Maddie Quandt was named to the Class 2a Girls All South Cross Country team. Joining her on the First Team was Summer Chelf of Mt Vernon, Cheyenne Finley of Centralia, Cameron Hough of Olney, Madeline Prideaux and Anna Schurz of Carbondale and Marin’s Mari Ray. On the 2nd team was Centralia’s Gracee Kelly,…
