The South Central High School Prom King and Queen are Max Magnus and Taegan Webster. They were crowned during the Saturday night coronation at the South Central High School Gym.

The Odin Prom King and Queen are Jacob Hill and Layla Kretzer. They were crowned during the coronation on Saturday night by the outgoing King and Queen Jacob Schroeder and Mekenzie Kretzer.

The Salem Community High School Prom will be Friday, May 3rd from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at Salem Community High School in B.E. Gum Gymnasium. This year's theme is "Timeless Memories," and the colors representing the theme are gold, champagne, and black. Doors will open to the public at 7:00 p.m. Special music will begin at 9:00 p.m. with the coronation starting at 9:30 p.m. and the Grand March immediately following the coronation. Retiring Queen Maya Susmena (daughter of Del Susme...

The Greater Centralia Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting on Friday commemorating Helping Hands' move to a new location at 1600 South Hickory Street. The organization has built 93 wheelchair ramps in the community over the past three years, in addition to helping citizens with minor home repairs and providing small grants for people experiencing difficulties. Rob Schnicker, the board president for Helping Hands/Mission Centralia, says being able to purchase the building on South Hicko...

A 51-year-old homeless Salem man was arrested on multiple counts after allegedly being found inside a vacant home in the 1300 block of South Washington Street in Salem on Sunday. Salem Police say Clayton Worley was taken to the Marion County Jail for criminal trespass to a residence, criminal damage to property, and for failure to register as a sex offender. Police report the owner of the home went inside when investigating the broken window in the door and found Worley. He stayed at the sce...

The organizer of an event to learn more about homesteading drew several hundred people to Salem on Saturday from a wide area of Southern Illinois. Michelle Barbee wasn't sure what to expect, but knew she had fielded a lot of Facebook messages leading up to the event. "People are coming up to us in the parking lot saying they hope we do it again and its very much needed. So we are planning on doing another one. It's been very well received." Barbee says all of the presentations ran...

The weather may have looked threatening, but it didn't keep a good crowd from showing up Saturday to help with the Keep Salem Beautiful annual cleanup. Coordinator Kelli Predium says about 100 in all helped clean Bryan Memorial Park, Mueller Park, behind Walmart and along North Hotze Road. "We had a wonderful turnout. We've collected over 50 bags of trash. We had 14 families that came out. 6 high schoolers completed I-pad hours. American Heritage Girls are winning our attendance trop...

Centralia Police arrested 42-year-old Jacklin Tate of Centralia for resisting arrest and criminal trespass to railroad property. She is being held in the Marion County Jail pending a first appearance in court. There were two arrests on Sunday for violation of an order of protection. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 29-year-old Anthony Devor of Short Road in Kell while Salem Police arrested 35-year-old Charissa Plumb of East Olive in Salem. Both were taken to the Marion County Jai...