Category Archives: Local News

The Washington County Hospital and Medical Group is holding their 2nd Annual 5K and Fun Run tomorrow, Saturday June 10th at the Washington County State Recreational Area and Lake.  The 5K is slated to start at 8am with the Fun … Continue reading →

Governor Bruce Rauner has announced that he is willing to call a special legislative session to force lawmakers to approve a budget before the fiscal year ends at the end of this month on June 30th.  Rauner has been blasting … Continue reading →

A Chicago federal judge said that the state isn’t complying with their court order to pay their health-care bills for low-income and other vulnerable groups.  This comes with the state heading into a 3rd consecutive year without a budget.  The … Continue reading →

2. A Centralia woman is arrested after barricading herself in her home after reportedly pulling out a machete on Centralia police officers. An investigation was being conducted in the 300 block of South Walnut Street for a report of a … Continue reading →

A one-vehicle crash occurred along northbound Interstate 57 between Dix and Centralia.  The crash occurred Thursday night, just before 10pm.  The reasoning behind the crash is unknown at this time, but 3 of the passengers were airlifted to a St. … Continue reading →

A Centralia resident who died on Wednesday at a hotel in town is being ruled by police as a suicide.  39-year-old Eric Arrasmith’s body was found in a room at the Centralia Motel by motel staff between noon and 1pm … Continue reading →

A Thursday morning crash along Interstate 57 causes the roadway to be down a lane for almost 4 hours.  86-year-old Charles Sparks of Fairview Heights, was traveling along I-57, when he attempted to pass another vehicle near mile-marker 64.5 northbound.  … Continue reading →

The Washington County Animal Control has 8 dogs available for adoption this week with no cats.  They include 6 females and 2 males.  The females include a 2-year-old, white and blue pit bull, a 3-year-old brown mix breed, a 10-month … Continue reading →

A single-vehicle crash occurred in Jefferson County along I-64 yesterday afternoon.  35-year-old Shawn Maturo of Kentucky was towing a trailer while traveling westbound along Interstate 64, near mile marker 83.  For an unknown reason, the trailer came off of the … Continue reading →

An Okawville resident was arrested early Wednesday morning in connection to a single-vehicle crash.  26-year-old Denton Stewart, allegedly sideswiped the McCord Street overpass while he was traveling in Centralia just before 3am on Wednesday.  Stewart was cited for driving under … Continue reading →