Category Archives: Local News

The Mt. Vernon Police Department and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office executed an early morning search warrant on Wednesday, with their High Risk Team, after an investigation was conducted into a Mt. Vernon Residence, which led to the arrest of … Continue reading →

A teacher and baseball coach from Johnston City has been arrested and charged with 5 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, plus 4 counts of criminal sexual assault out of Williamson County.  The Illinois State Police reports that 50-year-old Trevor … Continue reading →

A young male has been sent to an area hospital, after being beaten up and found unresponsive.  A male was attempting to drive down Lincoln Street in Centralia, at around 820pm on Monday, when he saw a group of around … Continue reading →

The Nashville Water Plant announces that July rainfall was right at average.  We saw 4.04 inches of rain this past July, with 1.44 inches on July 22nd, .9-inches on the 18th and .8-inches on the 16th.  That brings our total … Continue reading →

A pension buyout program, offered to members in the state’s 3 largest retirement systems, has fallen considerably short of the anticipated savings in its 1st year, according to a report.  Buyout savings were expected to reduce the state pension contributions … Continue reading →

Around 2,000 state and local governments, who were suing the drug industry over the nation’s deadly opioid crisis, are starting to battle against each other over the best way to distribute any money that they might receive in a settlement.  … Continue reading →

The city of Nashville would like to announce that there will be some chipping and oiling done in town, starting on Monday, August 5th.  All vehicles on these streets need to be gone by 6am that day.  That includes all … Continue reading →

Washington County Hospital and their Board of Directors met last week for a regular monthly meeting.  At that meeting, it was announced that June 2019 net operating revenue fell by 9/7-percent, equaling $112,961 below the target.  Total operating expenses were … Continue reading →

Centralia firefighters responded to a Thursday night fire, along the 600 block of South Locust Street and along 15th and South Elm Street.  Efforts were hampered since there was a water main broken, so that effected the South Locust fire.  … Continue reading →

A Centralia man was arrested, after being charged with firearms and domestic violence.  44-year-old Robert Thomas was arrested and charged for being a felon in possession of a firearm, along with being a felon in possession of a shot gun … Continue reading →