The 2026 Marion County Fair Queen Pageant field of contestants has been set. There are 8 young ladies competing for the title of Miss Marion County. T...

An investigation is underway after a Marion County Jail inmate died Sunday evening in what authorities believe was an apparent suicide attempt. Marion...

The Marion County Highway Department will begin Oiling Hoots Chapel Road on Wednesday, July 8th, from Highway 50, going roughly 3.5 Miles north, weath...

Centralia Police have arrested 33-year-old Duan Brown of Cyprus, Texas on multiple charges. He's being held in the Marion County Jail pending further ...

Jimmie E. Bradford, 70, of Centralia, IL was welcomed into the arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Wednesday, July 1, 2026, following a brief illness in...

Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps says an investigation is underway into the death of 56-year-old Bryan Hester of Salem while he was an inmate at the Marion County Jail.  Cripps says Hester was found unresponsive in his cell in what is believed to be a […]

Marion County's Celebration with the 250th Birthday of the US began on Friday with the 1776 Dinner and a Revolutionary War Reenactment Group setting u...

Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps says an investigation is underway into the death of 56-year-old Bryan Hester of Salem while he was an inmate at the...

Thursday night just after midnight the Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested two people inside the Log Cabin Village just outside of Kinmundy. 25-year-old Wade Morlan of Iuka and 38-year-old Billie Peak of Kinmundy were taken to the Marion County Jail and charged with burglary and […]

State Police Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 8 says a vehicle stolen in Marion County was involved in the shooting that occurred at St. John's...