Centralia News

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Residents in Jefferson and Marion counties are being asked if they could be better served by a shuttle service offered by South Central Transit.

More than 40 colorful hot air balloons will again fill the sky this year over Foundation Park in Centralia, Illinois, in a much-anticipated reappearance this fall.

Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White and the Illinois Press Association last month announced the winners of the annual Spotlight on Achievement and Spotlight on Service awards recognizing outstanding literacy students and volunteer tutors in Illinois.

Blow molding tooling specialist Big 3 Precision Products launches its first blow molding machine - the BMP145T injection blow molding unit - at Booth N71045.

Leon K. Marcum, 27, of Centralia, Ill., was charged with aggravated leaving the scene of an accident involving death in the Sunday crash that killed Jim Gafney, said Clinton County State's Attorney John Hudspeth.

A 65-year-old man who was riding his bicycle from California to Washington, D.C., to protest government bailouts was killed Sunday by a suspected drunken driver in a hit-and-run crash on U.S. 50 near Carlyle.

A California man who was riding a bike across the U.S. to deliver a petition to lawmakers in Washington, D.C. was struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver in Clinton County Sunday morning.

Two southern Illinois students earn the Jason Lindsey Outstanding Science Student Scholarship.

Ronald C. Hershow, and William M. Janda Author affiliation: University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA To the Editor: Escherichia coli harboring Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases are now rarely being reported.

A 100-mph police pursuit that started in the Centralia area ended early Monday morning near Germantown when the suspect crashed.

Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say the incident occurred in the driveway of the home of Joe Lyons in Sandoval.

Branson has a new economic development director, two years after the previous one resigned.

This is the first part of a ten-part action figure story that I started to-day. Hope you enjoy it.

Mt. Vernon Police Department Arrests Jason L. Keele, 36, of the 14200 block of East Tolle Road, was arrested at 2:14 a.m. Tuesday on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris is embarking on a three-day tour of southern Illinois to discuss the national recession's impact on the region.

Andrea Olmstead vividly remembers the night she was raped. At 15, the high school freshman was eager to follow an older girlfriend to a get-together that night in December 1985, where two men who doubled her age were waiting.

The Great Depression prevented them from attending college, but Doris and Clarence Watterson's love for the Centralia community will ensure plenty of other people have the chance for higher education.

Several businesses and homes in Centralia, Illinois were destroyed when fire broke out in a half of a city block in the downtown area Monday morning.

Several businesses located in downtown Centralia, IL are on fire Monday afternoon.

Firefighters remain on the scene of a large fire that damaged several businesses and apartments in Centralia, Illinois.