Howard Cross, Centralia, tries to keep the ball away from Marysville's Brandon Griffee. Centralia remains atop the Twin Valley League boys’ basketball standings with a 3-0 week.

For long-distance dating between Portland and Seattle, Centralia has quite a few spots where couples can create sweet memories.

For area high school wrestlers, it is now-or-never time.

The Clark College men’s basketball team dominated the boards to make up for a shooting night shooting and beat Centralia College 73-63 on Wednesday.

Allegations against a Centralia man of child molestation and rape were dropped after evidence failed to add up, his attorney said. The charges of first-degree child molestation, first-degree statutory sodomy, second-degree statutory rape and incest were dropped Monday. Gary W. Palmer, 46, instead pleaded guilty to a third-degree assault charge he had not previously faced.

St. Anthony didn’t shoot well from the floor in Monday night’s Effingham Round Robin Tournament game against Centralia. But luckily for the Bulldogs, neither did the Orphan Annies.

The Washington Department of Transportation has closed both directions of Interstate 5 for about 8 miles north of Centralia because of power lines on the roadway.

After winning its third regional title in four years, the Triad wrestling team hopes the best is yet to come.

Centralia police are searching for a man who robbed a Subway restaurant at gunpoint Monday night.

Tied at 8 after one quarter Monday night, the Centralia girls basketball team outscored South Shelby by double-digits in the next three frames to claim a 55-26 victory in Shelbina.