A husband and wife have been arrested by Junction City Police for running from a traffic stop into their home. 48-year-old Mary Frank and 47-year-old Jesse Frank of 9th Street were later apprehended and charged with resisting or obstructing arrest. Mary Frank was also arrested on an outstanding no bond Marion County major traffic warrant. Jesse Frank was also arrested on a Clinton County felony failure to appear warrant in a retail theft case. Both were taken to the Marion County Jail to ...

The Centralia Masonic Lodge at 236 South Poplar will hold a Christmas Auction on Saturday night. The auction will feature new toys, household items, and tools. It will be possible to buy a toy and donate it to the Central City Lions Club for its Christmas program. Food will also be available. Proceeds will go to needed repairs at the Masonic Lodge. Cash, check, debit or credit card will be accepted. You can call (618) 292-6310 for more information.

The structure is now in place for the Project Bread senior meal program in Salem, Odin, Sandoval, Iuka and Kell following a second meeting of a grassroots organization on Thursday. The city of Salem has agreed to take the lead. City Manager Annette Sola explains their role. "Phone calls are all coming to us," Sola said. "We're trying to work out a system to better organize that list so that it's easy to track. I think that makes it easy for us to take the lead on this. We can...

On Tuesday, November 12th, the Salem Community High School chapter of National Honor Society inducted 24 new members. Students were selected based on demonstration of outstanding qualities in the pillars of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. The ceremony was led by NHS President Ella Douglas and officers Preslee Harris, Kennedy Finney, Chesney Clark, and Jaryn Haarmann. New inductees from the senior class were Savannah Arnold, Larisa Carpenter, and Cooper Lobek. Inductees from t...

Friday is the final day to sign up for the WJBD-Centralia Community Youth Center Adopt-a-Family program. Applications may be completed at the Youth Center at 1224 East Rexford in Centralia from noon to five and at the Bryan Bennett Library in Salem from 9:30 to 1 pm. All applications require proof of SNAP or Link benefits such as a letter from DHS or a copy of a SNAP card. No other income verification will be needed this year. The call is also going out for those would like to assist famili...

Pro-life group challenges city's now-repealed 'buffer zone' law, potentially reshaping protest laws nationwide By CARLY GIS Saluki Local Reporting Lab for Capitol News Illinois cgist@dailyegyptian.com The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade turned Carbondale into a critical medical hub: Following the Dobbs v. Jackson decision in 2022, three clinics offering abortion services opened in the small, liberal university town in conservative rural southern Illinois. It's now the ...

By. Cole Wimberly Salem Community High School Theater is putting on the play "One Stoplight Town" at the Community Theater. Opening night is this Thursday, November 14th! The engaging show follows a story about people from a town so small that you might drive through without taking a second look. High school Theater director Drew Johnson believes the show is on track to be one of his best. Johnson explains, "So It is relatively new. In fact, if you look around the country the a...

A 33-year-old Oakville, Missouri man has been returned to the Marion County Jail on an outstanding failure to appear warrant. Todarrius Guyton is being held without bond pending a first appearance in court. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 63-year-old Walter Hollen of Queens Avenue in the Royal Lakes neighborhood in rural Odin for misdemeanor criminal damage to property. He was later released on a notice to appear in court.