The Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting to welcome Modern Paw Pet Company to Salem. The business owned by Lauren Fox is located at 730 North Broadway in the former Paradise Flowers and Quinn Realty building. "We offer dog grooming services, small, medium, and large; it doesn't matter what size....

Protesters hold posters in support of Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski during a solidarity demonstration in Vilnius. Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski turned 62 on September 25, 2024. (Yauhen Yerchak/SOPA Images...

The Iuka Fire Protection District has purchased a new first-out engine for structure fires. The engine was purchased used from the Waynesville Rural Fire Protection District in Missouri. Fire Chief Kenny Eagan reports the plan is to have the new engine in service in January after some upgrades. One of those upgrades ...

Split opinion allows consent decree to continue but says lower judge erred By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Article summary The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals will continue to block the release of hundreds of undocumented immigrants that a lower court had ordered after they were al...

Centralia Police arrested 31-year-old Kyle Roe on outstanding warrants for failure to appear in Marion and Clinton counties. Roe was taken to the Marion County Jail where he is being held without bond until a Monday court appearance. Sandoval Police arrested 52-year-old Janie Lee of Mulberry Street in Farina on an out...

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Two U.S. soldiers and one civilian U.S. interpreter were killed in Syria Saturday after they were ambushed by a likely ISIS gunman, U.S. officials said.The gunman was killed by "partner forces" during a skirmish, according to Defe...

A burned and unusable car is seen as firefighters continue to extinguish the fire that broke out in a house following the Russian drone attacks on Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine on December 13, 2025. (State Emergency Service of Ukraine / Handout/Anad...

Churches: Boulder United Methodist no services Lovell's Grove Christian Church - Omega no services Sandoval United Methodist no services Youngs Chapel Christian Church on the corner of Red Stripe and Selmaville Roads is cancelled for Sunday due to the cold weather forecast.

Columbia knocked off Salem at B.E. Gum in Cahokia Conference play 63-54 in an entertaining game. Salem trailed just 27-25 at the halftime break, but Columbia outscored them in the 3rd quarter to take a lead into the 4th. Salem would try to mount a comeback but Columbia was there with an answer every time. Avery Gull...

The Centralia Orphans beat archrival Mt Vernon in the South 7 Conference opener for both teams by a final of 57-39. Jaxson Hancock led the balanced Orphans attack with 20, Archie Goewey added 12 with Mike Organ and Kenny Bratton scoring 11 each. Dave Barnes had 11 of his 15 to lead Mt Vernon in the first half. Centr...