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Salem Grade School District goes on remote learning until after Winter Break
Salem Grade School Superintendent Dr. Leslie Foppe announced Tuesday afternoon the district would remain on full remote learning until after the Winter Holiday break. Students are now scheduled to ret...
Nov 24, 2020
No new deaths in region, Marion County Health Department reports 46 new COVID-19 cases
The Marion County Health Department reported 46 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow says 19 of the new cases are from a long-term care facility and four are s...
Nov 24, 2020
State Public Health Officials making last plea against Thanksgiving get-togethers
Public Health officials are making a last-minute plea to get together with family virtually this Thanksgiving. State Public Health Chief Dr. Ngozi Ezike strongly urges people not to get together with ...
Nov 24, 2020
Drive Through COVID-19 testing to be available in Salem next week
The Illinois Department of Public Health and the Marion County Health Department has announced a community drive-through testing site will be available at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Salem next w...
Nov 24, 2020
Salem Township Hospital implements no visitors policy
Salem Township Hospital is implementing a NO VISITORS policy effective Wednesday. In addition to visitors to hospitalized patients, this includes no support person for Emergency, Rural Health Clinic a...
Nov 24, 2020
Illinois: Fraudulent jobless claims soar during pandemic
CHICAGO (AP) - State officials say fraudulent unemployment claims have soared in Illinois as scammers direct jobless benefits to their own accounts at a time when record numbers of residents have soug...
Nov 24, 2020
Centralia Police arrest two on drug charges following separate traffic stops
Centralia Police arrested two people on felony drug charges following separate traffic stops. 25-year-old Zachary Higgins of Morton Road in Kell was arrested for possession of meth, possession with in...
Nov 24, 2020
Stolen donut lands Centralia man in jail for felony retail theft
A 31-year-old Centralia man has been charged with felony retail theft after allegedly leaving the Centralia Huck’s Store with a donut he did not pay for. Centralia Police say Travis Wooters of N...
Nov 24, 2020
2020 11/29 - Adam Ben Blackward
Adam Ben Blackward, 37, of Boynton Beach, Florida, died suddenly on Thursday, November 19, 2020 near his home. On April 1, 2020, Adam married Marc Endelson in Florida. Adam graduated from Mount Vernon...
Nov 24, 2020
Marion County Board approves balanced budget
The Marion County Board Monday night approved its budget for the fiscal year that begins December 1st. The $9.4-million budget still contains a surplus, but it was cut to just $102,000 after $255,000 ...
Nov 24, 2020
