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Salem to look a lot more like Christmas starting this weekend
The 2019 Downtown Planter decorating contest winners from Twin Willows Nursing Home. Left to right: Cathy Marble, Jerry Marble, and Mona Owens. Photo by Christian Boyles. Downtown Salem will begin to ...
Nov 13, 2020
Police Beat for Friday, November 13th, 2020
Salem Police arrested a father and daughter following a domestic disturbance at their home late Thursday night. Police report 27-year-old Michelle Hester of East Olive called to report she had been ba...
Nov 13, 2020
National Junior College Athletic Association Names First Kaskaskia College Representative
The National Junior College Athletic Association named basketball player Jalen Williams as the first National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Student-Athlete Council Representative from Ka...
Nov 13, 2020
Budgeting for Beginners
Budgeting for Beginners Getting started with you household budget. Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources Budgeting towards needs and goals. One of the objectives of creating a household budget is...
Nov 13, 2020
New COVID-19 numbers extremely high again on Thursday; Governor says Stay at Home Order may be needed
Governor JB Pritzker says if COVID-19 numbers don’t improve, some sort of Stay at Home order may be enacted in the coming days. COVID-19 hospitalizations are at an all-time high in Illinois and ...
Nov 12, 2020
COVID-19 related deaths at Odin Care Center now at 14; 48 new cases reported in Marion County
Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow says there have now been 14 deaths of residents at the Odin Care Center. She reports three deaths reported by the state on Wednesday were a...
Nov 12, 2020
Second Centralia Correctional Center inmate; seven long term care residents die from COVID-19 in Clinton County
The Clinton County Health Department is reporting a total of eight deaths from COVID-19 related causes on Wednesday and Thursday. The department reports the deaths include a male in his 50s who is the...
Nov 12, 2020
Salem Grade and Odin extend remote learning until November 30th
Both the Salem Grade School and Odin School Districts have announced they are extending full remote learning until Monday, November 30th. In both cases, the move is being made because of the high numb...
Nov 12, 2020
2020 11/14 - Russell Forster Sweet
Russell Forster Sweet, 93, of Centralia, passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, IN. Russell attended the First Presbyterian Church in Centralia with his ...
Nov 12, 2020
2020 11/14 - Emma "Jo" Fryar
Emma "Jo" Fryar, age 91, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, passed into Heaven at 3:00 PM on November 11, 2020 at her home. Emma was a homemaker, and after her children were grown, she worked a variety of jobs ...
Nov 12, 2020
