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Corn and soybean harvest wrapping up
Corn and soybean harvesting is starting to wrap up as we hear in the weekly crop report. State Crop Statistician Mark Schleusener says it was a warm, dry week in Illinois, giving farmers plenty of tim...
Nov 10, 2020
Centralia City Council sees $300,000 savings on liability and workers comp insurance
The Centralia City Council has approved a liability and worker’s compensation insurance package for the coming fiscal year that will save them $300,000 a year. City Manager Lowell Crow commended...
Nov 10, 2020
2020 11/13 - Rhoda Newnum
Rhoda Newnum, 58, of Odin, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2020, at her home. She was born August 6, 1962, in Salem, the daughter of Ira “Gus” Overbeck and Dorothy (Cavins) Overbeck. She i...
Nov 10, 2020
Sparta man killed in Route 185 crash in Fayette County
A 47-year-old Sparta man was killed in a Fayette County crash Monday morning. State Police say preliminary information indicates Chad Kinstler was killed when the driver of the pickup in which he was ...
Nov 09, 2020
City of Salem staff being hit hard by COVID-19; Animal Control Facility and City Hall closed to public
Salem City Manager Rex Barbee says the city staff has been hit hard by COVID-19. He says they have a few positive cases and a number of others on quarantine due to being close contacts. Barbee himself...
Nov 09, 2020
Area health department report nearly 400 new COVID-19 cases, 45 in Marion County
The Marion County Health Department is reporting 45 new positive COVID-19 cases over the weekend and on Monday. One of the new cases is a long-term care resident and three are school age. The Health D...
Nov 09, 2020
Marion County Health Department offers tips to monitor yourself if you test positive
The Marion County Health Department says they are inundated with positive COVID-19 cases. If you have tested positive and have not heard from the health department yet, you are asked to take the follo...
Nov 09, 2020
Gospel Lighthouse Helping Hands Food Pantry set for Tuesday morning
The Gospel Lighthouse Church on U.S. 50 between Salem and Odin will be holding their November Food Pantry distribution on Tuesday morning, November 10th. The distribution will be drive-through only. Y...
Nov 09, 2020
Southern Illinois federal trials canceled due to COVID-19
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - The coronavirus pandemic has led to federal civil and criminal trials in southern Illinois being canceled through Jan. 24. U.S. District Judge Nancy J. Rosenstengel issued ...
Nov 09, 2020
Pritzker welcomes Biden's COVID-19 plan for masks, testing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' Democratic governor on Monday welcomed Joe Biden's immediate response as president-elect to the coronavirus pandemic, signaling the incoming Democratic administratio...
Nov 09, 2020
