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Salem Police Chief Sean Reynolds says evidence was found Monday to indicate Five Brothers Cafe at 2053 West Main had been burglarized Sunday night in addition to being damaged by fire. Reynolds says a...

Governor Pritzker speaks at a Chicago area high school before signing education reform package into law. The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus celebrated another victory Monday in its multi-pronged ap...

The Marion County Health Department is confirming the death of a male in his 80s from COVID-19 related causes over the weekend. The death is the 114th in the county. The department is also reporting s...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago’s two major league baseball teams will be allowed to host a limited number of fans starting on opening day. Mayor Lori Lightfoot says capacity for the Cubs at Wrigley Fiel...

Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon says positive identification has been made on the body of a man found in a creek flowing through vacant land in Salem’s Westside Industrial Park. He isn’t...

Clinton County Coroner Phillip Moss has identified a man whose body was recovered from a pond near the Best Western Motel in Centralia. He’s 37-year-old Jeffrey Downs of Swansea. An autopsy is s...

A fire gutted a back room of the Five Brothers Cafe at 2053 West Main late Sunday night after the restaurant had closed for the evening. Salem Fire Protection District officials say the fire was disco...

Salem Fire Protection District Firemen say a fire at the Hardee’s Restaurant on Sunday night was confined to a deep fryer where it started. Firemen say the employees had evacuated prior to their...

The third-grade teacher at Patoka School is the WJBD-WSIQ Teacher of the Week. Erica Hyde has taught third grade at Patoka for five years and is in her ninth year as a teacher. She was nominated for t...

A 32-year-old Centralia man has posted bond and was released after being arrested by Wamac Police on an outstanding Marion County felony warrant. Nicolas Hatfield of West 6th Street posted $500 cash b...