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Jefferson Fire and four other departments providing mutual aid fought a fire in a 20 foot tall pile of sawdust and 15 piles of wood at K.V. Trees on North Iris Lane southeast of Dix. Jefferson Fire re...

The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to approve its annual audit from C.J. Schlosser and Company LLC. City Manager Kory Smith says the city's assets exceeded its liabilities at the cl...

Marion County Retired Teachers Association will have the one-room school open on both days of the Bicentennial Weekend Celebration. The school will be open from 4 pm until 7 pm on Friday prior to the ...

An audience that totaled 520 filled the Salem Community Theatre for two performances of the Princess and the Pea on Saturday that concluded the Missoula Children's Theatre's one week theater workshop ...

The Salem Community Band and Choir will join Salem's Bicentennial Celebration with a Friday night performance celebrating music education in Salem Public Schools. Band Director Matt Webster says the p...

Kaskaskia College will hold community engagement meetings in Salem, Nashville, Greenville, Trenton, and Vandalia Education Centers over the next three weeks. The meeting at the Salem Education Center ...

The City of Salem's celebration of its 200th birthday is set for Saturday. Salem City Clerk Tabatha Meador who is chairing the event says a full day of activities is set in Bryan Memorial Park beginni...

The SC 15u Storm Chasers hosted and won a tournament this weekend at Lions Field in Kinmundy. They opened with a 5-0 win over the Shelby County Legion before losing to the Illinois Black Sox 9-4 in th...

Salem JV finished their run at the Carlyle Mudcats Tournament dropping their last 2 games. On Saturday, Salem fell to the Trenton Gators 6-5 in 9-innings. Payton Gullion was the starting pitcher going...

The Varsity Summer Baseball League will come to an end this week with post season games played at Salem High School. The North winner, who is still to be decided, will play the West winner Altamont at...