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Salem Public Works Director Annette Sola says major progress was made in cleaning up the area hit by the Friday night tornado on Monday. After initially dealing with gas and water leaks and pushing de...

Today is election day across the state. Marion County Clerk Steve Fox says polls opened at six am and remain open until seven Tuesday night. "I think with early voting and vote by mail turnouts, it's ...

Three people were arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies and brought to County Jail on Monday on outstanding warrants. All three were later released on bond. 57-year-old Billy Lucy of Chestnut S...

A Desoto man has been charged in Marion County Court with threatening a public official and felony domestic battery. Daniel Walls is accused of telling a sheriff's deputy called to a domestic disturba...

Centralia residents are being reminded that this is the final week for the spring leaf vacuuming service. It will conclude on Friday. Pickup is normally completed on your regular trash collection day....

The Salem City Council was told a number of improvement projects are included in the non-general fund portion of the city's Fiscal Year 2024 budget. Finance Director Keli Roth reported overall the tot...

Griffin Day's grand slam wasn't enough as Salem fell on the road in prep baseball to Triad 11-8 on a day for hitters. Aden Susmena drove in 2 with RBI also from Kam Wilkins and Gavin Zimmerman who dou...

Christ Our Rock got a big hit from Colton Oelze as the Stallions scored twice in the fifth to beat visiting Cisne 2-0. The 2 runs were plenty for starter Myles Pryor who struck out 13 in the complete ...