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An XPO truck driver based out of the Salem Service Center was surprised with a celebration Monday marking 3-million miles of accident free driving. Service Center Manager Josh Dunahee told the Marion ...

A 34-year-old Sandoval woman has been arrested for aggravated battery after allegedly stabbing a male acquaintance at her home Monday night. Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps said Sierra Stokes of So...

Marion County Board Chair Steve Whritenour says a day of meetings with county officials over potential budget cuts was productive. However, he said after Monday night's meeting it is not yet known if ...

The Marion County Board reorganized for a second time Monday night because they violated the Open Meetings Act the first time. Board members verbally announced who they had voted for in a prior secret...

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced that the state's overall respiratory illness level has moved up from Low to Moderate. That means that Illinoisans face an increased chance of ...

Jefferson Fire reports a vacant home in the 22,000 block of North Hails Lane in rural Texico was destroyed in an early Tuesday morning fire. Fire officials say flames were shooting from the home upon ...

A home on the north side of Salem received minor damage in a Monday night fire. The Salem Fire Protection District reports a neighbor spotted a fire burning a hole in the outside siding of the Faith A...

Illinois State Police have arrested a 69-year-old Wilmington man for a Class Four Felony for violation of Scott's Law following the death of a State Trooper. John Fleet is accused of striking Trooper ...

Centralia Police made two domestic battery arrests in different cases on Tuesday. 21-year-old Davairo Copeland of Blakey, Georgia and 33-year-old Tyler Williams of South Walnut in Centralia were both ...

The Marion County Board will have to reorganize again Monday night after apparently violating the Illinois Open Meetings Act by voting by secret ballot. State's Attorney Tim Hudspeth investigated the ...