Category Archives: Local News

This is the final weekend of operation for the Salem Aquatic Center. It comes to an end with a special fundraising swimming event for the Salem Animal Control facility on Sunday. Animal Control Facili...

Judges tasted and reviewed hundreds of exhibits in the Marion County Exhibit building this year. Seven were named grand champions. Sierra Felgenhauer of Salem won two grand champion awards. One for ba...

Deuel Veterinary Services in Salem is closing. After 15 years serving the Salem community and surrounding area, Dr. Abby Deuel of Deuel Veterinary Services says her practice will close on August 20, 2...

Four managers and supervisors of a Franklin County mine have been indicted for failing to evacuate miners during an underground fire, conspiracy to obstruct investigators, and falsifying records 69-ye...

Kaskaskia College is hold a special Saturday registration on August 8th at the main campus and education centers in Salem, Greenville, Nashville, Trenton and Vandalia. The special registration will be...

Salem Police are investigating a burglary that occurred at the ESI Steel and Fabrication Plant in the 1600 block of North Broadway sometime Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Police report tha...

A 36-year-old Kinmundy woman, Vanessa Wooden-Wilkins of Fremont Street, was arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for alleged domestic battery. Sheriff's Deputies also arrested 20-year-old Zane...

There were 90 animals on the block at the Marion County 4H Auction at the Marion County Fairgrounds Wednesday night. The animals brought a total of $119,375. There were five fewer animals auctioned an...

Three area law enforcement officers were among the bull riders at the Marion County Fair rodeo Wednesday night. Two of them, Marion County Correctional Officers Noah Jourdon and Hunter Horn, had never...

The Tri-County Electric Cooperative has a new General Manager, but he's a familiar face. Director of Engineering and 19 year employee Danny Hopfinger has been selected as the next General Manager repl...