Category Archives: Local News
Scooters Coffee Drive Thrus coming to Salem, Centralia, Mt. Vernon, and Vandalia
Scooters Coffee Drive Thru's are coming to Salem, Centralia, Mt. Vernon, Vandalia and two other communities. Rachel Wallace who owns many of the Subway Restaurants in the area along with the Best West...
Aug 17, 2022 Scooters Coffee Drive Thru (Scooters Facebook Page)
Salem man gets 12 year prison term for predatory criminal sexual assault
A 21-year-old Salem man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for predatory criminal sexual assault. Dustin Peach had entered a guilty plea to the Class X charge in April in exchange for three chil...
Aug 17, 2022
Clinton County Health Department confirming mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile Virus
The Clinton County Health Department has confirmed the first mosquitoes to test positive for West Nile virus. The positive batches were collected on August 15th from rural Trenton, Germantown, and Bar...
Aug 16, 2022 dr_relling / CC
Centralia announces conditional appointment of new police chief
Centralia City Manager W. Kory Smith has announced the conditional appointment has been offered to Christopher Locke to serve as Centralia's Police Chief. He is currently the Police Chief of Fairview ...
Aug 16, 2022
Southbound I-57 reopened north of Salem following multi-vehicle crash
Three people were injured in a four-vehicle chain reaction collision crash on Southbound I-57 that closed the southbound lanes at mile marker 124 eight miles north of the Salem exit for several hours....
Aug 16, 2022 A semi unable to slow for traffic on I-57 south of the Kinmundy exit hits a car and another truck forcing the second truck into a third semi.
Police Beat for Tuesday, August 16th, 2022
A 42-year-old Sandoval man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for violation of bail bond. Curtis Scott of Nebraska Avenue in Sandoval was taken to the Marion County Jail. 28-year-ol...
Aug 16, 2022
Route 161 Extension Skillet Fork Bridge to go down to one lane with weight limit on Tuesday
The Marion County Highway Department has received direction from the Illinois Department of Transportation to reduce traffic on the Route 161 Extension Bridge over Skillet Fork to one lane with a like...
Aug 16, 2022 Marion County Highway Engineer Mike McCormick
Centralia woman faces home invasion, criminal trespass and battery charges
A 24-year-old Centralia woman has been charged in Marion County Court on Tuesday with alleged home invasion, criminal trespass to residence, and battery. Court records show Imani Kaufman of the Midtow...
Aug 16, 2022
Salem City Council sells Bicentennial Park
The Salem City Council has sold Bicentennial Park in the 100 block of South Broadway downtown. The small 28 to 70-foot park between Kane Insurance and the ABC Pub was purchased for $1,000 by Doug and ...
Aug 16, 2022 Bicentenial Park (between two buildings) is sold to the ABC Pub for outdoor seating.
Salem City Council considers purchase of drone for Salem EMA
The Salem City Council wants more information before moving forward on the addition of a drone to the Salem Emergency Management Agency. The agency's Assistant Director Andrew Strong notes other Emerg...
Aug 16, 2022 Kevin Dooley / CC
