Category Archives: Local News
Two pickup truck crash results in death Thursday morning
A State Police accident reconstructionist is currently investigating a head-on crash between two pickup trucks that occurred on Route 37 South of Salem near the Sassafras Road intersection. Preliminar...
Jun 23, 2022
Salem woman arrested for burglary broken up in progress
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested a 33-year-old Salem woman for burglary after she was allegedly discovered inside a business just north of Salem early Wednesday afternoon. When deputies ...
Jun 23, 2022
Police Beat for Thursday, June 23rd, 2022
Centralia Police arrested a 22-year-old Salem man on drug and theft charges after they were called to a home on Maulding Drive Wednesday night where the occupant reported items had been stolen. Kelby ...
Jun 23, 2022
Marion County Health Department reporting 121 current active COVID cases; to offer vaccines to those under five
Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow told the health department board this week that they will be offering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to those under five years of age startin...
Jun 23, 2022
State agency buys building in Salem to coordinate disaster response in Southern Illinois
Salem is now playing a key role to disaster response and recovery across Southern Illinois. The Illinois Department of Emergency Management Agency Public Information Officer Kevin Sur has confirmed th...
Jun 23, 2022 The new Illinois Emergency Management Agency building in the Salem West Side Industrial Park.
From 'carp' to 'copi': unpopular fish getting a makeover
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - If "invasive carp" doesn't sound appetizing, how about a plate of copi? The state of Illinois is unveiling a market-tested rebranding campaign to make the fish appealing to...
Jun 23, 2022
Clinton County State's Attorney files 30 count information against Ray Tate
A Hopkinsville, Kentucky man who went on a two-state crime spree after murdering a Wayne County Sheriff's Deputy on I-64 now faces 30 criminal counts in Clinton County Court in connection with a kidna...
Jun 22, 2022 Ray Tate (Clinton County Sheriff's Department)
Bond set at $150,000 for Sandoval man charged with burglary
Bond has been set at $150,000 for a 48-year-old Sandoval man who was formally charged in Marion County Court on Tuesday with burglary. Michael Flanagan of Isle Street is accused of entering a building...
Jun 22, 2022
Salem man charged in connection with cat drowning
Bond has been set at $25,000 for a 56-year-old Salem man who was formally charged in Marion County Court on Tuesday with aggravated cruelty to an animal. Jeffrey Steevens of North Trenary is accused o...
Jun 22, 2022
Two injured when vehicle runs off East McCord and strikes tree and occupied car
Centralia Police say two people were injured when a car ran off the 900 block of East McCord Street, struck a power pole, and then crashed into an occupied parked car in a driveway. Police say 25-year...
Jun 22, 2022
