Category Archives: Local News
Salem City Council to consider gift of aerial drone for police department 8-15-22
The Salem City Council Monday night will consider acceptance of an aerial drone. City Manager Rex Barbee says the drone could be used by the police department for their use in searching for missing ch...
Aug 15, 2022 Kevin Dooley / CC
Police Beat for Monday, August 15th, 2022
An 18-year-old Centralia man has been arrested on multiple charges by Centralia Police. Jayden Acres of McKee Street was taken to the Marion County Jail on Sunday for alleged possession of a stolen fi...
Aug 15, 2022
3 injured in shooting at amusement park near Chicago
GURNEE, Ill. (AP) - Three people have been hurt in a shooting outside an amusement park north of Chicago. A spokesperson for Six Flags Great America said the victims were in a parking lot outside Six ...
Aug 15, 2022 Jeremy Thompson / CC
Mobile home in Salem heavily damaged by fire
A fire destroyed a carport and adjoining mobile home in Salem Saturday afternoon. The fire was at the Jeff Stevens home at 1302 North Trenary. Stevens was alerted to the fire and was out safely before...
Aug 14, 2022 Fire engulfs a carport and then spread to the Jeff Stevens mobile home at 1302 Trenary in Salem Saturday afternoon.
Police Beat for Sunday, August 14th, 2022
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a 23-year-old Salem woman on drug charges following a traffic stop on Saturday. Danielle Campbell of East Main was arrested for possession of methamphetamine,...
Aug 14, 2022
2 killed when small plane crashes on roadway in Illinois
HANNA CITY, Ill. (AP) - Two people are dead after a single-engine plane they were in crashed on a roadway in the small central Illinois community of Hanna City. Officials say the crash happened early ...
Aug 14, 2022 BobMacInnes / CC
Marion, Clinton, Fayette, and Clay County all now at high level for COVID transmission
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases was on the rise in Marion County for the week ending on Thursday keeping the county in the high category for community transmission. There were 140 new cases rep...
Aug 14, 2022 Raed Mansour / CC
Salem Township Hospital Foundation Golf Gala raises $20,000
The Salem Township Hospital Foundation Golf Gala has raised $20,000. 34 teams participated in the Friday tournament at the Salem Country Club. Foundation President Myron Lloyd says it was a great day....
Aug 13, 2022
Kinmundy man injured in single pickup truck crash on Route 161 Extension
A 27-year-old Kinmundy man was injured when his truck left the Route 161 Extension near Stroup Road in rural Kell late Friday morning. Initial information from the Marion County Sheriff's Department i...
Aug 13, 2022
Stolen vehicle burns outside of Salem
The Fayette County Sheriff's Department is investigating a stolen vehicle found burning in a brushy area off of Robin Road south of US 50 and the railroad tracks just east of Salem. The car had alread...
Aug 13, 2022
