Category Archives: Local News
More than 75 attend open house at William Jennings Bryan Birthplace; building improvements on the way
The Salem Historical Commission is pleased with the more than 75 who took time out on Saturday to visit the William Jennings Bryan Birthplace Home and Museum on South Broadway. Historical Commission V...
Mar 21, 2022 William Jennings Bryan Birthplace Museum on South Broadway. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Monday, March 21st, 2022
Salem Police have arrested 22-year-old Kelby Firnhaber of Markland Street in Salem for alleged possession of methamphetamine. He was taken into custody early Monday morning when police were called to ...
Mar 21, 2022
Irvington Grade School 3rd Quarter Honor Roll
High Honor Roll: 5th Grade: Adelynn Beal Evan Gwin Pacer Szopinski 7th Grade: Chloe Foltz Chauncey Miller Kimber Grimes 8th Grade: Benjamin Wangler Dylan Kuhns Honor Roll: 6th Grade: Brooke Kozuszek K...
Mar 21, 2022
Moore scores 21, Houston hammers Illinois to make Sweet 16
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Taze Moore scored 21 points, Jamal Shead added 18, and Houston, a Final Four team last season, advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament with a 68-53 win over Illinois. The Ill...
Mar 20, 2022
One treated for minor injuries following crash on South Hotze Road
One person was injured in a single-car crash on South Hotze Road near the Nation Road intersection south of Salem Saturday afternoon. Initial information from the Marion County Sheriff's Department in...
Mar 20, 2022
Public being asked to help locate missing 17-year-old Flora teen
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is asking for the public's help in locating a 17-year-old Flora teen who has not been seen since December 29th, 2021. Luka Ferrell has brown hair...
Mar 20, 2022
Canadian Pacific rail work stoppage could hit US agriculture
DETROIT (AP) - Canadian Teamsters and CP Rail blamed each other for a work stoppage Sunday that halted trains across Canada and interrupted shipments to and from the U.S. More than 3,000 CP Rail condu...
Mar 20, 2022 Marty Bernard
'House that Madigan Built' covers speaker's peak to plummet
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois history is not light on political heavyweights. But Michael Madigan's longevity as speaker of the state House and chairman of the Democratic Party made an outsized im...
Mar 20, 2022
Centralia High School National Honor Society holding food drive March 26th
Wondering what that bag on your door is for? Well, if you haven't heard, it's time once again for Centralia High School's chapter of the National Honor Society to host their annual food drive! Bags ha...
Mar 20, 2022
Governor announces new Children's Behavioral Health Initiative
Governor JB Pritzker is announcing a new Children's Behavioral Health Initiative. The goal is to really look at what services are available to families and how to make the process easier for parents d...
Mar 20, 2022
