Category Archives: Local News
Fire damages rural Dix home
A home northwest of Dix received moderate damage in an early Wednesday morning fire. Jefferson Fire Protection District firemen say the James Burnes family at 8706 East Campbell Road woke up to find a...
Feb 23, 2022
Police Beat for Wednesday, February 23, 2022
A 42-year-old Robinson man was arrested by Centralia Police for aggravated domestic battery. Francisco Lavigne was taken to the Marion County Jail. A 38-year-old Centralia woman was arrested for drivi...
Feb 23, 2022
Salem City Council moves forward on South Broadway water line replacement
The Salem City Council took the first step Tuesday night for the replacement of the troublesome South Broadway waterline. The council agreed to have an engineer prepare plan for the replacement of the...
Feb 23, 2022 Grand Canyon National Park / CC
Salem City Council takes action to correct underpass flooding
The Salem City Council has agreed to spend $41,544 to make repairs to the pumping system that keeps water from flooding the East Main Street underpass. Public Works Director Annette Brushwitz says the...
Feb 23, 2022 Salem Public Works Director Annette Sola.
Salem City Council agrees to give local vendors up to 10- percent advantage
The Salem City Council on a three-two vote has approved giving local vendors up to a 10-percent advantage when bidding on city projects. It had been five percent, but councilman Craig Morton suggested...
Feb 23, 2022
2 killed in small plane crash in northern Ohio
FOSTORIA, Ohio (AP) - Authorities say two men are dead after a small plane crashed in northern Ohio. Authorities say the single-engine Piper Saratoga was traveling from Illinois to Findlay when the ai...
Feb 23, 2022 BobMacInnes / CC
Illinois man charged in Jan. 6, 2021, attack on Capitol
CHICAGO (AP) - Another Illinois resident has been charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Forty-four-year-old Athanasios Zoyganeles of Chicago is charged in a criminal complaint filed...
Feb 23, 2022 David / CC
Salem City Council approves zoning change to allow Crouse Funeral Home expansion
The Salem City Council approved a zoning change Tuesday night that will allow for an expansion of the Crouse Funeral Home. Owner Rich Crouse told the council he needs to change the zoning on a vacant ...
Feb 23, 2022
Marion County Board approves new voting equipment
The Marion County Board Tuesday night approved the purchase of new voting equipment. The package from ESNS will cost $438,675. County Clerk Steve Fox has been pushing the replacement of the old equipm...
Feb 23, 2022 Marion County Clerk Steve Fox
Salem Township Hospital recognized as one of top 100 hospitals in nation by Becker Hospital Review
Salem Township Hospital has been honored as one of the Top 100 hospitals in the country and one of the Top 4 in Illinois by national healthcare publication Becker Hospital Review. Hospital President A...
Feb 23, 2022
