Category Archives: Local News
Excessive heat warning issued from 11 Monday morning until eight Wednesday evening
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning from eleven Monday morning until eight Wednesday night. Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 113 are expected. Heat...
Jun 13, 2022
Salem Strength Team brings home 4 championship titles from Las Vegas
Salem Strength Team had a massive showing at the USAPL MegaNationals Bench Press Competition in Las Vegas. The team earned four Individual Championship titles. The championships were earned by: Owen B...
Jun 12, 2022
Salem Project Bread Meal Site to be closed until June 21st due to illness
The Salem Project Bread Meal Site will be closed due to illness this Monday through Friday and Monday, June 20th, for the Juneteenth holiday. The closure will also impact home-delivered meals from Mea...
Jun 12, 2022 Alan Levine / CC
Occupants of car decline medical treatment after crashing into rear of semi north of Salem
Kinmundy-Alma Fire Chief Kevin Day says both occupants of an SUV that ran into the rear of a semi on southbound I-57 at the 122 miles marker six miles north of Salem refused medical treatment. Initial...
Jun 12, 2022
Police Beat for Sunday, June 12th, 2022
Salem Police arrested 26-year-old Caitlyn Hopkins of East Bennett Street in Salem for alleged domestic battery. She allegedly struck another person in the right cheek. Hopkins was taken to the Marion ...
Jun 12, 2022
3rd Illinois monkeypox case identified in DuPage County
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - Public health officials have identified a third case of monkeypox a week after the first two cases appeared in Illinois. WLS-TV reports that a man in DuPage County tested positive...
Jun 12, 2022 Jernej Furman / CC
New state law to make it easier for men to get prostate cancer screenings
A new state law will make it easier for men in Illinois to get prostate cancer screenings. Governor JB Pritzker says starting in January of 2024, health insurers will have to cover prostate screenings...
Jun 12, 2022
Judge tosses corruption case against Chicago-area contractor
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed a public corruption case against a construction contractor even before the end of trial testimony. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly on Friday dismissed...
Jun 12, 2022
South Central Illinois counties all back to low community levels of COVID-19
Marion County and South Central Illinois remain at the low community level for COVID-19 cases for the past week. 50 new cases were reported in Marion County with one new hospitalization. The number of...
Jun 11, 2022
Governor signs law to increase access to mental health care
Governor JB Pritzker is signing a new law to increase access to mental health care in Illinois. The idea is to make care more readily available by strengthening the state's mental health workforce. Th...
Jun 11, 2022
