Category Archives: Local News
Salem not interested in helping Marion County with dog problems
The Salem City Council agreed with City Manager Rex Barbee and the person in charge of the city's animal pound Stephanie Rakers that they wanted nothing to do with Marion County's dog issues. Barbee t...
Jan 18, 2022 Marliese Streefland / Unsplash
Former area postal employee sentenced for stealing from gift cards
A 31-year-old Belle Rive resident has been sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay restitution to her victims after pleading guilty to a federal charge of theft of mail by a postal service...
Jan 18, 2022 Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos / CC
Homeless Salem man charged with failure to register as sex offender
A 39-year-old homeless Salem man has been charged in Marion County Court with failure to register as a sex offender. Wamac Police arrested Michael Talley as a person of interest for Salem Police when ...
Jan 18, 2022
Centralia man charged with aggravated domestic battery after victim injured following altercation
Bond was set at $5,000 for a 49-year-old Centralia man charged with aggravated domestic battery to a former girlfriend. Kurt Dunbar of South Sycamore was arrested by Centralia Police on Tuesday after ...
Jan 18, 2022
Illinois State Police investigate officer-involved fatal shooting in Wood River
The Wood River Police Department has requested Illinois State Police Zone Six Major Crimes Unit investigate a fatal officer involving shooting in Wood River early Tuesday morning. Both Wood River and ...
Jan 18, 2022
Odin Firemen answered 287 calls in 2021
The Odin Fire Department answered 287 calls in 2021. Odin Fire Chief Greg Smith says the bulk of the calls, 219, were for emergency medical service as the department served as the first responder to m...
Jan 18, 2022
Fire call to Rome Meadows turns out to be smoke scare
What was feared to be a fire at the Rome Meadows complex on Route 37 south of Dix Monday evening turned out to be an overheated dryer in the fourth-floor laundry room. Jefferson Fire Protection Distri...
Jan 18, 2022
Ex-Chicago officer who killed Laquan McDonald to be released
CHICAGO (AP) - The white Chicago police officer convicted in the 2014 shooting death of Black teenager Laquan McDonald is days away from walking out of prison after just over three years behind bars. ...
Jan 18, 2022 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
Salem mobile home heavily damaged in early Tuesday morning fire
A mobile home on Salem's south side was heavily damaged in an early Tuesday morning fire. Salem Fire Protection District officials say the fire was at the Alexis Byars home at 2609 South Washington. S...
Jan 18, 2022
Salem City Council to move forward on two projects on West Kell Street
With no grant money in sight, the Salem City Council has decided to move forward with work on two West Kell Street projects with city funds. City Manager Rex Barbee says the first step will be to get ...
Jan 18, 2022
