Category Archives: Local News
Bond set at $150,000 for Salem man on burglary and ammunition charges
Bond was set at $150,000 in Marion County Court Monday for a 23-year-old Salem man charged with a Thursday burglary to a building and possession of ammunition without a FOID card. Tristan Rankin of Ro...
Jan 04, 2022 Tristan Rankin
Mission Salem could use former Save-a-Lot building
Salem City Manager Rex Barbee got a positive response from the city council Monday night to allow Mission Salem to utilize the former Save-a-Lot building on West Main Street until the city is ready to...
Jan 04, 2022 Former Save-a-Lot building. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem City Council approves steel cargo containers in some locations; sets plan to address those placed without city approval
The Salem City Council Monday night approved the use of steel cargo containers for storage in the industrial zone and some business zones provided they meet other zoning restrictions. The council also...
Jan 04, 2022 AK House Project Media / CC
COVID-19 cases in Illinois hit an all-time high
Covid-19 hospitalizations have hit an all-time high. At latest count, nearly 6,300 people were in Illinois hospitals with the virus, the most ever since the pandemic began. Governor JB Pritzker says t...
Jan 04, 2022
Salem City Manager not recommending any additional water rate increase now
Salem City Manager Rex Barbee is not recommending any additional water rate increase now. His comment came Monday night as the council began a review of the impact of the water rate increase last summ...
Jan 04, 2022 Salem City Manager Rex Barbee.
One person injured in three vehicle crash on Route 37 at Tonti Road
State Police say one person was injured in a crash involving a semi and two pickup trucks on Route 37 at the Tonti Road north of Salem Monday afternoon. Preliminary investigative details indicate a pi...
Jan 04, 2022 Photo by: Chad Wilkins.
Democratic AGs continue fight seeking recognition of ERA
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Three Democratic attorneys general are seeking to overturn the dismissal of a lawsuit that sought to force the federal government to recognize Virginia's 2020 vote to ratify the E...
Jan 04, 2022 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Report paints grim picture of Chicago-area gun deaths
CHICAGO (AP) - Officials say more people were shot to death in Chicago and surrounding Cook County in 2021 than in any other year on record. The county medical examiner's office said Monday that there...
Jan 04, 2022
Prosecutor wants US death penalty for police shooting pair
KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - A prosecutor says he'll ask the Justice Department to review the case of two people charged in the shootings of two police officers at a northern Illinois hotel with the intentio...
Jan 04, 2022 Darius Sullivan and Xandria Harris (State Police)
Salem City Council Monday night to review water rates
The Salem City Council Monday night will review the impact of the water rate increase placed into effect with the August 2021 billing cycle. City Manager Rex Barbee says the utility clerks have indica...
Jan 03, 2022
