Category Archives: Local News
Marion County Health Department reports two more deaths, 95 new COVID-19 cases
The Marion County Health Department is reporting two more COVID-19 related deaths and 95 new cases of the disease on Friday. The deaths were a female in her 70s and another female in her 80s. One of t...
Dec 04, 2020
Salem Driver's License Facility one of few to remain open for some services through January 4th
The Illinois Secretary of State says most drivers license facilities will remain closed until January 4th due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. One of the exceptions is the Salem Drivers License Facil...
Dec 04, 2020
Salem Ministerial Alliance Community Fund Drive set at $15,000
The Salem Ministerial Alliance Community Fund Drive has a goal of $15,000 this year. President Phil Martin of the First Christian Church says the goal was dropped from the $25,000 of past years due to...
Dec 04, 2020
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrest three on felony drug charges
The Marion County Sheriff’s Department has arrested three people in Salem on felony drug charges. Two were arrested following a traffic stop on West Main Street near Missouri Avenue. The driver,...
Dec 04, 2020
Police Beat for Friday, December 4th, 2020
A 42-year-old Carbondale woman remains in the Marion County Jail after being transferred from Jackson County where she was arrested on an outstanding Marion County felony failure to appear warrant. Th...
Dec 04, 2020
State police, Corrections investigate death of prison inmate
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Police say they are investigating the death of an inmate last week at Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mount Sterling. Thirty-six-year-old inmate Quincy ...
Dec 04, 2020
California attorney withdraws from Rittenhouse criminal case
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - A California attorney for an Illinois 17-year-old accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during a night of unrest in Wisconsin is extracting himself from his ...
Dec 04, 2020
Ex-Chicago alderman sentenced to prison for tax evasion
CHICAGO (AP) - A former Chicago alderman nicknamed "Fast Eddie" for his backroom dealing is headed to prison for tax evasion. Edward R. Vrdolyak pleaded guilty two years ago to seek to help another la...
Dec 04, 2020
South Central FFA Participates In Virtual Agronomy Career Event
(Left to Right) Morgan Robb, Riley Schaal, Eli Arenas, Max Magnus, Alec Langley, Mitchell Brauer, Brandt Hiestand. On November 18th, South Central FFA participated in the Section 19 Virtual Agronomy C...
Dec 04, 2020
David Overstreet sworn in as new Supreme Court Justice
A Mt. Vernon attorney has been sworn in as a member of the Illinois Supreme Court. David Overstreet was elected to represent the Southern Illinois area covered by the 5th District Appellate Court in t...
Dec 04, 2020
