Category Archives: Local News
Bryan-Bennett Library to extend and change hours starting December first
The Bryan Bennett Library is changing hours effective Wednesday, December first. Librarian Kim Keller says the library will be open Mondays through Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Friday and Satu...
Nov 30, 2021
Three face new felony charges following Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend arrests
A 41-year-old Centralia man has been charged in Marion County Court with unlawful possession of less than five grams of methamphetamine. Robert Williams of South Perrine was arrested during a traffic ...
Nov 30, 2021 Joe Gratz
Bond set at $50,000 for rural Patoka man charged with Class X predatory criminal sexual assault
Judge Mark Stedelin set bond at $50,000 for a 54-year-old rural Patoka man who was formally charged in Marion County Court on Monday with one Class X count of predatory criminal sexual assault. The ch...
Nov 29, 2021 Darrin Jenkins
Kell woman refuses treatment after being freed from between two vehicles
The Salem Fire Protection District was called Monday night to free a Kell woman who had become trapped between her SUV and a parked pickup truck at Dayton Trucking on West Mitchell Street. Fire offici...
Nov 29, 2021
Lawyer: Jussie Smollett 'a real victim' of attack in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) - Jussie Smollett's defense attorney says he is a "real victim" of a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago in January 2019. Defense attorney Nenye Uche told jurors at the ex-"Empire" ac...
Nov 29, 2021 Court room. File photo.
All area counties remain at "high" level for COVID-19 infection during past week
The Federal Centers for Disease Control is reporting 123 new cases of COVID-19 in Marion County last week. That's an 8.2-percent decline from the prior week but still puts the county's infection rate ...
Nov 29, 2021
Home used for storage destroyed by fire in rural Texico
An older two story home used for storage was destroyed by fire Monday morning. Kell Assistant Fire Chief Jason Franke says the fire was at 7104 Kell Road near the intersection with Buchanan. He report...
Nov 29, 2021 Kell Firemen work three other fire departments at the scene of a fire that destroyed an older home used for storage.
Twisted Sisters evacuated Friday night when smoke haze fills building
Kell Firemen were called to the Twister Sisters bar on Route 37 at the Kell Road Friday night when a smoke haze filled the building and one of the walls appeared to be hot. There was a concern that a ...
Nov 29, 2021
Shots fired through Chicago hospital's windows, no injuries
CHICAGO (AP) - Gunshots fired from cars outside a Chicago hospital entered windows on the hospital's third and fourth floors Monday morning, but police say no one was injured. Chicago police said the ...
Nov 29, 2021
Christmas in Our Hometown set for this weekend
After a year's absence, the traditional and contemporary Christmas music program Christmas in Our Hometown returns to the Salem Community Theatre this weekend. Coordinator Debbie Woodruff says after t...
Nov 29, 2021 Salem Community Band and Choir in practice for their Christmas in Our Hometown performance this Friday and Saturday night. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
