Category Archives: Local News
Salem man arrested on drug charge following canine alert on vehicle
A 26-year-old Salem man has been arrested for possession of a controlled substance. Dakota Whyers of North Miller was taken to the Marion County Jail after drugs were allegedly found during a traffic ...
Feb 10, 2022
School bus driver injured when crashing into rear of car in Jefferson County (updated 9:00 pm)
An 80-year-old Mt. Vernon man was taken to the hospital Wednesday morning for treatment after the school bus he was driving ran into the rear of a car on Spring Garden Road southeast of Mt. Vernon. Je...
Feb 09, 2022 Tomash Devenishek / CC
Marion County Board approves Bicentennial Committee; gets update on road projects
Marion County Board Chair Debbie Smith appointed a special committee at Tuesday night's meeting to oversee planning for the county's Bicentennial Celebration. The county will celebrate its 200th birth...
Feb 09, 2022
Marion County Law Enforcement Center paid off; quarter-cent sales tax to remain
The Marion County Law Enforcement Center has now been paid off. County Treasurer Gary Purcell told the Marion County Board Tuesday night money owed on the bonds that financed the jail that opened in 2...
Feb 09, 2022
Illinois governor to lift mask mandate except for schools
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says that at the end of the month he will lift the requirement for face coverings to be worn in most indoor spaces to slow the spread of COVID-19, ...
Feb 09, 2022
Area legislators frustrated with Governor's latest mask decision
State Senator Jason Plummer and State Representative Blaine Wilhour are both frustrated with Governor JB Pritzker for requiring schoolchildren to continue wearing masks despite their harmful effects. ...
Feb 09, 2022
Centralia Police say no one hit by gunfire in domestic dispute
Centralia Police say four to five shots were fired towards a car in the 800 block of Haussler Street late Wednesday morning. Police report a person stepped from a home and fired shots at a person insi...
Feb 09, 2022
Rollover crash at Tonti and Freeman Roads north of Salem
The Marion County Sheriff's Department says a 16-year-old female juvenile from Edgewood declined hospital treatment following a one-vehicle rollover crash early Tuesday night on the Tonti Road north o...
Feb 09, 2022
Car reported stolen from Salem found wrecked in rural Odin
A car reported stolen in Salem Tuesday night was found wrecked in rural Odin with no one around. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say the vehicle was traveling northbound on Delmar southwest of Odin w...
Feb 09, 2022
Police Beat for Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
A 52-year-old Kinmundy woman was arrested at the Marion County Courthouse on Tuesday for violation of bail bond. Lacresha Sullens of Omega Road was taken to the county jail where she remained on Wedne...
Feb 09, 2022
