Category Archives: Local News
Irvington Grade School 1st Quarter Honor Roll
The following achieved High Honors and Honor Roll at Irvington Grade School for the first grading quarter. 5th Grade Honors: Marrisah Bowen Brooke Kozuszek Kandi Jarnigan Clayton Jones Jaxon Neal 6th ...
Oct 20, 2020
SCHS earns perfect 4.0 financial profile score
Salem High School Board President Eric Bandy (left) listens to Superintendent Dr. Brad Detering at Monday night’s school board meeting. Photo by Bruce Kropp. Salem Community High School has earn...
Oct 20, 2020
Salem Community High School to stay on current schedule
The Salem Community High School Board agreed with the current number of active COVID-19 cases the school would stay on the current schedule of attending classes in person only two days a week. Superin...
Oct 20, 2020
Harvest moved quickly last week with dry weather
Crop harvesting in progressing quickly in Illinois. Another week of very little rain gave producers plenty of time in the fields says Crop Statistician Mark Schleusener. “Illinois farmers have n...
Oct 20, 2020
Police Beat for Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
A 32-year-old Alma woman is being held in the Marion County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bond after being arrested on an outstanding Marion County felony failure to appear warrant. Bailee Lyday of North 4t...
Oct 20, 2020
Clinton County Sheriff's pursuit results in two crashes in Marion County
The section of fence in front of Evergreen Pools and Spa in Sandoval where a vehicle eluding police crashed late Friday night. Photo by Alex Wellen. A 32-year-old Cahokia man was injured in the second...
Oct 19, 2020
Election Day will not be mandatory holiday for municipal workers
A Sangamon County Judge in Springfield has ruled in favor of the Illinois Municipal League and its member municipalities that will allow them to stay open on election day, November 3rd. The ruling set...
Oct 19, 2020
Selmaville 1st Quarter Honor Roll
Selmaville School would like to announce the following students who earned High Honors and Honors for the first grading period of the 2020-21 school year. 5th Grade High Honors: Noah Gaston Cole Rau Q...
Oct 19, 2020
Iuka Development Corporation announces scarecrow winners
Ten scarecrows were built at the Iuka Park on Saturday as part of the Iuka Development Corporation’s Spaghetti Dinner to raise money for park improvements. Scarecrows made by Kera Riley won both...
Oct 19, 2020
President Trump and Governor JB Pritzker tangle again over Coronavirus
President Donald Trump called out Governor JB Pritzker on how he is handling the coronavirus disease at a large rally just across the Northern Illinois border in Janesville, Wisconsin Saturday night a...
Oct 19, 2020
