Category Archives: Local News
Diesel truck destroyed by fire while parked on Salem street
A diesel pickup truck was destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon while parked on a Salem city street. The fire in the truck owned by Ryan Satterlee of 105 Chatham Drive began in the engine compartment and...
Nov 08, 2021
Centralia City Council to issue letters of commendation to two fire fighters for live saving efforts
Two members of the Centralia Fire Department will be issued Letters of Commendation Monday night for actions taken at a November 3rd fire where they took actions to save the life of a Centralia woman ...
Nov 08, 2021
Combine destroyed by fire in rural Odin
A combine was destroyed by fire in a field off 1731 Boone Street Road in rural Odin early Saturday night. Odin Fire Chief Greg Smith says the owner Michael Tolka was combining the field when he heard ...
Nov 07, 2021
Fourth person arrested in burglary at rural Iuka farmstead
The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports the fourth and final person has been arrested in connection with a September burglary to a farmstead in the 7900 block of Brubaker Road in rural Iuka. 31...
Nov 07, 2021
Police Beat for Sunday, November 7th, 2021
A 37-year-old Salem man who allegedly ran from Salem Police when they were attempting to arrest him for possession of methamphetamine in September has been arrested without further incident. Police re...
Nov 07, 2021
Federal COVID shot opt-out not as clear as Democrats claim
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly voted last month to amend the Health Care Right of Conscience Act specifically to address the COVID-19 vaccine. They said they wante...
Nov 07, 2021
Secretary of State unveils new web address to combat fraud
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Secretary of State's office has changed its web address to protect against fraud. Secretary of State Jesse White announced last week that the new address is ILSOS...
Nov 07, 2021 Mauricio Apablaza / CC
Active-duty military, vets get free Lincoln museum admission
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Military veterans will be admitted free to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum on Veterans Day. Featured that day will be a performance by a military band, the...
Nov 07, 2021
Chicago cop in October fatal shooting faced firing in 2016
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago police officer who fatally shot a 61-year-old man inside his Chicago apartment last month had faced termination five years ago related to a drunken off-duty encounter with pol...
Nov 07, 2021
Rural Alma woman injured in single-car wreck
An 82-year-old rural Alma woman was injured in a single-car crash at the Martin Road and Route 37 intersection Friday morning. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Donna Kerley of Oak Grove Road appar...
Nov 06, 2021
