Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
A 28-year-old Salem man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for burglary. Slade Thompson of Rogers Street was taken to the Marion County Jail. No other details about the case have be...
Oct 27, 2021
Salem Police collect 62 pounds of old medication during Drug Take Back Day
Salem Police collected 62 pounds of unwanted medications at the Drug Take Back event held by the Federal Drug Administration across the country. Deputy Chief Susan Miller that brings the total amount ...
Oct 27, 2021 Jamie / CC
UAW member hit, killed by car near John Deere picket line
MILAN, Ill. (AP) - Police say a vehicle struck and killed a United Auto Workers member as he was walking to a picket line outside a John Deere plant in Illinois. Milan, Illinois, Police Chief Shawn Jo...
Oct 27, 2021 K-State Research and Extension / CC
Take two: Marion County Board starts over on getting a website
The Marion County Board voted Tuesday night to start over on developing a website and agreed to expand it to be a portal to access individual county offices. After dismissing its first web developer, ...
Oct 27, 2021
Marion County Board passes tentative budget that's in the black
The Marion County Board has given tentative approval to its budget for the next fiscal year that begins December 1st. For the first time, the budget tops $10-million and for the first time in four yea...
Oct 27, 2021 Marion County Board Building Committee Chair Dr. Creighton Engel. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Jefferson County Sheriff releases further details on courthouse shooting
Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Bullard says an inmate attacked and disarmed a correctional officer taking him to court early Tuesday afternoon. The inmate, who has not yet been publically identified, w...
Oct 26, 2021
Sign up begins Monday for BCMW-WJBD Adopt-A-Family Christmas program
Sign up for the BCMW-WJBD Adopt-a-Family Christmas program is set for next Monday through Friday. The program is aimed at disadvantaged families in Marion County where various organizations, individua...
Oct 26, 2021
Marion County Health Department reporting two more COVID-19 related deaths
The Marion County Health Department is reporting two more COVID-19 related deaths during the past four days. The Jefferson County Health Department has one additional death recorded over the weekend. ...
Oct 26, 2021
Illinois police officer dies after shooting near St. Louis
PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a police officer was shot to death by a man at a gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis. Trooper Jayme Bufford with Illinois State Police said Pontoo...
Oct 26, 2021 Pontoon Beach Officer Tyler Timmons
Salem Police arrested Walnut Hill man for unlawful possession of a debit or credit card
Salem Police arrested a 52-year-old Walnut Hill man who is accused of having unlawful possession of a debit or credit card belonging to someone else. Police report the alleged victim contacted them ab...
Oct 26, 2021
