Category Archives: Local News
Illinois misses deadline to end federal immigration detention
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois' plan to end federal immigration detention in the New Year has hit another legal snag. Under a law signed in August, local governments can't sign new agreements with federal im...
Jan 02, 2022
Congresswoman Mary Miller to run in 15th District in 2022 election
Congresswoman Mary Miller, who currently represents most of South Central Illinois, has decided to run in the new 15th District in the 2022 election. That pits Miller against incumbent Republican Rodn...
Jan 02, 2022 Congresswoman Mary Miller
COVID-19 closures and rules take effect Monday in Illinois
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago will require proof of a COVID-19 vaccine for indoor venues starting Monday. That includes restaurants, bars, gyms, and other indoor venues like sport entertainment arenas. The r...
Jan 02, 2022
2021 ends as Chicago's deadliest year in a quarter century
CHICAGO (AP) - The year 2021 ended as one of the deadliest on record in recent years in Chicago. According to statistics released by the city's police department on Saturday, there were 797 homicides ...
Jan 02, 2022 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
Drew Peterson to ask judge to toss out murder conviction
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Chicago-area police sergeant Drew Peterson is getting another chance to argue that his murder conviction in the death of his third wife should be thrown out. A Will County judge ...
Jan 02, 2022
Next week's Illinois legislative session scaled back due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
The Illinois legislature is scaling back its January session dates due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. The house and senate were both scheduled to be in for three days next week but will now only me...
Jan 02, 2022
2021 slightly dryer than 2020
The Salem Water Plant has released the 2021 Weather Statistics. Salem recorded 47.65 inches of precipitation during the year, down from 50.43 inches in 2020. However, snowfall was up considerably. 19....
Jan 01, 2022 jetsandzeppelins / CC
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies make arrest in residential burglary case
An observant neighbor reporting a suspicious vehicle led to the arrest of a 23-year-old Salem man on residential burglary and other charges. The Marion County Sheriff's Department reported the vehicle...
Jan 01, 2022 Tristan Rankin
Vehicle recovered that was stolen from Daggs Auction Service burglary
The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports a vehicle stolen during a burglary about two weeks ago at Daggs Auction Service on the Route 161 Extension near Johnsonville in Wayne County has been rec...
Jan 01, 2022
Police Beat for Saturday, January 1st, 2022
A 46-year-old Salem man was arrested early Saturday morning for allegedly driving under the influence after his car left Green Street Road near Bell Club Road and struck a power pole. Marion County Sh...
Jan 01, 2022
