Category Archives: Local News

The Salem Community Activity Center holds its first Pet Fair on Saturday. Community Center Director Marcie Auvil says there will be a wide variety of exhibitors. "We've got games for the kids, we've g...

The family that owns the Centralia Sentinel, Salem Times Commoner, Carlyle Union Banner, Washington County News in Nashville, and the Greenville Advocate has sold the newspapers and 11 others to the P...

Centralia will soon fill its vacancy for Economic Development Director. City Manager Galen Mahle has announced City Councilman Rob Jackson will fill the position beginning in mid-September. "I would s...

Illinois Lottery players have another shot at a life-changing windfall this weekend. The Powerball jackpot is now $1.7 billion for the next drawing on Saturday night. If won, it would be the third-lar...

Both drivers who collided at Main and Kinney Boulevard on Salem's Westside on Wednesday afternoon declined hospital treatment. Salem Police say a pickup driven by 84-year-old Harold Hunziker of Baker ...

A 24-year-old Kell woman escaped serious injury in a single vehicle crash on Route 37 near the Kell Road intersection late Wednesday afternoon. Cheyenne Henry said she lost control when swerving to av...

Centralia Police arrested a homeless man from McHenry for criminal damage to property and retail theft. Nicholas Nitztaler was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a final decision on charges and ...

The Patoka Fall Festival drew big crowds with near perfect weather over the weekend, including the Saturday morning parade led by Grand Marshals Jani and Brent Bunn who have formed Nora's Sparkle of L...

The Salem City Council Tuesday night approved a $376,042 contract with Milano and Grunloh Engineers, LLC to design a new street designed to open up the southwest quadrant of the I-57 interchange to de...

As the summer recreation season winds down at Carlyle Lake, visitors are reminded that despite the cooling weather, there are still plenty of opportunities to enjoy the lake before seasonal closures b...