Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Sunday, August 8th, 2021
Salem Police arrested a 22-year-old Mt. Vernon man for possession of methamphetamine following a traffic stop at Lake and Jefferson Streets on Saturday. Cody Young of Harrison Street was taken to the ...
Aug 08, 2021
CDC releases weekly updates on COVID-19 caseloads in South Central Illinois counties
The Centers for Disease Control report large increases in numbers of COVID-19 cases across South Central Illinois during the past week. All area counties remain in the top or high category for the num...
Aug 07, 2021 Raed Mansour / CC
Marion County Demolition Derby a sellout, while large crowd fills midway Friday night
The Marion County Demolition Derby was a sellout Friday night with a large crowd also in the pits making it one of the biggest crowds in memory at the fairgrounds. The drivers didn't disappoint, putti...
Aug 07, 2021 Firemen put out a fire that breaks out in one of the derby cars during the consolation heat. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem man who failed drug court sentenced to seven years in prison
A 21-year-old Salem man in the Marion County Drug Court Program has been sentenced to seven years in prison with a recommendation for the prison boot camp program. Dillon Foutch of East Olive had been...
Aug 07, 2021
Police Beat for Saturday, August 7th, 2021
Salem Police have arrested a 36-year-old Salem man on an outstanding Clinton County felony warrant and new charges of criminal trespass to property and misdemeanor theft. Michael Lyday of South Maple ...
Aug 07, 2021
Officials: 5 young siblings die in East St. Louis fire
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Officials say five siblings under the age of 10 died when a fire swept through their East St. Louis apartment. Fire crews called to the building before 3 a.m. Friday report...
Aug 07, 2021 Paul Sableman / CC
Marion County Health Department reports six new COVID-19 cases on Thursday
The Marion County Health Department is reporting six new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. The cases involve one person who was fully vaccinated and three are school age. Three of the cases are considere...
Aug 06, 2021
Sarah Morris is crowned Jr. Miss Marion County
The Junior Miss Marion County was named at the Marion County Fair Grounds Thursday night. The winner, 14-year-old Sarah Morris of Iuka. Morris was first runner up and Miss Congeniality in the 2019 com...
Aug 06, 2021 Photo by Tyler Perkins.
Marion County Talent Show Winners named in Thursday competition
Only one contestant in the senior division, Kaitlin Nix, with a cover of the song "Almost There" from the Disney film "The Princess and the Frog". Nix was about to do a cover of a country song when he...
Aug 06, 2021 Photo by Tyler Perkins.
Condemned mobile home catches fire in Centralia
A condemned mobile home caught fire in Centralia early Friday morning. The fire was at 1208 South Cherry. Firemen say the fire was confined to the kitchen, with smoke damage throughout. However, no da...
Aug 06, 2021 Asela Jayarathne / CC
