Category Archives: Local News
Salem Elks name Citizen of the Year
The Salem Elks surprised retired educator and local historian Frank Brinkerhoff with its Citizen of the Year Award on Sunday. Brinkerhoff had unknowingly been brought to the Elk's for Sunday Chicken D...
May 24, 2021 Salem Elks Exalted Ruler Robert Lafenhagen (left) presents Citizen of Year Award to Frank Brinkerhoff. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem man arrested after alleged attack with large stick
A 24-year-old Salem man is being held in the Marion County Jail for aggravated battery with a weapon. Dustin Taylor of Hotze Road was taken into custody after allegedly entering an apartment in the 40...
May 24, 2021
170 Seniors graduate at Centralia High School
The Class of 2021 graduated at Centralia High School Sunday afternoon. The 170 graduates were led by Valedictorian Derek Brooks Harlan and Salutatorian Bradley Griffin. Principal Reid Shipley thanked ...
May 23, 2021 Centralia High School Class of 2021 Valedictorian Derek Brooks Harlan (left) and Salutatorian Bradley Griffin (right). Principal Reid Shipley is shown at the podium in the distance. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
A 30-year-old rural Kell man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies on two counts of criminal damage to property, a single count of aggravated assault to a police officer, and on an out...
May 23, 2021
Fire causes minor damage to range hood at Glenwood Apartments in Salem
The Salem Fire Protection District reports a fire behind the range hood of an apartment at 37 Glenwood Acres occupied by Keith Wiedemann was apparently caused by an electrical problem. The first Salem...
May 23, 2021
Shootout leaves 1 person dead, police officer injured in Red Bud
RED BUD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Police are investigating after an early morning shootout left one person dead and a police officer injured in southwestern Illinois. Police in Red Bud responded to ...
May 23, 2021 Tom Britt / CC
Oklahoma man dies after shootout in Metro-East with Police
TROY, Ill. (AP) - A 31-year-old Oklahoma man has died in southwestern Illinois after a shootout with police. Police in Troy say the man was "reportedly suicidal and was actively discharging a firearm ...
May 23, 2021
More Amtrak trains to resume travel through Centralia and Effingham by mid-July
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Amtrak is resuming full passenger rail service across Illinois as the number of COVID-19 cases are falling. Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week that the full long-distance interstate...
May 23, 2021 Richard Eriksson / CC
Proposal seeks to address school 'hairstyle discrimination'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A Black state legislator has proposed legislation that seeks to bar Illinois schools from issuing rules pertaining to hairstyles, saying it'll address hairstyle discrimination...
May 23, 2021 Matt Turner / CC
Illinois' political muscle withers with shrinking population
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - In the middle of the last century, Illinois was king of the nation's middle. Chicago had 3.6 million residents, nearly double that of Los Angeles. Its influence on the nationa...
May 23, 2021
