Category Archives: Local News

The Salem Police Department is investigating burglaries to three vehicles in the Salem Aquatic Center parking lot. The first burglary was reported at 7:35 Sunday evening. The other two cases were repo...

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - Activists are calling for officials to reinvestigate an incident where a southern Illinois police officer used force against two Black teenagers while breaking up a fight...

HICKORY HILLS, Ill. (AP) - Reckless homicide charges have been filed against the driver of an SUV involved in a single-vehicle crash in suburban Chicago over the weekend that left four people dead. Hi...

The founder of Poettker Construction Company based in Breese has died after going under in Kentucky Lake after jumping off the back of a boat. The body of 69-year-old Charles "Chuck" Poettker of O'Fal...

Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Bullard says the body of a 25-year-old Woodlawn woman has been recovered from her car that was washed off a flooded road near her home early Saturday morning. The Jeffers...

MARION, Ill. (AP) - Authorities are investigating after skeletal remains were found at a wildlife refuge in southern Illinois. The Williamson County Sheriff's Office is investigating with the U.S. Fis...

ALTON, Ill. (AP) - Crews are putting the final touches on Southern Illinois University's new $11.5 million dental clinic. The project was announced in 2019 and work began the following year with the d...

Registration for the 21/22 school year for Irvington Grade School is scheduled for July 28th from 2-7 pm and July 29 from 9am-1 pm

Online registration begins Monday at Salem Community High School. Students and parents are asked to complete the online registration process at www.salemhigh.com through Skyward Family Access by Frida...

The Salem City Council Monday night will be asked to use a third party to act as Bond Counsel as they look at refinancing the remaining debt on the Aquatic Center and Waste Water Treatment Plant to sa...