Category Archives: Local News
Iuka Grade School Announces Registration
Registration for the Iuka Grade School (K-8) will be held on Monday, July 26, from 8-3, and also on Tuesday, July 27th, from 12-7. Parents are welcome to come any time on these two days that is conven...
Jul 07, 2021
Wamac sets date for Wamacfest
Wamacfest will return this year. The Wamac Board of Alderman on Monday night set the event for Saturday, September 18th. The board also set August 27th from eleven to two at Wamac City Hall for a lunc...
Jul 07, 2021 Summer Skyes 11 / CC
Governor signs bill increasing access to health care
Governor JB Pritzker is signing a new law to increase access to health care across Illinois. The Governor says the law boosts the state's Medicaid program, providing more support for veterans and thos...
Jul 07, 2021 Governor signs health care bill while at Advocate Aurora Health. Photo from Governor's office.
Wamac Police arrest two following low speed vehicle chase and later foot chase
Wamac Police arrested two people following an attempted traffic stop that turned into a slow speed chase on Monday night. Wamac Police Chief Steve Prather says the car driven by 29-year-old Preston Ri...
Jul 07, 2021
Winter Wheat Harvest ahead of schedule statewide
Winter wheat harvesting is ahead of schedule as we hear in the weekly crop report. Crop Statistician Mark Schleusener says there were about three and a half days suitable for fieldwork this past week....
Jul 07, 2021 USDA NRCS Montana
Salem Public Works Director provides updates on Bryan Memorial Park improvements
Salem Public Works Director Annette Brushwitz says work is well underway on installation of the new inclusive playground in Bryan Memorial Park with additional improvements planned before winter. Brus...
Jul 07, 2021 Work continues to put together the Inclusive Playground in Bryan Memorial Park. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem to look at refinancing two bond issues to save up to $150,000
Salem Finance Director Kelly Barrow feels the city could save up to $150,000 by refinancing city bond issues that are paying off the Salem Aquatic Center and Waste Water Treatment improvements. Barrow...
Jul 07, 2021
Police Beat for Wednesday, July 7th, 2021
Salem Police arrested a 34-year-old Salem woman for alleged possession of a controlled substance after she was stopped walking early Wednesday morning in the 1200 block of South Broadway in Salem. Sin...
Jul 07, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Chicago police: 100 shot, 18 homicides over holiday weekend
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police say 100 people - including two officers - were shot in the city during the long Fourth of July weekend. Eighteen of the shootings were classified as homicides. Among thos...
Jul 06, 2021 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
Iuka motorcyclist and four others injured in Carlyle crash
Carlyle Police say a 33-year-old Iuka motorcyclist and four occupants of a car were injured in an early Sunday night crash on State Route 127 near the Priority Care facility on the north end of Carlyl...
Jul 06, 2021 US Air Force
