Category Archives: Local News

Salem Firemen say an electrical malfunction apparently started a fire in a tractor that was being repaired in a pole barn south of Salem late Friday afternoon. Firemen were called to the Steve Felgenh...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office is partnering with the FBI to combat unemployment benefits fraud. The two have formed a task force made up of law enforcement, federal tax official...

The Illinois State Police is adopting the NAACP 10 Shared Principals of Police Reform. The Principals recognize the need to treat everyone with dignity and respect and to build trust between police an...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Federal and state land managers have signed an agreement to cooperate on vast forest lands in Illinois. The agreement signed this past week was between the Illinois Department...

The Marion County Sheriff’s Department confirms they are detaining a suspect in connection with a search that developed Friday night when a man fled a traffic stop on I-57 at mile marker 113 thr...

Here are the Honor Roll students at Irvington Grade School for the 2nd quarter grading period. High Honor Roll: 6th Grade – Madisyn Jenstch 7th Grade – Addison Chenoweth-Luna, Ben Wangler ...

A Centralia patrolman will be receiving a Life-Saving Award for his actions in saving a 21-year-old Salem woman who was preparing to jump off the McCord Street overpass on Tuesday night. Centralia Pol...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois governor on Friday proposed changes in state tax law that would save the state $500 million during a budget crisis. Democrat J.B. Pritzker also froze the start of...

A 37-year-old Odin man has been charged in Marion County Court with aggravated battery. Dustin Meseke of Farthing Road is accused of striking another inmate in the face with his hand during an alterca...

15th District Congresswoman Mary Miller has issued an apology about remarks she made at a recent Moms for America event in Washington, DC where she quoted Adolf Hitler. Miller says the comments were m...