Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Friday, October 1st, 2021
The Marion County Sheriff's Department arrested a 48-year-old Sandoval man for driving on a suspended license. Ryan Koehler of U.S. 51 was taken to the Marion County Jail where he posted bond and was ...
Oct 01, 2021
Final two days for Smithsonian's Voices and Votes at Bryan Bennett Library
If you haven't seen the Smithsonian Institutes Voices and Votes exhibit at the Bryan-Bennett Library in Salem time is quickly running out. The display along with the companion Illinois Freedom Project...
Oct 01, 2021 One of the interactive panels of the Voices and Votes display at the Bryan Bennett Library. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Hastert settlement with accuser finalized; no details public
YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A judge has finalized an out-of-court settlement between former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man who accused him of sexually abusing him. In a one-page order issued W...
Oct 01, 2021
More police to patrol Chicago freeways as shootings increase
CHICAGO (AP) - State police will add patrols to Chicago-area freeways with troopers from elsewhere in Illinois due to a rising number of shootings involving motorists. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Th...
Oct 01, 2021
SSM Health increases minimum wage to $15 an hour
SSM Health has announced it will implement a new minimum wage of $15.00 per hour throughout its four-state system effective October 10th. The President and CEO of SSM Health Laura Kaiser says their mi...
Sep 30, 2021
Marion County reports 88 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday and Thursday
The Marion County Health Department is reporting 88 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and Thursday. There were no additional deaths reported during the two days. There are now 673 active cases, includin...
Sep 30, 2021 U.S. Department of Energy
Aviston trucker hurt in I-70 crash
An Aviston truck driver was injured Thursday morning when his rig struck another truck on I-70 in Cumberland County east of Effingham. State Police say 69-year-old Larry Schneider of Aviston was trave...
Sep 30, 2021 Rene Schwietzke / CC
First ever 'Tales from East Lawn' set for ticket holders Friday and Saturday; directions for ticket holders
The Salem Historical Commission's first-ever 'Tales from East Lawn' Cemetery Tour Friday and Saturday nights. The tour sold out and only those with tickets will be allowed on the tour. Those going on ...
Sep 30, 2021
Burglary at Fast Stop apparently stopped by burglar alarm
A burglary at the Fast Stop in Patoka was apparently thwarted when the burglar alarm sounded at the business early Thursday morning. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say a door window was apparently b...
Sep 30, 2021
Centralia man 4th arrested for Red Stripe Road residential burglary
The Marion County Sheriff's Department has arrested a fourth person in connection with a residential burglary to a home on the Red Stripe Road in rural Odin. Zachary Hanks of North Broadway in Central...
Sep 30, 2021
