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An employee of the Salem Hucks Store has been arrested for misdemeanor theft. Salem Police say Christin Page of Mills Road of Walnut Hill was detained after coming to work on Saturday after the incide...
News Dec 08, 2020
The Salem City Council has approved increases in the cost of garbage and leaf collection. City Manager Rex Barbee told the City Council Monday night the $1 a month increase in the garbage collection f...
News Dec 08, 2020
The Salem City Council has approved the sale of 16 acres in the Westside Industrial Park for a sports complex. The Southern Illinois All-Stars headed by Christopher Shaw of Carlyle submitted a sealed ...
News Dec 08, 2020
Marion County Board Chair Debbie Smith and Vice-Chair Dr. Creighton Engle are re-elected to their leadership positions for another two years. Photo by Bruce Kropp. The Marion County Board has reorgani...
News Dec 08, 2020
The Centralia City Council has unanimously passed a $26.8-million budget for the fiscal year beginning January first. City Manager Lowell Crow says the budget is balanced across all funds. In a counci...
News Dec 08, 2020
On a split 3-2 vote, the Centralia City Council has agreed to place a half-cent sales tax on the April election ballot. The proposal that would raise an estimated $400,000 a year to pay for fire and p...
News Dec 08, 2020
The Illinois Department of Public Health has announced the mobile testing for COVID-19 will continue from today through Sunday, December 13th, at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Salem. The hours of t...
News Dec 07, 2020
Kell Grade School Principal Sarah Beth Ferrell says the school is going back on full remote learning until after the holiday break. She reports an additional staff member has tested positive and two o...
News Dec 07, 2020
A 25-year-old Kell man has been arrested by Salem Police on multiple charges after allegedly displaying a gun during a domestic dispute with his girlfriend. Michael Hill of Third Street is being held ...
News Dec 07, 2020
(Pictured (l-r) Donna Richter, CEO of the Southern Illinois Builders Association, and Pete Donnelly, KC Carpentry Professor.) Kaskaskia College's Carpentry Occupations Program received a $5,000 donati...
News Dec 07, 2020