Category Archives: Local News
Dog house destroyed by fire in Salem
The Salem Fire Protection District was called early Friday morning to a dog house on fire. The fire was at a home occupied by Charles Easley and owned by Anita Williams. Heat lamps being used in the d...
Oct 30, 2020
Raccoon Grade School honors those responsible for rescuing couple from burning home
Raccoon Grade School Superintendent Misty Mallow (left)congratulates those involved in saving two rural Salem residents from their burning home early this month. Others include (left to right) bus aid...
Oct 30, 2020
17-year-old pleads guilty to charge involving May shooting incident in Centralia
A 17-year-old Centralia man standing trial as an adult has pleaded guilty to one of two charges pending against him in connection with a shooting incident on a northeast side Centralia street in June....
Oct 30, 2020
New positive COVID cases reach daily high
As new cases hit another daily high, state officials and doctors are stressing the seriousness of the current COVID-19 problem in Illinois. The number of new cases in Illinois has grown by 151 percent...
Oct 29, 2020
Three face new felony charges in Marion County Court
Three have been charged with new felony offenses in Marion County Court. 31-year-old Travis Wooters of South Sycamore in Centralia has been charged with unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle from an...
Oct 29, 2020
Mt. Vernon Police arrest managers of storage units for burglarizing their own units
David Bauer and Lynna Bauer (Mt. Vernon Police photos) The Mt. Vernon Police Department has arrested the managers of the U-Store Storage Facility at 1135 Veterans Memorial Drive for burglaries that oc...
Oct 29, 2020
Police Beat for Thursday, October 29th, 2020
Three people were brought to the Marion County Jail on Wednesday on outstanding warrants. 32-year-old Timothy Morton of Morton Lane in Kell was taken into custody by Marion County Sheriff’s Depu...
Oct 29, 2020
Salem Police investigate Medicine Shoppe Burglary
Salem Police Chief Sean Reynolds says an undisclosed amount of drugs and cash was stolen in an early morning burglary to the Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy on North Broadway in Salem. Reynolds says video su...
Oct 29, 2020
Franklin Park 1st Quarter Honor Roll
Franklin Park and Salem Elementary have released their first quarter Honor and High Honor Roll. 4th Grade High Honors: Zane Applegate Noah Beasley Issac Beatty Kyris Cantrell Kara Crain Megan Crenshaw...
Oct 29, 2020
Evansville, Indiana woman killed in Clay County crash
State Police say a 35-year-old Evansville, Indiana woman was killed when her car was involved in a crash with a semi on U.S. 50 at the Frontage Road west of Clay City Wednesday afternoon. Preliminary ...
Oct 29, 2020