Category Archives: Local News
Armed man fatally shot by police at Forest Park restaurant
FOREST PARK, Ill. (AP) - Authorities are investigating the death of a man who was shot by police in Forest Park after he arrived at a restaurant waving a gun and saying, "Please don’t make me do...
Mar 25, 2021
Five candidates seeking two open seats on Salem City Council
There are five candidates seeking the two open seats on the Salem City Council in the April 6th election. The five all expressed their reasons for running during a candidates forum sponsored by WJBD r...
Mar 25, 2021
Kaskaskia College receives $2-million in state money for parking lot improvements
The Illinois Capital Development Board has announced the release of $2-million dollars to help pay for the resurfacing of the west parking lot of Kaskaskia College. The college will contribute another...
Mar 25, 2021
State finalizes 3.8-percent tax multiplier for this year's Marion County property tax bills (corrected)
The Illinois Department of Revenue has issued Marion County a final property assessment equalization factor that will increase non-farmland assessments in the county on this year’s property tax ...
Mar 25, 2021
Man fatally shot in attack outside Illinois license bureau
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) - Two men are in custody after a fatal shooting outside a Secretary of State driver's license bureau in suburban Chicago. The shooting occurred in the parking lot of the facility...
Mar 25, 2021
Pritzker says, 'I trust doctors,' receives COVID-19 vaccine
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois’ governor rolled up his sleeve Wednesday to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. The 56-year-old J.B. Pritzker says he’s eligible for the vaccine as a govern...
Mar 25, 2021
Police: 2 dead, 1 injured in East St. Louis shooting
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Police in East St. Louis say two men have died and another has been injured in a shooting. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the shooting was reported just before 1 ...
Mar 25, 2021
225 served in free Drive-Through Breakfast at Marion County Farm Bureau Wednesday morning
Marion-Clinton County Farm Bureau Manager Brad Conant takes an order during the drive-through breakfast held at the Marion County Farm Bureau in Salem on Wednesday. Photo by Bruce Kropp. The Marion Co...
Mar 24, 2021 The Marion County Farm Bureau will be able to bring their free Ag Day Breakfast back inside this year following a drive through event last year.
Bond set at $5,400 for Centralia man charged with felony criminal trespass to a residence
Bond has been set at $5,400 for a 56-year-old Centralia man formally charged in Marion County Court on Tuesday with felony criminal trespass to property and criminal damage to property. Jeffrey Gable ...
Mar 24, 2021
Two Face New Felony Charges in Marion County Court
Bond has been set at $25,000 for a 35-year-old Salem man arrested by Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies early Wednesday morning for alleged aggravated domestic battery. Jason Wright of Church Road...
Mar 24, 2021
