Category Archives: Local News
Salem City Council begins review of balanced $18.6-million budget
The Salem City Council was told at its meeting Monday night that the proposed $18.6-million budget would allow the city to operate in the black for the fiscal year beginning May 1st. Revenues are proj...
Mar 16, 2021 Salem City Manager Rex Barbee.
Salem City Council approves seeking state loan to replenish gas reserves and swears in new police officer
Salem Acting Mayor Nic Farley swears in new Salem Patrolman Mason McMeen, as Mason’s father Michael holds the Bible. Photo by Bruce Kropp. The Salem City Council has approved making an applicati...
Mar 16, 2021
Salem City Council to get first look at next year's budget
The Salem City Council will get its first look at the proposed Fiscal Year 2021 General Fund Budget at Monday night’s city council meeting. City Manager Rex Barbee says the budget is balanced as...
Mar 15, 2021
Vandalia man injured in Fayette County crash
A 49-year-old Vandalia man has been injured in a Sunday afternoon single-vehicle crash in Fayette County. State Police say a preliminary investigation indicates Richard Grotts was traveling south on I...
Mar 15, 2021
Selmaville Honor Roll
Selmaville School would like to announce the following students who earned High Honors and Honors for the third grading period of the 2020-21 school year. 5th Grade High Honors: Noah Gaston Talya Gowl...
Mar 15, 2021
Murray Center reopens to parents and guardians
The Murray Developmental Center in Centralia has reopened its doors to parents and guardians. Administrator Lori Demijan made the announcement of the move to Phase III of their COVID-19 recovery plan ...
Mar 15, 2021
Alternative Learning Academy Teacher is WJBD-WSIQ Teacher of the Week
A teacher at the Alternative Learning Academy in Centralia for the past decade is this week’s WJBD-WSIQ Teacher of the Week. John George says the work of several of his own teachers as well as e...
Mar 15, 2021
IDPH reports more than 4-million doses of vaccine now administered in Illinois
The Illinois Department of Public Health reports four million COVID-19 vaccinations have now been given statewide with the 96,332 doses administered on Sunday. There have now been 9,907 shots given in...
Mar 15, 2021
Police Beat for Monday, March 15th, 2021
A 36-year-old Salem man originally picked up by Salem Police on an earlier retail theft had drug charges added after he was allegedly found in possession of more than 15 grams of methamphetamine. Mich...
Mar 15, 2021
2 killed, 13 wounded at party on Chicago's South Side
CHICAGO (AP) - Police say gunfire erupted at a weekend party in a towing-company complex in Chicago, killing two people and wounding 13 others. Authorities say the Sunday morning shooting on the South...
Mar 15, 2021
