Category Archives: Local News

Salem Firemen were called to the Jessica Hollsapple residents in Salem Mobile Home Park Monday morning to a fire scare. Fire Chief Dave Duncan says the problem turned out to be an electrical power str...

It was up until the final minutes before showtime that it was announced the Saturday night Balloon Glow would take place at Foundation Park Saturday night. In the previous hour, several heavy thunders...

Drenching heavy rains that quickly caused street flooding problems hit parts of Marion County Saturday afternoon. The Salem Water Plant recorded 2.2 inches of rain that mostly fell in less than an hou...

A 16-year-old Centralia juvenile was injured when the car he was driving hydroplaned off the Green Street Road during heavy rain, rolled several times, and came to rest on its top after hitting a tree...

Two people are in custody at the Marion County Jail for alleged aggravated battery after allegedly attacking a man inside his camper that was parked outside their home. Marion County Sheriff's Deputie...

A 46-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Illinois State Police for allegedly driving under the influence and driving on a suspended or revoked license. Kenneth Fair of North Cherry Street was ...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Republican leader of the Illinois Senate says he has a "breakthrough" case of COVID-19 and is suffering mild symptoms. Sen. Dan McConchie said in a statement Saturday that he was va...

CHICAGO (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a Chicago organization's effort to immediately stop the construction of the Obama Presidential Center on the city's South Side. Crain's Chicago Busin...

ALDEN, Mich. (AP) - A medical student from Illinois has swum across one of Michigan's largest inland lakes - twice - to raise money and awareness about diabetes. Marian Cardwell accomplished the 35-mi...

The first Balloon Race of Balloon Fest '21 had to be canceled due to uncertain weather conditions, but the Friday night Glow did go off with a near-normal Friday night crowd in Foundation Park. Four b...