Category Archives: Local News
Salem Police provide details of Salem man arrested for burglary
Salem Police say a 34-year-old Salem man arrested for burglary on Tuesday was in connection with a weekend break in to two or three buildings at County Materials on the south side of Salem. Police Det...
Oct 7, 2021
Police Beat for Thursday, October 7th, 2021
A 58-year-old Wamac man has been arrested on outstanding Marion and Washington County warrants. Shawn Cavins of South Brookside was taken into custody by Wamac Police and transported to the Marion Cou...
Oct 7, 2021
Salem man is third arrested for murder in connection with death of Edgewood man
A 39-year-old Salem man has become the third person arrested in connection with the September 27th strangulation death of 80-year-old Roger Courson at his Edgewood home. Jamie Charlton is charged with...
Oct 7, 2021 Jamie Charlton
Alma man pleads guilty to federal drug and weapons charges
A 45-year-old Alma man has pleaded guilty to federal drug and weapon charges. John Doyle of the 4500 block of Kinoka Road admitted to three counts of distribution of a controlled substance, possession...
Oct 7, 2021
Salem High School Board adds new cafeteria and vocational building lighting to next summer's large building project
Salem Community High School's $10.4-million building improvement project for next summer became a little larger at a special school board meeting Wednesday night. Superintendent Dr. Brad Detering says...
Oct 7, 2021
One home destroyed one damaged by fire in Centralia
Fire destroyed one home in Centralia and damaged a neighboring home five feet away, but the occupants of both got out safely. Centralia Fire Chief John Lynch says Nancy Clark woke up to find her house...
Oct 7, 2021
Dog killing chicken results in Marion County Board opening animal control to incorporated areas of county
Marion County residents who live inside village and city limits can now get animal control services from the county. The change comes as a result of a dog killing a chicken in Iuka where the county an...
Oct 7, 2021 Deb / CC
Salem man pleads guilty to three felony drug charges
A 21-year-old Salem man has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to three felony possession of drug charges pending against him. Wade Morlan of Mills Cart Road was placed on two years probation after...
Oct 6, 2021
Centralia man pleads guilty to sex offender registration charge
A 22-year-old Centralia man has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court for failure to register as a sex offender. Dawson Coughlin of North Hickory admitted to not registering his Tik Tok and Snapchat a...
Oct 6, 2021
Appellate Court vacates TRO allowing five Bond County students not to wear masks
The Fifth District Appellate Court at Mt. Vernon has vacated a temporary restraining order that had blocked the Greenville-based Bond County Community School District from requiring five students from...
Oct 6, 2021 Paul Sableman / CC
