Category Archives: Local News
Salem Community Theatre presents The Spitfire Grill
The Salem Community Theatre and Cultural Center will present a new musical 'The Spitfire Grill' the weekends of September 11th-13th and 18th-20th. The play is directed by director/choreographer Matt H...
Sep 11, 2026
Antique Power Days and Salem Super Cruise both scheduled in Salem this weekend
The 36th Annual Antique Power Days is underway this weekend at the Marion County Fairgrounds while the Salem Super Cruise is planned for Saturday. Antique Power Days all three days features a large fl...
Sep 11, 2026
Illinois Expands Access for Medical Cannabis Patients and Dispensaries
Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) issued medical cannabis dispensary licenses to 37 existing dispensaries which, beginning today, may serve ...
Sep 10, 2026 Gov. JB Pritzker (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
One person injured in two car crash at Noleman and Elm in Centralia
One person was injured in a two car crash at Noleman and Elm Street in Centralia on Wednesday morning. Centralia Police say a car driven by 59-year-old Kathleen Burke-Sabean of Davis Avenue in Central...
Sep 10, 2026
Patoka man extricated from car following Hawthorn Road crash
A 62-year-old Patoka man was flown to a St. Louis Hospital after his car ran off Hawthorn Road east of the bridge near Freeman Road on the northwest side of Salem early Wednesday evening. Salem Police...
Sep 10, 2026
Marion County Animal Control to host Adoption Days Friday and Saturday
Marion County Animal Control will host Adoption Days in connection with the Southern Illinois Antique Power Days at the Marion County Fairgrounds this Friday and Saturday. Animal Control Administrator...
Sep 10, 2026 Marliese Streefland / Unsplash
Police Beat for Thursday, September 10, 2026
Centralia Police arrested a 39-year-old woman from Bowling Brook, Illinois, for criminal damage to state supported property. Quincy McCoy was taken to the Marion County Jail where she remains pending ...
Sep 10, 2026
Salem City Council agrees to seek $261,025 grant for theatre improvements
The Salem City Council Tuesday night agreed to seek a $261,025 Community Development grant for renovation of the outside of the Salem Community Theatre. Theatre Board President Drew Johnson says the o...
Sep 9, 2026 File photo: Salem Community Theater.
Salem City Council moves forward on new road that could lead to truck stop
The Salem City Council Tuesday night agreed to appropriate $188,022 for design and construction engineering costs of Maverick Street that would open up the southwest quadrant of the I-57 and West Main...
Sep 9, 2026 Salem city council meeting. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for September 9th, 2026
Centralia Police have arrested 27-year-old Blaze Snow of East 4th in Centralia for burglary, criminal damage to property, criminal trespass to property and theft. He was taken to the Marion County Jai...
Sep 9, 2026
