Category Archives: Local News

The Salem Community Threatre reopens for the showing of classic movies beginning Saturday night, September 18th, with the showing of Star Wars - A New Hope. Admission is free, but donations to offset ...

A 39-year-old Centralia woman is in custody after being arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for possession of a stolen vehicle and felony Illinois vehicle code violations. Heather Thompson of...

A 16-year-old Iuka juvenile girl was injured in a single vehicle crash on the Omega Road a half-mile north of U.S. 50 in rural Iuka Tuesday morning. Marion County Sheriff's Department reports indicate...

The Marion County Board voted 12 to 2 Tuesday night to reject a new administrator or coordinator position. Many county board members say they needed more information and were not ready to vote, but Bo...

The Salem Planning Commission was unanimous in their opposition to converting a five-acre tract of land along Airport Road north of Dahlins Drive from a residential to a business district. The proposa...

There was no one in opposition at the Odin School Board meeting Monday night to the issuance of $1.35-million dollars in general obligation bonds for building improvements and possible additions. Supe...

The Odin School Board has taken another vote and this time has agreed to co-op high school boys basketball and cheerleading with Patoka. The issue had failed on a 3-3 tie vote earlier. None of the boa...

State Police says a 17-year-old female juvenile from Flora crossed the centerline while traveling westbound on US 50 east of Salem and crashed into an SUV drive by a Centralia woman. Both the 17-year-...

Centralia Police arrested a 52-year-old Kinmundy woman for possession of methamphetamine on Monday. Lacresha Sullens of Omega Road was taken into custody after police investigated a suspicious person ...

The Illinois Senate is voting in favor of new clean energy legislation that Governor Pritzker is expected to sign. The measure aims for the state to be using 100 percent clean energy by 2050, requires...