Category Archives: Local News
Salem Grade School Board finalizes $5,187,000 building and parking lot improvement plan
Salem Grade School Superintendent Dr. Leslie Foppe makes a point to School Board President John Gaston during Thursday night’s meeting. Photo by Bruce Kropp. The Salem Grade School Board is look...
Apr 16, 2021
Franklin Park School to have "parade style" graduation; Salem Grade school calendar set for next year
Franklin Park eighth-graders will receive their diplomas in a “parade-style” graduation similar to the one held last year. The promotional ceremony has been set for Thursday night, May 27t...
Apr 16, 2021
Food distribution to be held in Salem on Saturday
There will be a free food distribution in Salem on Saturday. Saved with Amazing Grace and the Salem Church of Christ will have the drive-through distribution from ten to noon in the parking lot of the...
Apr 16, 2021
Salem man charged with Class X drug offense
A 25-year-old Salem man had bond set at $100,000 after being charged in Marion County Court with a Class X felony drug offense. John Phillips of Lynnwood Drive is charged with unlawful possession with...
Apr 16, 2021
Drive-Through Food Giveaway Saturday at Salem Grace Church of the Nazarene
The Salem Grace Church of the Nazarene will have a drive-through food giveaway beginning at 8:30 Saturday morning. The parking lot will not be open until after 8:30 and you are asked not to park on th...
Apr 16, 2021
Police Beat for Friday, April 16th, 2021
A 51-year-old Salem woman was sent to the Marion County Jail from court on Thursday for a bond violation. Court records indicate Tammy Williams was taken into custody after she was tested positive for...
Apr 16, 2021
State Health Department reports COVID-related death in Clay County; only one new case in Marion County
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting a COVID-19 related death in Clay County. The fatality was a male in his 90s. It was one of 40 deaths being reported around the state on Thursday. ...
Apr 16, 2021
The problem within: Biden targets lead pipes, pushes equity
CHICAGO (AP) - President Joe Biden's proposal to get rid of every lead water pipe in the country could have huge ramifications. That’s especially true in communities where a large number of Blac...
Apr 16, 2021
EXPLAINER: Can officers stop drivers for air fresheners?
The mother of a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by Minnesota police this week says it all started when police pulled her son over for having air fresheners hanging from his rearview mirror....
Apr 16, 2021
Video: Chicago boy wasn't holding gun when shot by officer
CHICAGO (AP) - Disturbing bodycam video shows a 13-year-old boy appearing to drop a handgun and begin raising his hands less than a second before a Chicago police officer shoots and kills him. The jum...
Apr 16, 2021
