Category Archives: Local News

The City of Salem’s proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning May first includes a number of street, sidewalk, waterline, and natural gas line replacement projects. Public Works Director Ann...

A 52-year-old Salem man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies for violation of the sex offender act. Christopher Phillips of England Road was taken to the Marion County Jail. A 2...

Odin Firemen fight a grass fire on Tuesday. Two fires in the district never endangered any structures. Sandoval firemen say an outbuilding was fully involved in flames and had already collapsed when t...

A 53-year-old Farina man was airlifted from the scene of a four-wheeler crash in northeast Marion County late Tuesday afternoon. Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies say Vincent Casseday of North Po...

A 21-year-old Salem man was arrested at his home on Tuesday after a vehicle allegedly stolen in Fayette County was found sitting outside. Donald Fairchild of West Warmoth was taken to the Marion Count...

A 35-year-old Huey woman has been released on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond after being formally charged in Marion County Court with possession of under five grams of methamphetamine. JoAnna He...

CHICAGO (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris is urging Chicago union members to share their experience receiving a COVID-19 vaccine and act as "role models" for family and friends who may be reluctant ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The president and the auto industry maintain the nation is on the cusp of a gigantic shift to electric vehicles and away from liquid-fueled cars, but biofuels producers and som...

URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a 2-year-old central Illinois boy was shot when his home was hit by gunfire. The Champaign County Sheriff's Department says the house in Urbana was hit several time...

Salem voters have elected Nic Farley as the city’s next Mayor. He beat Brock Waggoner 608 to 436 votes. Incumbent councilman Jim Koehler and former councilman Royce Bringwald won the two city co...