Category Archives: Local News

The Marion County Health Department is reporting only one new COVID-19 case on Tuesday and Wednesday at a time the number of cases statewide has spiked. The health department reports the one new case ...

Salem Police arrested a 36-year-old Salem man for violation of an order of protection Wednesday morning after receiving a complaint he was at a home where he was not allowed. TJ Schleuter of North Bro...

A 29-year-old Mascoutah man was arrested by Centralia Police after he allegedly fought with them after they were called to a report of a man running naked on South Poplar and the Huck’s Store pa...

FOREST PARK, Ill. (AP) - Authorities are investigating the death of a man who was shot by police in Forest Park after he arrived at a restaurant waving a gun and saying, "Please don’t make me do...

There are five candidates seeking the two open seats on the Salem City Council in the April 6th election. The five all expressed their reasons for running during a candidates forum sponsored by WJBD r...

The Illinois Capital Development Board has announced the release of $2-million dollars to help pay for the resurfacing of the west parking lot of Kaskaskia College. The college will contribute another...

The Illinois Department of Revenue has issued Marion County a final property assessment equalization factor that will increase non-farmland assessments in the county on this year’s property tax ...

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) - Two men are in custody after a fatal shooting outside a Secretary of State driver's license bureau in suburban Chicago. The shooting occurred in the parking lot of the facility...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois’ governor rolled up his sleeve Wednesday to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. The 56-year-old J.B. Pritzker says he’s eligible for the vaccine as a govern...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Police in East St. Louis say two men have died and another has been injured in a shooting. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the shooting was reported just before 1 ...