Category Archives: Local News
Irvington Homecoming and Fireworks set for Saturday
The Irvington Homecoming and fireworks are set for Saturday night. Activity begins at 12:30 in the Irvington Park with food and drink being available and the start of a bags tournament. Those interest...
Jun 25, 2021 bayasaa / CC
Salem Community High School begins plans for $10-millon improvement project
The Salem Community High School Board is beginning to make plans for a ten-million dollar improvement project that would include complete replacement of the heating and air conditioning system, new wi...
Jun 25, 2021
Jefferson, Marion and Wayne County in top five for spring turkey harvest
Three area counties are in the top five statewide for spring turkey harvest. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is reporting Jefferson County as the top turkey harvesting county in the state...
Jun 25, 2021 Will Kimeria / CC
Wamac man receives three year prison term on meth and theft charges
A Wamac man has been sentenced to three years in prison for possession of under five grams of meth and felony theft. James Garner of Gilmore Street will have to serve one year of parole when getting o...
Jun 25, 2021
Marion County Sheriff's Department investigating two burglaries and theft
The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating two burglaries and a theft complaint. A Sandoval woman reported coming home Thursday morning to find her home in the 300 block of South Oak ente...
Jun 25, 2021
Kinmundy man pleads guilty to reduced charge of violation of bail bond
A 47-year-old Kinmundy man has pleaded guilty to a charge of violation of bail bond in exchange for aggravated battery and domestic battery charges being dropped. Charles Weathersby of South Monroe wa...
Jun 25, 2021
Police Beat for Friday, June 25th, 2021
Centralia Police have arrested a 26-year-old Odin resident for fraudulent practice, forgery, and possession of a controlled substance. Mikayla Rowcliff of DeWolfe Street was taken to the Marion County...
Jun 25, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Unemployment drops across the region
Unemployment dropped across South Central Illinois in May. In Marion County unemployment dropped eight-tenths of a percent to 6.2-percent. That translates into 878 on the unemployment rolls, down 130 ...
Jun 24, 2021 Alachua County / CC
Tractor destroyed by fire southeast of Salem
A tractor being used to bush hog a field off the Peach Tree Road a mile and a half south of US 50 and east of Salem late Thursday morning caught fire and was destroyed. The driver of the tractor Tyler...
Jun 24, 2021
Five area fire departments getting State Fire Marshal grants for equipment
Kell, Salem, Jefferson Fire Protection District, Xenia, Brownstown, and Addieville Fire Departments are all receiving Small Equipment grants from the State Fire Marshal's office. The Office of the Ill...
Jun 24, 2021 ((brian)) / CC
