Category Archives: Local News
Marion County Fair draws bigger crowds this year
The Marion County Fair is reporting bigger grandstand crowds each night of this year's fair along with good crowds on the midway each night. Fair Board President Doug Telford says after a disappointin...
Aug 9, 2021 The Marion County Fair Midway was busy on the final night of the fair on Saturday. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Centralia residents to be in line for utility bill credit due to no landscape waste collection
The Centralia City Council Monday night will be asked to approve a resolution to amend the contract with its waste collector Republic Services that will result in a $6.78 reduction on the next city ut...
Aug 9, 2021
Balloonfest looking for volunteers and balloon crew
Centralia's Balloon Fest is just a few weeks away and the call is going out for volunteers to man the gates and crew for the Balloonists. Centralia Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marcus Hollan...
Aug 9, 2021
Police Beat for Monday, August 9th, 2021
A 21-year-old Salem woman has been arrested by Salem Police for alleged driving under the influence and no valid drivers license. Alexa Bivens of East Bryan reportedly struck a curb near West Main and...
Aug 9, 2021
Marion County Fair comes to a close with the NTPA Tractor Pull
The Marion County Fair came to a close Saturday night with another large crowd in the grandstand for the NTPA tractor pull and on the midway for the final night of operation for the carnival. Fair off...
Aug 8, 2021 The Marion County Fair Midway was busy on the final night of the fair on Saturday. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Illinois State Fair will go on, but with precautions
The Illinois State Fair will go on this year, but organizers are taking a number of COVID-19 precautions based on C-D-C guidelines. Masks will be required in all indoor public buildings like the Lives...
Aug 8, 2021 Katherine Johnson / CC
Police Beat for Sunday, August 8th, 2021
Salem Police arrested a 22-year-old Mt. Vernon man for possession of methamphetamine following a traffic stop at Lake and Jefferson Streets on Saturday. Cody Young of Harrison Street was taken to the ...
Aug 8, 2021
CDC releases weekly updates on COVID-19 caseloads in South Central Illinois counties
The Centers for Disease Control report large increases in numbers of COVID-19 cases across South Central Illinois during the past week. All area counties remain in the top or high category for the num...
Aug 7, 2021 Raed Mansour / CC
Marion County Demolition Derby a sellout, while large crowd fills midway Friday night
The Marion County Demolition Derby was a sellout Friday night with a large crowd also in the pits making it one of the biggest crowds in memory at the fairgrounds. The drivers didn't disappoint, putti...
Aug 7, 2021 Firemen put out a fire that breaks out in one of the derby cars during the consolation heat. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem man who failed drug court sentenced to seven years in prison
A 21-year-old Salem man in the Marion County Drug Court Program has been sentenced to seven years in prison with a recommendation for the prison boot camp program. Dillon Foutch of East Olive had been...
Aug 7, 2021
