Category Archives: Local News

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

A 59-year-old Marion, Virginia man has been sentenced in Clinton County Court to three years in prison for involuntary manslaughter. James Pruitt is accused of dumping the body of 46-year-old Charity ...

The Sandoval School Board has named Nathan Mayberry as its Junior/Senior High Assistant Principal. Mayberry had been serving as the district's physical education, driver education, and health teacher ...

Selmaville School Superintendent Robin Brooks says an $85,000 improvement project is planned for the school's outdoor playground area this summer. Brooks says all of the work will be done to make it i...

Listed below are the Salem 111 retiring staff members along with their years of service and position.     Not Pictured: Rebecca Roddy- 23 years as cook Linda Hayes- 25 years as district cafe...

The state's Rental Payment Program has paid out $70 million to Illinois landlords in just the first month. Landlords submitted $664 million worth of requests for past and future rent on behalf of thei...