Category Archives: Local News

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools leaders have extended remote learning for two more and called for a "48-hour cooling-off period" amid negotiations with the teachers' union. They’re citing ...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Police say an Illinois police officer fatally shot a 19-year-old man suspected in a domestic violence incident early Tuesday after he stabbed and wounded the officer during a ...

Salem will soon have a small RV Park. Sam and Becky Phillips of Salem outlined their plans for property behind the Salem Huck’s Store along the east side of North Missouri Avenue at Monday night...

The Salem City Council rejected a request for a liquor license that would have allowed the opening of a new gaming parlor in the former beauty shop next to the new Zone Fitness Center in the Westgate ...

Centralia Police say a resident of Parkview Drive came home just after noon on Sunday to break up a burglary in progress at their home. Police say the resident heard someone inside their home who ran ...

The Marion County Sheriff’s Department received a report Sunday afternoon of a residential burglary in Odin. A resident of the 300 block of Perkins Street reported coming home and discovering so...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - After President Joe Biden revoked Keystone XL's presidential permit, opponents of other pipelines are hoping the projects they've been fighting will be next. Environmentalists and A...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Adam Kinzinger was one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump. Now, the Illinois congressman is launching a political action committee to push back against a Ho...

Auditions have been set for this week for those who would like to participate in the Salem Community Theatre and Cultural Center Auditions of two upcoming radio plays. The auditions for My Favorite Hu...

The Salem City Council will discuss several projects when they meet in person at city hall Monday night. Sam and Becky Phillips are requesting to raise the 10,000-pound weight limit on Missouri Avenue...