Category Archives: Local News

A Mt. Vernon nursing home was evacuated late Wednesday afternoon when a fire broke out in the commercial oven in the kitchen. Mt. Vernon Fire Chief Kevin Sargent says the fire began when a rack in the...

If COVID-19 numbers don’t spike, Governor JB Pritzker says regions of Illinois may be able to lift some mitigation’s come January 15th. The State didn’t see a big increase in cases a...

Marion County Animal Control Officer Ken Ferguson (right) makes plea for help in enforcing dog laws to the county board’s Community Relations Committee Wednesday night. Also pictured (left to ri...

Governor JB Pritzker is lowering the age limit for the next round of COVID-19 vaccinations to 65. The state is currently in Phase 1-A, where health care workers and residents and staff of long-term ca...

The Marion County Health Department reported 40 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, but no additional deaths. Statewide there were 139 additional deaths, including a female in her 70s in Clinton Count...

The President of Highland Ventures Limited has announced all remaining Family Video stores are closing, including the one in Salem. Keith Hoogland blamed the impact of COVID-19 not only for the loss o...

Governor JB Pritzker is calling on Congress to impeach and remove President Trump from office. In a statement released Wednesday night, Pritzker says two weeks is too long for Trump to remain in offic...

The new Congressman for the 15th Congressional District Mary Miller is drawing criticism for saying Adolph Hitler ‘was right on one thing’. The comment came in Washington DC as Miller was ...

Attorney General Kwame Raoul is warning the public about COVID-19 vaccine scams. Raoul says COVID scams aren’t new, but the approval of a vaccination is now giving con-artists more opportunities...

A 31-year-old Salem man has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to entering an occupied home without permission. Jerrad Middleton of England Road admitted to a charge of felony criminal trespass to ...