Category Archives: Local News
Illinois Supreme Court reappoints Justice Wharton to Appellate Court at Mt. Vernon
The Illinois Supreme Court has announced that retired Justice Milton Wharton has been unanimously reappointed as an Appellate Court Justice to the 5th District Court headquartered in Mt. Vernon. Justi...
Dec 05, 2020
Police Beat for Saturday, December 5th, 2020
A 21-year-old Salem man has been arrested on an outstanding Marion County felony warrant for aggravated battery with strangulation. Shakeem Johnson was taken to the county jail where he is being held ...
Dec 05, 2020
Former State Senator Sandoval dies of COVID-19 complications
CHICAGO (AP) - Former state Sen. Martin Sandoval, who was facing prison after pleading guilty to political corruption, has died from COVID-19 complications. Attorney Dylan Smith confirmed the death Sa...
Dec 05, 2020
CHICAGO (AP) - A New York-based nonprofit that honors fallen first responders says it has paid the mortgages of homes of three Chicago police officers and two Illinois State Police troopers who were k...
Dec 05, 2020
Tentative agreement reached by striking nursing home workers
CHICAGO (AP) - Striking Chicago-area nursing home workers have reached a tentative contract agreement with Infinity Healthcare Management. Approximately 800 employees of Infinity Healthcare walked off...
Dec 05, 2020
Marion County Health Department reports two more deaths, 95 new COVID-19 cases
The Marion County Health Department is reporting two more COVID-19 related deaths and 95 new cases of the disease on Friday. The deaths were a female in her 70s and another female in her 80s. One of t...
Dec 04, 2020
Salem Driver's License Facility one of few to remain open for some services through January 4th
The Illinois Secretary of State says most drivers license facilities will remain closed until January 4th due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. One of the exceptions is the Salem Drivers License Facil...
Dec 04, 2020
Salem Ministerial Alliance Community Fund Drive set at $15,000
The Salem Ministerial Alliance Community Fund Drive has a goal of $15,000 this year. President Phil Martin of the First Christian Church says the goal was dropped from the $25,000 of past years due to...
Dec 04, 2020
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrest three on felony drug charges
The Marion County Sheriff’s Department has arrested three people in Salem on felony drug charges. Two were arrested following a traffic stop on West Main Street near Missouri Avenue. The driver,...
Dec 04, 2020
Police Beat for Friday, December 4th, 2020
A 42-year-old Carbondale woman remains in the Marion County Jail after being transferred from Jackson County where she was arrested on an outstanding Marion County felony failure to appear warrant. Th...
Dec 04, 2020
