Category Archives: Local News

The Salem Grade School Board Thursday night approved a five year extension of the school resource officer program. Superintendent Dr. Leslie Foppe says the contract with the City of Salem Police Depar...

Five men from Mississippi were sentenced in southern Illinois federal court after admitting to using spotlights to illegally hunt white-tailed deer in Massac, Jefferson, Union, Pope and Clark counties...

The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today nonfarm payrolls totals reached a record high in June, increasing over-the-month up +9,400 to 6,175,200. June's record payroll job...

Centralia City Firemen say a fire burned the corner of the home from the ground to the attic early Thursday night. The fire was at a home owned by Keith Brown and occupied by Kenyatta and Caroline Har...

A lightning strike hit a Salem home during the thunderstorm activity late Thursday afternoon. The lightning hit the siding on the south side of the Doug Huff home at 825 North Broadway in Salem. It ch...

Salem Police say no one required hospitalization following a two vehicle crash early Friday morning at West Main and Missouri Avenue. Reports indicate a pickup driven by 44-year-old Jose Tey Cusanero ...

Three people were taken to the Marion County Jail on outstanding warrants on Thursday. Centralia Police arrested 18-year-old Christian Contreras of South Poplar in Centralia on an outstanding warrant....

A 28-year-old Colorado woman was airlifted from the scene of a four-wheeler crash in the 7700 block of Baylis Road in rural Alma Tuesday morning. The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports a dog r...

A 22-year-old Salem man was charged in Marion County Court with aggravated battery after becoming angry at a man who yelled at him to get his clothes on after exiting the Salem Reservoir, where he was...

A 34-year-old Salem woman was arrested by Salem Police Wednesday night for alleged domestic battery. Police say Tina Camp of Mills Crossing Apartments was involved in an altercation when she allegedly...