Category Archives: Local News
Salem Library to stay open to public
The Salem Bryan Bennett Library will remain open to the public until further notice. The library board Tuesday night voted to remain open during the same hours they have observed since June when reope...
Nov 19, 2020
More candidates file for Salem and Centralia City Council
Additional candidates filed for open city council seats in both Salem and Centralia on Wednesday. In Salem, appointed city councilman Jacob Hockett has filed to retain the seat. He was selected to rep...
Nov 19, 2020
Ameren Illinois suspended disconnections for winter months
Ameren Illinois has announced with colder temperatures on the way and the recent increase in Coronavirus cases, they are suspending service disconnections for residential customers immediately. Ameren...
Nov 19, 2020
Fourth Circuit Court Justices elected new Chief Judge
The Circuit Judges in the Fourth Judicial District that includes Marion, Clinton, Fayette, Clay, Effingham and four other counties have elected a new Chief Judge. Douglas Jarman was selected to replac...
Nov 19, 2020
Final defendant in Central City area murder pleads guilty to reduced charge
The final person charged with the December 2019 murder of 39-year-old Clender Edmond at a home just east of Central City has entered a negotiated plea. Krystal Scerba pleaded guilty to a robbery charg...
Nov 19, 2020
Bankers survey in Illinois and nine other Midwest states projects drop in holiday retail sales
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - More than half of bankers surveyed in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states including Illinois are projecting a drop in holiday retail sales this year from last year as the co...
Nov 19, 2020
Centralia closing facilities to public under COVID-19 mitigation plan
Centralia City Manager Lowell Crow has announced the city will be closing the lobby of city hall, animal shelter and public works department beginning Friday under the Governor’s Tier 3 Mitigati...
Nov 18, 2020
Four indicted in scheme to allegedly influence Speaker Madigan
CHICAGO (AP) - Four people, including an associate of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, have been charged with orchestrating a bribery scheme with Commonwealth Edison. The alleged scheme had the...
Nov 18, 2020
Marion County State's Attorney files reckless homicide charges against Alma woman
A 28-year-old Alma woman has been charged with two counts of reckless homicide in connection with an accident on the north side of Salem that claimed two lives in November of last year. The charges fi...
Nov 18, 2020
Big tax reduction coming to Selmaville School District residents
The Selmaville Grade School Board is holding the line on this year’s tax levy and then plans significant reductions in future years as bonds for the Junior High addition are paid off. Superinten...
Nov 18, 2020
