Category Archives: Local News
Payment for first installment of 2024, Payable 2025 Marion County Property Taxes Due Next Thursday
The First Installment of the 2024 Payable 2025 Marion County Property Taxes is due Thursday July 24, 2025. Marion County Treasurer Gary Purcell says there are several ways you can pay your tax bill: O...
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Greater Salem Area Foundation to Host Annual Swim Event
The Greater Salem Area Foundation will be hosting its annual Swim Event on Saturday evening, July 19, 2025, at the Salem Family Aquatic Center from 5 to 7 PM. Admittance includes refreshments. Special...
Jul 17, 2025
Pontoon Boat Destroyed in Fire on Lake Centralia
The Salem Fire Protection District was called to the Mike Phillips home on Gunnison Lane on Lake Centralia when a 22 foot long pontoon boat caught fire Wednesday afternoon. Firemen say before their ar...
Jul 17, 2025
Three Salem men charged with beating up daughter and sister's boyfriend
Three Salem men have been charged in Marion County Court with allegedly forcing their way into a woman's Kell Street apartment and beating up her boyfriend sending him to Salem Township Hospital for t...
Jul 17, 2025 Left to right, Xander Devor, Jeremy Devor, and Konnor Devor
Kell Fire Protection District gets $348,000 grant
The Kell Fire Protection District has received a $348,000 grant from the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal. The money will be used to construct a 24 by 80 foot addition on the northeast side o...
Jul 17, 2025
Former Marion County Coroner released from jail on pre-trial conditions
Former Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon has been released from custody on pretrial conditions as he awaits further court action on seven counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of two girls under ...
Jul 17, 2025
Two Chinese nationals accused of staffing massage parlors in Centralia, Mt Vernon, and Vandalia with prostitutes
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging two Chinese Nationals with offenses related to operating five illicit massage businesses, including Centralia, Mt. Vernon, and Vandalia. 57-yea...
Jul 16, 2025
Replacement Seats for Salem Theatre Arrive; Community Asked to Help Remove Old Seats on Sunday
The first of the replacement seats for the refurbishing of the Salem Community Theatre have arrived. They are being stored until other parts of the project can be completed. That includes removal of t...
Jul 16, 2025
Centralia Police have meeting with One Hope United over continued alleged criminal activity by some residents
Centralia Police will have a meeting with the management of One Hope United next Tuesday to seek a solution to about a half dozen residents who have been arrested multiple times for alleged attacks on...
Jul 16, 2025
Pritzker signs executive order responding to impact of tariffs on Illinois
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois July 14, 2025 Article Summary Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order requiring state agencies to come up with plans to respond to tariffs. President Donald ...
Jul 15, 2025
