Category Archives: Local News
Salem Community Theatre mystery resolved ahead of renovation
The Salem Theatre Board took up the carpeting inside the theatre during a work day on Saturday ahead of the major renovation that includes new seats, which is set to begin on July 20th. Chair Drew Joh...
Apr 21, 2025 Wood aisle floors at the Salem Community Theatre. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Latest line of severe thunderstorms lose intensity over Marion County
The latest line of severe thunderstorms lost intensity as it moved over South Central Illinois late Sunday night. Due to rotation in the upper clouds, the National Weather Service issued tornado warni...
Apr 21, 2025 File photo
Police Beat for Monday, April 21st, 2025
A 27-year-old Charleston man has been arrested by Illinois State Police for possession of a stolen motor vehicle. Presley Randolph was taken to the Marion County Jail. 55-year-old Rex Rose of South Lo...
Apr 21, 2025
Small plane crash nearl Charleston kills all 4 on board
Trilla, Ill. (AP) - A single-engine plane crashed in a field in central Illinois on Saturday, killing all four people on board. Coles County Coroner Ed Schniers said the victims were two women and two...
Apr 20, 2025
More rain and potential for severe weather late Sunday afternoon and evening
After a break from the rain for most of the day Sunday, the National Weather Service says another round of heavy rain and potential severe weather is possible between five pm and midnight Sunday. Most...
Apr 20, 2025
Police Beat for Sunday, April 20th, 2025
Centralia Police arrested 40-year-old Kyle Roe of South Cherry in Centralia for disorderly conduct. He was brought to the Marion County Jail. Two others remain in the Marion County Jail following Satu...
Apr 20, 2025
Indiana Governor Now Has Bill for Study of Annexation of Illinois Counties
The Indiana Senate has joined the Indiana House in passing a bill to create the 'Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission' that would study bringing 33 rural Illinois counties into the state th...
Apr 19, 2025 jetcityimage2 / Depositphotos.com
Police Beat for Saturday, April 19th, 2025
Salem Police arrested 26-year-old Jeremiah Meyer of Meachum Road in Kinmundy for felony criminal damage to property after he allegedly threw a landscape brick into one of the large plate glass windows...
Apr 19, 2025
Severe storms cross Marion County, causing heaviest damage in Salem and northeast Marion County (update 7 pm Saturday)
Damage is reported in both Salem and northeast Marion County from a fast-moving severe thunderstorm early Saturday morning that may have produced a tornado. In Salem, the tornado siren behind Taco Bel...
Apr 19, 2025 Damage to one of the barns at the 3 C Rodeo on Kinmundy Road southeast of Kinmundy. Photo by Angie Brubaker.
Jones testifies that FBI asked him to wear a wire on hospital CEO, other lawmakers
by Hannah Meisel, Capitol News Illinois April 18, 2025 CHICAGO - Federal agents asked state Sen. Emil Jones III to wear a wire against a politically connected hospital CEO and his fellow lawmakers in ...
Apr 18, 2025 State Sen. Emil Jones III leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Thursday, April 17, after finishing three days of testifying in his own defense at his corruption trial. Closing arguments are set for Monday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
