Category Archives: Local News

Trash pickup will be delayed in both Salem and Centralia next week, with no pickup on Monday due to the Labor Day Holiday. In Salem, pickup will be one day late all week. Yard waste pickup will remain...

Three people were taken to the Marion County Jail on no bond failure to appear warrants on Wednesday. 37-year-old Mathew Stebbins of Clinmar Place in Centralia was arrested by Centralia Police on a Ma...

The Marion County Board has given conditional approval to two community solar farms under the county's new solar and wind ordinance. They are Dimension Energy who is proposing a facility on US 50 a mi...

The Marion County Board has agreed to move forward on the long-delayed improvements to the county's parking lot in the 200 block of North Broadway in downtown Salem. The county never finalized paperwo...

The Marion County Board has approved a study to determine why the county ranks 98th out of the 102 counties for disparity between property tax assessments and the actual sales value of property. Prope...

A 40-year-old Salem man has been sentenced to three years in prison after his drug court probation was revoked. Joshua Gribler of South Washington had pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of under fi...

Marion County Coroner Claude Howell has released his monthly report. He reported 37 deaths in July. 34 of those were natural, including 11 that were cancer related. One was accidental from choking and...

The Marion County Board has agreed to a settlement with another drug company involved in the opiod abuse epidemic. State's Attorney Tim Hudspeth expects the county to receive $20,000 or more as its sh...

A 25-year-old Salem man has been arrested for domestic battery following an altercation with a female at a home on Julia Drive on Tuesday night. Salem Police say Savon Wright of West Kell allegedly st...

by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois August 26, 2025 Article Summary President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to block federal funding to states that eliminated cash bail. Illinoi...