Category Archives: Local News

The eight pm curfew for those 16 and under without a parent in Kinmundy has apparently worked in solving a vandalism problem with kids as young as eight in the community. Police Chief Joe Duffy says a...

The City of Kinmundy will handle their own video gaming licensing beginning January first. Mayor Angie Diss says since they have not had an ordinance in the past, the two gaming facilities had to go t...

Centralia City Firemen say quick action by a homeowner likely kept a gas leak from turning into a major fire at the home early Thursday night. Firemen say after a flash fire had occurred at the point ...

Central City Police arrested 32-year-old Steven Bishop of South College Street in Salem for alleged domestic battery. He was taken to the Marion County Jail.

Electricity was out for up to three hours in parts of Northern Marion and Eastern Fayette County Friday morning. Ameren Illinois Spokesperson Brian Bretsch reports just over 2,000 customers were left ...

A 32-year-old Centralia man has been arrested on 72 criminal and traffic charges following a high speed chase that reached 60 miles per hour in Sandoval and crossed the Sandoval Golf Course early Wedn...

Just retired Salem Community High School Principal John Boles has been named the Grand Marshal of this year's Little Egypt Festival Parade in Salem. After a few years at Odin, Boles moved to Salem Hig...

Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Bullard says both drivers were injured in a two-vehicle head-on crash on Illinois Route 15 a half mile east of North Dartmouth Lane, just east of Mt. Vernon, late Wednesd...

For the past month, a group of community members have been gathering at the stage in Bryan Memorial Park twice a week to rehearse their roles in a live show as part of the Salem Area Historical Museum...

Two Centralia residents will face felony charges of aggravated cruelty to an animal in connection with the shooting death of a dog on July 8th. Jacob Linkon of West 17th was taken to the Marion County...