Category Archives: Local News

The village of Sandoval will have to wait until next year to be eligible for an Illinois EPA loan forgiveness program for sewer system improvements. Village Administrator LeAnn Spicer says all of the ...

All the bananas are now gone! The Salem food pantry managed to get rid of all the bananas in just one day. The Salem Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry at the Grace United Methodist Church late Monday a...

A 21-year-old Opdyke man was ordered held without bond after being charged in Marion County Court Monday in connection with a Wamac home invasion and armed robbery. Dreydyn Hart of North Opdyke Lane f...

A 46-year-old Centralia man faces seven criminal charges, including a Class X felony of armed violence, following a stop while riding his bicycle in Centralia on early Sunday morning. Matthew White fa...

Salem City Attorney Matt Wilzbach has been asked to draw up an ordinance to ban the sale of Kratom at city convenience and tobacco stores. Mayor Nic Farley made the request at Monday night's city coun...

Keep Salem Beautiful has presented its next Business Beautiful Award to Jason Green's Shelter Insurance on South Broadway. Shelter Insurance was recognized for its outstanding scenery, plant life, and...

Salem has a new city treasurer. Kelli Barrell-Drease, who is already the city's finance director, will replace the retiring Jill Combs. The city council had questions about whether there were any issu...

The Salem City Council has entered into a five-year agreement with the Marion County Board to merge the city's emergency management agency into the county's. The county has agreed to keep the city's a...

The Salem Grade School Board has approved a new three-year contract with the teachers' association. Superintendent Dr. Leslie Foppe says the agreement will give the teachers a four percent salary incr...

State Senator Jason Plummer spoke to Salem residents at an end-of-session town hall event at the Kaskaskia College education center in Salem Monday evening. Plummer spoke to residents about the result...