Category Archives: Local News
Illinois Department of Insurance helps life insurance consumers collect $8.5 million
The Illinois Department of Insurance has announced that its Life Policy Locator helped return more than $8.5 million to consumers in lost or unclaimed life insurance policies and annuities this year. ...
Sep 30, 2024
Arkansas woman killed in three-vehicle crash on US 50 at Xenia
A 59-year-old Monticello, Arkansas woman was killed in a three-vehicle crash during the noon hour on Friday on US 50 at the Xenia-Iola road intersection. Clay County Coroner Bryce Henry pronounced Mia...
Sep 30, 2024 ISP FILE PHOTO: An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo.(Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
SCHS Band sweeps class at Mt. Zion Music Games
The Salem Community High School Band swept their class during competition at the Mt. Zion Music Games at Mt. Zion High School on Saturday. The band won first place in percussion, 1st place in Color Gu...
Sep 29, 2024 Salem Community High School Band brings home the hardware from Mt. Zion.
Marion County Relay for Life collects $61,003 with amount expected to go up
The Marion County Relay for Life ended the event Saturday night at the fairgrounds with $61,003 raised to fight cancer. One of the organizers, Sheila Mulvany, says this is the highest amount raised in...
Sep 29, 2024 Survivors do their open lap inside the Marion County Fair Exhibit Building due to wet weather. Photo by Henry Morton.
Area fire departments called to roof fire at Continental Tire in Mt. Vernon early Sunday
Four area fire departments were called to Continental Tire on the south side of Mt. Vernon early Sunday morning when a dryer dust collection system on the roof caught fire. Jefferson Fire officials sa...
Sep 29, 2024
Police Beat for Sunday, September 29th, 2024
Salem Police arrested a 58-year-old Salem man wanted on a no-bond Marion County failure to appear warrant in a burglary case. Daniel Putt of Radio Tower Road was taken to the Marion County Jail to awa...
Sep 29, 2024
Salem Police officer narrowly misses injury when tree limb crashes into squad car
A Salem Police officer responding to a call about a tree limb going through the roof of a home Friday night had gotten out of his squad car just seconds before another tree limb crashed onto it. The i...
Sep 28, 2024
Delivery truck driver trapped in overturned truck after hitting power pole on Medlin Road
A 40-year-old delivery truck driver escaped serious injury when his truck hydroplaned and hit a power pole in the 300 block of Medlin Road in rural Centralia Friday and overturned on its side. Marion ...
Sep 28, 2024
Salem Township Hospital soon to once again have full time dietician
Salem Township Hospital will soon once again have a fulltime dietician. After a lengthy search, Christ Our Rock High School grad and recent Olivet Nazarene University graduate Caroline Boehne has been...
Sep 27, 2024
Unemployment drops more than a full point across South Central Illinois
Unemployment dropped a full percentage point across all counties in South Central Illinois in August from July. In Marion County, the rate dropped from 6.3 to 5.3-percent and is two-tenths of a percen...
Sep 27, 2024