Category Archives: Local News
Amy Schultz Child Advocacy Center opens Centralia Office
The Amy Schultz Child Advocacy Center now has a part-time branch office in Centralia. Executive Director Michaelia Wharton says the office on West Broadway will be staffed initially only when intervie...
May 05, 2025 Ribbon cutting in front of the new Amy Schultz Child Advocacy Center Centralia office. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem City Council reorganizes; to consider two downtown TIF projects
Salem gets two new councilmen tonight. Frank Addison and Gerald Molenhour will be sworn in for four-year terms after winning the April 1st election. Current Councilman, Royce Bringwald, who lost the e...
May 05, 2025
Nominees announced for Salem Township Hospital Foundation Employee of the Year
Salem Township Hospital has announced the nominees for the Salem Township Hospital Foundation Employee of the Year. They are Greg Bell, Janet Bunting, Stacie Burleyson, Mel Fitch, Elaine Meares, Niki ...
May 05, 2025
Police Beat for Monday, May 5th, 2025
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 42-year-old Rachael Casner of North Lincoln in Salem for alleged domestic battery. She was taken to the Marion County Jail. A 65-year-old Mt. Vernon man was a...
May 05, 2025
Salem Community High School Prom King and Queen Crowned; See Photos of All the Senior Candidates and Junior Attendants (updated)
The 2025 Salem Community High School Prom King and Queen are Keyton King and Keylie Hancock. They were crowned during Prom activities at SCHS Friday night. Watch for more photos to come. Junior...
May 04, 2025 2025 Salem Community High Prom King Keyton King and Queen Keylie Hancock. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Non-injury crash ends with arrest for aggravated battery to police officer
A one-vehicle non-injury crash early Sunday morning ended with the driver being arrested for aggravated battery to a police officer. Initial information from the Marion County Sheriff's Department ind...
May 04, 2025
Police Beat for Sunday, May 4th, 2025
Two people are being held in the Marion County Jail following their arrests on no-bond Marion County failure to appear warrants. 22-year-old Serena Gentile of O'Fallon Street in Odin was arrested by C...
May 04, 2025
Senate leaders split on community college bachelor's degree proposal
Measure backed by Pritzker has so far stalled in the General Assembly By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Two Democratic leaders in the Illinois Senat...
May 04, 2025 From left, Southern Illinois University System President Dan Mahony, along with Chicago State University President “Z” Scott, Illinois State University President Aondover Tarhule, and Western Illinois University President Kristi Mindrup testify before a Senate committee in favor of a bill creating a new funding formula for the state’s public universities. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Kentucky man receives lengthy prison time for coming to Southern Illinois for sex with child
A Southern Illinois District Judge has sentenced a 41-year-old Paducah, Kentucky man to 121 months imprisonment for attempting to entice a Southern Illinois minor to engage in illegal sexual activity....
May 03, 2025
Police Beat for Saturday, May 3rd, 2025
Salem Police arrested a 45-year-old Salem man for violation of pretrial release after he was found hiding in the kitchen of a home where he had been ordered not to have contact with the woman. Jason H...
May 03, 2025
