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Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a 35-year-old Salem man Saturday morning for aggravated battery to a child and domestic battery. Brian Weems of Nation Road is accused of causing injury to a ...

Two Mt. Vernon residents charged in connection with a November home invasion in Centralia have pleaded guilty to lesser charges, while the case continues against a third defendant. The three were all ...

Fire destroyed a 12 by 12-foot shed in Odin Saturday morning. Odin Fire Chief Greg Smith says the fire was at a home occupied by Richard Atchison and owned by Joel and Marsha Hodge at 408 DeWolfe Stre...

Bill is among more than 2,000 filed this month By BEN SZALINSKI and JADE AUBREY bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com and jaubrey@capitolnewsillinois.com Capitol News Illinois Republican lawmakers put fo...

Some Illinois Democrats are pushing the General Assembly to pass legislation that would require the state's five pension systems to divest from fossil fuel companies. Under Senate Bill 130, the pensio...

Salem Economic Development Director Leah Dellicarpini is seeing positive signs on the local economy with developments started last year and planned for this year. She told the monthly luncheon of the ...

The City of Salem is combining several city departments into one. Economic Development Director Leah Dellicarpini says zoning, building, and code enforcement services are being combined with economic ...

A Centralia home was damaged by an electrical fire Thursday night. Centralia City Firefighters say light smoke was showing from the rear of the Linda Webster home at 606 Rhodes Street on their arrival...

A 65-year-old homeless Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for criminal trespass to property. Joel Firebaugh was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a first court appearance. Four...

Unemployment fell across most of South Central Illinois in December. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported Marion County's unemployment fell four tenths of a percent to 4.2 percent. ...