Category Archives: Local News
Royce Bringwald appointed to open seat to stay on city council
The Salem City Council has named outgoing city council member Royce Bringwald to fill the unexpired two-year term left vacant by the resignation of Tracy Crouch. Bringwald would have been leaving the ...
Apr 22, 2025 (L to R) Salem City Council members Frank Addison, Royce Bringwald, and Gerald Molenhour.
Salem Mayor makes numerous appointments to boards and commissions
Mayor Nic Farley made a number of appointments at Monday night's city council meeting. Outgoing City Councilmember Jim Koehler was appointed to a three year term on the Historical Commission. Tracy Ti...
Apr 22, 2025
Husband and wife arrested by Salem Police
Salem Police arrested a husband and wife separately early Tuesday morning. Police say they first responded to the couple's apartment in Cottonwood Village to a report of a domestic problem. At that ti...
Apr 22, 2025
Centralia residents asked to conserve water Tuesday night and Wednesday
Beginning Wednesday at 6 am, the City of Centralia is conducting maintenance and connections of water transmission lines. Due to this maintenance, the amount of water in storage will be reduced. City ...
Apr 22, 2025
First Community Easter Dinner Deemed A Success
Nearly 2,000 meals were served at the first ever Salem Community Easter Dinner on Saturday. SWAG combined with the Grace United Methodist Church to put on the dinner. The organizer of SWAG Chris Watki...
Apr 21, 2025 File photo: Dinner is served at the first Community Easter Dinner at Grace United Methodist Church. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Four Menomonie, Wisconsin, Residents Killed in Plane Crash South of Mattoon
The Coles County Coroner has released the names of the four people killed in a small single plane crash three miles south of Mattoon Saturday morning. They are all from Menomonie, Wisconsin are identi...
Apr 21, 2025 Vovashevchuk / Depositphotos.com
Salem's new Police Chief starts work
Salem's new Police Chief will be officially sworn in at Monday night's city council meeting. A meet and greet with Todd Boles is scheduled for 5:30 at City Hall, ahead of the council meeting at six. B...
Apr 21, 2025 Salem Police Chief Todd Boles.
More Details Released on Fatal Motorcycle-SUV Crash in Centralia (updated 2pm Monday)
A 51-year-old Centralia woman was pronounced dead at the scene of an SUV-motorcycle crash on the east side of Centralia Sunday afternoon. Marion County Coroner Claude Howell identified the victim as E...
Apr 21, 2025 stockhouse / Depositphotos.com
Salem Community Theatre mystery resolved ahead of renovation
The Salem Theatre Board took up the carpeting inside the theatre during a work day on Saturday ahead of the major renovation that includes new seats, which is set to begin on July 20th. Chair Drew Joh...
Apr 21, 2025 Wood aisle floors at the Salem Community Theatre. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Latest line of severe thunderstorms lose intensity over Marion County
The latest line of severe thunderstorms lost intensity as it moved over South Central Illinois late Sunday night. Due to rotation in the upper clouds, the National Weather Service issued tornado warni...
Apr 21, 2025 File photo
