Category Archives: Local News
Salem Community High School names DAR and SAR winners
Salem Community High School has named its Daughters of American Revolution and Sons of American Revolution award winners for the current school year. Madison Keserauskis, the daughter of Heather and A...
Sep 12, 2025 DAR award winner Madison Keserauskis.
Under emergency rule, Illinois prisons begin withholding physical mail
by Beth Hundsdorfer, Capitol News Illinois September 10, 2025 Article Summary The Illinois Department of Corrections has begun scanning prisoners' mail to crack down on contraband in prisons. The emer...
Sep 11, 2025 Pinckneyville Correctional Center is pictured in southern Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Driver hurt in semi crash that resulted in hazmat call out
Jefferson Fire reports a semi ran off northbound I-57 at the 102 mile marker south of Dix early Thursday morning injuring the driver. The cab and trailer separated after the truck left the side of the...
Sep 11, 2025
Union Pacific locomotive catches fire leaving Salem Yards
Salem Firemen say a locomotive pulling a full freight train out of the Salem Union Pacific rail yards caught fire Thursday morning. Fire Chief Jim Cerny said the train had stopped north of the Tonti R...
Sep 11, 2025
Two serious crashes close I-57 southbound at Salem; Two Arkansas Brothers Pull Driver from Burning Vehicle
Two serious accidents on I-57 just south of the Salem exit closed the interstate for nearly 12 hours starting just after midnight Thursday morning. Traffic once again began flowing past the Salem exit...
Sep 11, 2025
Heavy Interstate Traffic Causes West Main Street Crash
Salem Police say both drivers refused hospital treatment following a crash on West Main at the entrance to Circle K that occurred during the heavy traffic caused by the closure of I-57 for accident cl...
Sep 11, 2025
Police Beat for Thursday, September 11, 2025
47-year-old Joshua Keebler of North Wall in Centralia has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for violation of a pre-trial order. He was scheduled to go before a judge on Thursday. 48-ye...
Sep 11, 2025
Marion-Clinton County Farm Bureau Manager surprised crops look as good as they do with extreme dry weather
The Manager of the Marion-Clinton County Farm Bureau says a survey of crop conditions in Clinton County this week showed them in surprisingly good condition with the extreme dry weather. Brad Conant s...
Sep 11, 2025 Walt Stoneburner / CC
Salem celebrates designation as Gig Certified and Smart Rural Community
The City of Salem and Wabash Communications celebrated Salem being named a Gig and Smart Rural Community during a ceremony at Bryan Memorial Park on Wednesday. Mayor Nic Farley was master of ceremonie...
Sep 11, 2025 Group photo at the Salem Smart Rural Community celebration. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
P. Scott Neville Jr. chosen as next chief justice on Illinois Supreme Court
by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois September 9, 2025 Article Summary Justice P. Scott Neville Jr. was elected by his colleagues to become the state's next chief justice, beginning in October. Chi...
Sep 10, 2025 Justice P. Scott Neville is pictured during the 2022 swearing-in ceremony of Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
