Category Archives: Local News
Salem Lions Club ready for Saturday morning post prom, but still need donations
The Salem Lions Club will continue its tradition of hosting Post Prom to give students a safe place to go after Prom ends Friday night. Tabitha Meador is helping to coordinate the annual event for the...
May 01, 2024 2022 Post Prom participants try out the hula hoops.
Two face new felony charges in Marion County Court
New felony charges were filed against two people in Marion County Court on Tuesday. 23-year-old Azreal Lashbrook of North Highway 37 in Mt. Vernon has been charged with unlawful possession of a stolen...
May 01, 2024 Marion County Courthouse
Centralia man sentenced to five years in prison on meth conviction
A 23-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court on Tuesday to a charge of possession of under five grams of methamphetamine. Jonatho...
May 01, 2024
Centralia introduces new online utility billing and payment services
The City of Centralia has announced a new Utility Customer Service Portal and Phone Account Access that will provide Centralia residents with control over their utility accounts, offering new features...
Apr 30, 2024
Salem Community High School students and staff exit building following fire alarm
While there was no actual fire, Salem Community High School staff and students proceeded with a full exit of the school when the fire alarm sounded Tuesday afternoon. A smoke detector in the kitchen w...
Apr 30, 2024
Homeless Salem man charged with failure to register as sex offender and criminal trespass
A 51-year-old homeless Salem man has been charged in Marion County Court with felony failure to register as a sex offender and misdemeanor criminal trespass to real property. Clayton Worley was arrest...
Apr 30, 2024
Police Beat for Tuesday, April 30th, 2024
Wamac Police have made two arrests on no-bond warrants. 38-year-old Rhainnon Thompson of Veterans Drive in Effingham was arrested on an outstanding Effingham County felony warrant. 45-year-old John Jo...
Apr 30, 2024
Heavy rains cause low lying roads to flood
Heavy rains have caused low-lying roads to flood and at least two vehicles stalled in high water. The Salem Water Plant recorded an additional 87-hundredths of an inch of rain in the 24 hours ending a...
Apr 30, 2024 File photo of flooding on Brick Hill Road below the Raccoon Lake dam. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Pool parties and swim lessons sign-ups open at ten Wednesday morning at Salem Family Aquatic Center
The City of Salem will open the signup for pool parties and swim lessons at ten on Wednesday morning. Pool parties and lessons are first come first serve. Everything has to be done online through the ...
Apr 30, 2024
Fire damages rural Mt. Vernon home
Jefferson Fire officials say a fire damaged the floor of a living room of a home under renovation east of Mt. Vernon Monday afternoon. Firemen were called to the Gary Elliott home in the 13,000 block ...
Apr 30, 2024 IgorVetushko / Depositphotos.com