Category Archives: Local News
Salem Mayor looks at accomplishments and upcoming projects in State of the City Message
Salem Mayor Nic Farley says job growth has returned to the city and looked back at a number of accomplishments during the past year in his annual State of the City Message. Farley told those in attend...
Mar 29, 2024 Salem Mayor Nic Farley delivers the State of the City message at A Fair Barn on Thursday afternoon.
Belleville man receives 40 years for Washington County murder
A 45-year-old Belleville man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for his role in a Washington County murder. Kevin Loucks is one of three men charged with the July 2023 murder of 44-year-old Mont...
Mar 28, 2024 (left to right) Kevin Loucks, Milton Robinson and Arrion Sanders.
Suspect charged with murder, attempted murder in a series of stabbings in Rockford, Illinois
By KATHLEEN FOODY, RICK CALLAHAN and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - A 22-year-old man has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in a frenzied stabbing rampage that kille...
Mar 28, 2024 This photo provided by Winnebago County, Illinois, jail shows Christian Ivan Soto. Soto, 22, of Rockford, Ill., was charged Thursday, March 28, 2024 with first-degree murder in a stabbing rampage that killed four people in northern Illinois, Winnebago County State’s Attorney J. Hanley said. (Winnebago County, Illinois, jail via AP)
Salem Township Hospital approves $8.8-million budget for coming fiscal year
The Salem Township Hospital Board on Wednesday passed an $8.8-million budget for the coming fiscal year that begins April 1st. Hospital Interim President Lisa Ambuehl says a 20-percent net profit is f...
Mar 28, 2024 Lisa Ambuehl
Thursday is Gary Gaetti Day in Centralia
It is Gary Gaetti Day in Centralia. The honor is bestowed upon the 20 year major league baseball player who earned many achievements and records during his storied career that included stints with six...
Mar 28, 2024 Gary Gaetti holds the proclamation passed by the Centralia City Council on Monday night declaring Thursday as Gary Gaetti Day in Centralia. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem Lions Club to hold 88th Easter Egg Hunt in Bryan Memorial Park on Sunday
The Salem Lion's Club will continue an 88-year tradition on Sunday when it holds an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids in Bryan Memorial Park. Lions Club President Leon Chapman says the hunt will begin at t...
Mar 28, 2024 The Salem Lions Club has gathered a large number of prizes for the 88th Easter Egg Hunt in Bryan Memorial Park on Sunday.
SSM Health honors Registered Nurse Nathan Hebenstreit with DAISY Award
The House Supervisor at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia has been honored with the DAISY Award for extraordinary nursing. Registered Nurse Nathan Hebenstreit was recognized by his colleague...
Mar 28, 2024
Police Beat for Thursday, March 28th, 2024
Three people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Wednesday on no bond warrants. Sandoval Police arrested 33-year-old Tyler Foster of East Mississippi in Sandoval on an outstanding Washington Count...
Mar 28, 2024
Illinois Supreme Court to hear actor Jussie Smollett appeal of conviction for staging racist attack
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Reporter SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court will hear an appeal of actor Jussie Smollett's disorderly conduct conviction for staging a racist and homopho...
Mar 28, 2024 FILE - Actor Jussie Smollett listens as his sentence is read at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, March 10, 2022, in Chicago. The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, accepted an appeal of Smollett's disorderly conduct conviction for staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019, then lying to Chicago police about it. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)
Water Process Change For City of Salem
The City of Salem will be temporarily switching to free chlorine in its drinking water system beginning on April 15th and continuing further notice. Free chlorination is a regularly scheduled preventa...
Mar 27, 2024