Category Archives: Local News

The Patoka Village Board is delighted to extend congratulations to Michael and Lisa Cain for being the recipient of this month's Project Patoka Pride award. Michael and Lisa's dedication to maintainin...

The Evergreen Christian Church in Salem is undergoing half a million dollars' worth of expansion on a new 12,000 square foot multipurpose facility. The new facility will include a 5,000 square foot gy...

The Iuka Park BBQ Cook Off is happening this Saturday, June 21st With the sampling beginning at noon with wings, the event will have a $225 entry fee for cook-off teams. Public arm bands for sampling ...

The Daffy-Dill Garden Club is holding their second Annual Festival of Flowers and Statue Garden Walk on Saturday, June 21st, from 9 am-3 pm. This event will showcase the garden of flowers by the Bryan...

Water and sewer rates in Sandoval are going up three percent on July 1st. The minimum water bill for in-town residents will now be $21.04 per month with the minimum sewer bill increasing to $10.37. Ea...

The Sandoval Village Board plans to crack down on juveniles who are making people afraid to be at the village park. The group is reportedly firing Orbies with frozen pellets sometimes containing bleac...

A 32-year-old rural Odin man has been charged with 19 criminal offenses, including two Class X aggravated criminal sexual assault charges in connection with an incident last September in Wamac involvi...

Marion County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested 45-year-old Thomas McCarthy of Hotze Road in Salem for alleged domestic battery. Centralia Police arrested 27-year-old Jamaad Gardner of East Hausler in ...

There is a chance of thunderstorms through tonight. The National Weather Service says a few of these could be severe, particularly over southeast Missouri and southwest Illinois. The main threat will ...

The Iuka Fire Department's thermal drone quickly found three persons who went missing during the heavy Monday night rains in the Dismal Creek bottoms in Clay County. The department had been called to ...