Category Archives: Local News

The Salem City Council Monday night voted unanimously to immediately ban the sale of Kratom and 7-OH at conveniences stores and smoke shops. Mayor Nic Farley brought the ordinance to the city council ...

Formal charges have been brought in Will County Court at Joliet against two persons believed responsible for the killing and dismemberment of 38-year- old Dalewayne Turner of Plainfield. An investigat...

Illinois State Police has identified the man shot at an Effingham church. 36-year-old Allen Gattino of St. Charles, Missouri was wounded when wrestling for control of his gun with Effingham City Polic...

Centralia Police have arrested 33-year-old Duan Brown of Cyprus, Texas on multiple charges. He's being held in the Marion County Jail pending further court action for aggravated unlawful use of a weap...

The Centralia Philharmonic Orchestra is sponsoring a summer workshop for string instrument players the week of July 20-24 at the Community Arts Center located at 1250 E. Rexford Avenue in Centralia. A...

Several Centralia organizations came together on Saturday afternoon for a Fourth of July celebration in Carillon Park. The opening ceremony included presentation of a 20 by 30 foot American flag and v...

The city of Salem provided music and food trucks to those who wanted to come out early to the fireworks display Saturday night. Music was provided by Cody and Christa Phillips and Sojourn Rocks. Child...

Tickets for grandstand events at the Marion County Fair are now on sale. The fair this year runs from Saturday, August 1st, to Saturday, August 8th. Fair Board President Doug Telford says tickets can ...

On July 2, Shaheed T. Webster, 24, of Centralia, was convicted of domestic battery following a two-day jury trial. Webster was arrested by the Centralia Police Department on May 11, after officers res...

Marion County's Celebration with the 250th Birthday of the US began on Friday with the 1776 Dinner and a Revolutionary War Reenactment Group setting up a camp on the Fairgrounds. One of the organizers...