Category Archives: Local News
State Representative Charlie Meier announces he has prostate cancer
State Representative Charlie Meier has announced he has cancer of the prostate. Meier says he will start a 28-day radiation treatment immediately at St. Elizabeth's in O'Fallon. He says the good news ...
Jan 13, 2025 State Representative Charlie Meier.
Four candidates apply for Marion County Highway Engineer position
Four candidates have applied to be Marion County Highway Engineer. The person selected will replace Mike McCormick who resigned October first to return to Bond County to be their highway engineer. At ...
Jan 13, 2025 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Kell man escapes injury after horse falls on him in pond
A Kell man was freed uninjured from under a horse in a pond in the 800 block of Route 37 in Kell Sunday morning. Kell Assistant Fire Chief Jason Franke says three Kell Firefighters initially arrived o...
Jan 13, 2025
Corn and soybean production up in Illinois last year; winter wheat down
The USDA says corn and soybean production was up in Illinois last year, while winter wheat harvest was down. The USDA reports corn production in Illinois is up two percent from last year to 2.31 billi...
Jan 13, 2025 Walt Stoneburner / CC
Salem Building Permits top $22-million with 500 acre solar project
The City of Salem issued building permits totaling nearly $22.3-million in 2024. The huge jump from prior years is largely due to a permit issued for construction of a new 500-acre solar farm near the...
Jan 13, 2025 File photo. Construction underway on a solar farm near the intersection of Hoots Chapel and West Boone Street. Photo by Henderick Morton.
Centralia City Council to recognize two long time employees on retirement
The Centralia City Council Monday night will recognize two long time employees on their retirement. Kent Niermann is being recognized for over 31 years of dedicated service at the water treatment plan...
Jan 13, 2025
Salem Police Department names Officer and Telecommunicator of the Year
The Salem Police Department has named Salem Grade School Resource Officer Mason McMeen as Officer of the Year and Telecommunicator Emily Meador-Day as Telecommunicator of the Year. The awards were pre...
Jan 12, 2025 Left to right: Salem Police Officer of the Year Mason McMeen, Deputy Chief Tyler Rose, and Telecommunicator of the Year Emily Meador-Day.
Police Beat for Sunday, January 12th, 2025
Centralia Police arrested a 41-year-old Centralia woman on Saturday on a 2024 Marion County Major Traffic Warrant. April Myers of Linden Street was taken to the county jail on the no bond warrant to a...
Jan 12, 2025
Bills addressing warehouse quotas, nursing homes, and prostitution pass in session's final days
Measures among 24 bills passed before new legislature sworn in By JADE AUBREY & BRIDGETTE FOX Capitol News Illinois jaubrey@capitolnewsillinois.com bfox@capitolnewsillinois.com Lawmakers in Spring...
Jan 12, 2025 (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
Salem man pleads guilty to aggravated reckless driving in connection with fatal crash
A 28-year-old Salem man pleaded guilty in Marion County Court Friday to aggravated reckless driving in connection with a May 2023 fatal crash on the west side of Salem. Derrik Coomer of East Boone was...
Jan 11, 2025 Derrik Coomer (Photo Marion County Jail)
