Category Archives: Local News

A 66-year-old Salem man has been arrested for reckless discharge of a firearm and resisting arrest after allegedly firing a pistol outside his home and then trying to get inside the residence. Charles...

Fairview Heights Police Chief Steve Johnson says three officers were shot after being dispatched Saturday night to a report of a suspicious person prowling around a nearby residence. After making cont...

Two people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Saturday on outstanding warrants. 37-year-old Jonathan Simmons of North Main in Sandoval was arrested by Sandoval Police on an outstanding Arkansas w...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - At least seven people died and authorities searched from building to building for people who were trapped or hurt after severe storms including at least one possible tornado swept thr...

South Central Illinois was reporting little damage and no reports of tornado touchdowns as another line of severe weather pushed over the region Friday afternoon. The only damage reported in Marion Co...

A Marion County Jury deliberated for about one and a half hours Friday afternoon before finding Ricky Norwood of Centralia guilty of second-degree murder in connection with the August 2015 shooting de...

Both occupants of a car that missed the stop sign at the end of Baldridge Lane and drove into trees on the other side of Mills Cart Road escaped with only minor injuries. The intersection is located a...

Salem Police say they arrested a 32-year-old Salem man twice on Thursday following incidents involving his ex-girlfriend. Garrett Horton of East Bryan in Salem was initially arrested for aggravated as...

Odin Mayor Greg Smith was sworn in for an additional four years as mayor at Thursday night's meeting. Smith has just completed a two-year unexpired term in the position. One new council member was swo...

The State of Illinois has declared Marion and contiguous counties disaster areas following the severe storms and flooding that occurred April 2 through 6. The contiguous counties included are Clay, Cl...