Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Friday, January 3rd, 2025
A 46-year-old Sandoval woman has been arrested by Sandoval Police on two outstanding warrants. Mikki Thomas of Diamond Springs Road was taken to the Marion County Jail on a Marion County felony failur...
Jan 03, 2025
Marion County Animal Control now has Facebook page and phone number
Improvements are starting to be made in the Marion County Animal Control Program. Board Chair Steve Whritenour has announced a Facebook page has now been launched to post photos of found dogs and thos...
Jan 03, 2025 Marliese Streefland / Unsplash
I-64 westbound remains closed for hazardous material spill in truck crash
Clean-up crews remain on the scene of a hazardous materials spill in a single semi-truck crash on Interstate 64 near the Woodlawn exit early Thursday night. Initial information indicates the driver of...
Jan 03, 2025 mikeledray / Depositphotos.com
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese Welcomes First Baby of 2025
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese has welcomed its first baby of the new year. Cal Michael Thompson arrived at exactly midnight on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, weighing 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and was 20 inch...
Jan 02, 2025 Matthew and Haley Thompson proudly introduce new son Cal Michael
Thompson, HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Breese’s New Year’s Baby of 2025. They are joined by
St. Joseph’s Auxiliary member Marilyn Zobrist (left) and Women and Infants Center nurse Ali
Wuebbles, RN (right). The family received a gift basket of items from St. Joseph’s Women and
Infants Center and the St. Joseph’s Hospital Auxiliary, as well as a $100 gift card from the
Breese Lions Club.
Kaskaskia College to host Spring 2025 Enrollment Day on Saturday, January 4
Centralia, Ill. - As a new year begins, Kaskaskia College is offering a chance to help potential students easily register for classes. Kaskaskia College will hold a Special Saturday Enrollment Day at ...
Jan 02, 2025
Illinois New Childhood Lead Testing Safety Law, Taking Effect in 2025
A new Illinois State law offers a more hands-on standard for public health intervention based on the results of lead levels in Children's blood. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announc...
Jan 02, 2025
Marion County Criminal Court cases soar, State's Attorney blames Safety Act
The number of felony and misdemeanor charges filed in Marion County in 2024 soared. State's Attorney Tim Hudspeth blames two parts of the Safety Act for a large part of the increase. Figures compiled ...
Jan 02, 2025 Marion County State's Attorney Tim Hudspeth.
Oddfellows and Rebeckahs providing chicken noodle soup for those in need
The Salem Oddfellows and Rebeckahs are cooking chicken soup to deliver to the elderly before the upcoming winter storm. The soup will be available from ten Saturday morning until it is gone at the Lod...
Jan 02, 2025 asimojet / Depositphotos.com
Old Christmas light strands being recycled
Keep Salem Beautiful is collecting old strands of Christmas lights for recycling. The lighting can be placed in containers at Farm Fresh Market in Salem, Big R, and at the Salem Community Activity Cen...
Jan 02, 2025
One person airlifted from scene of rollover crash on Route 161 Extension
One person was airlifted from the scene of a one vehicle rollover crash Wednesday night on the Route 161 Extension near Wallis Road in rural Kell. The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports a vehi...
Jan 02, 2025
