Category Archives: Local News
Salem Township Hospital Board begins discussing next big improvement project
Salem Township Hospital President Alex Nazarian says pre-design has been completed on the hospital's next big improvement project. Nazarian says once the rural medical clinic can move to the renovated...
Nov 21, 2023 Salem Township Hospital President Alex Nazarian at front entrance to the parking lot on the new parking lot.
More than 30 attend Marion County Fair Queen's S"tea"m Party
More than 30 young girls participated in Marion County Fair Queen Kaitlyn Banning's S"tea"m Party for young girls on Sunday. Banning, a biomedical engineering student at the University of Missouri, he...
Nov 20, 2023 Marion County Fair Queen Kaitlyn Banning performing one of the experiments.
Senator Jason Plummer says new assault weapons law about to create large number of felons
State Senator Jason Plummer told the monthly meeting of the Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce last week that the new assault weapons law is about to create a lot of new felons. Plummer says less than ...
Nov 20, 2023 State Senator Jason Plummer talks about issues including the assault weapons ban to the Salem Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem City Council Monday night to consider garbage collection contract and tax levy
The Salem City Council Monday night is expected to make a decision on who will be the city's trash collector starting January 1st. The city received five bids for the service, but decided at the last ...
Nov 20, 2023
State school board weighs increased funding requests ahead of budget season
Advocates continue call to speed up contributions to new state funding formula By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Officials at the Illinois State Boa...
Nov 19, 2023
Two Centralia residents arrested in connection with home invasion
Two Centralia residents have been arrested on Saturday in connection with a home invasion. 35-year-old Nathan Page of North Sycamore Street is being held in the Marion County Jail on Class X charges o...
Nov 19, 2023
Mt. Vernon man receives 44-year prison term for foiled escape attempt
A 57-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been sentenced to 44 years in prison in connection with a foiled escape attempt from a sally port of the Jefferson County Courthouse in October 2021. Judge Thomas Tede...
Nov 18, 2023
Two Flora women formally charged with Class X drug charges
Two Flora women were formally charged in Marion County Court on Friday with three Class X felony drug charges. 20-year-old Brooklyn Rueger and 32-year-old Brittani Rueger of West 8th Street were both ...
Nov 18, 2023 (Left to right) Brittani and Brooklyn Rueger. Marion County Sheriff's office photos)
Two Marion County congregate care facilities on COVID-19 outbreak status; area counties remain at low level overall
Two Marion County congregate care facilities are now on COVID-19 outbreak status. Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow says a Salem facility as of Thursday had ten active cases...
Nov 18, 2023
Average cost of traditional Thanksgiving meal down slightly from last year
While historically high food costs continue to strain consumers' wallets, Illinois shoppers participating in the 38th annual American Farm Bureau Federation's (AFBF) Thanksgiving Cost Survey reported ...
Nov 18, 2023 Deb Nystrom / CC