Category Archives: Local News
Salem Community Theatre receives donation of Ghost Light
The Salem Community Theatre joins historic theatres around the country with the donation of a Ghost Light that will become a permanent addition to the stage. Salem Police Officer Ryan Meador told the ...
May 10, 2024 Ghost Light donation to the Salem Theatre. Left to right: Ryan Meador, Meredith Fyke, Andy Crouch, and Drew Johnson. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Bench dedicated to former Salem teacher and Mayor at Hawthorn Playground
The family of the late Sue Morgan is working to keep the memory of the long-time Salem Grade School Teacher and Salem Mayor alive through helping kids. 'Sue's Kids' dedicated a bright red bench in her...
May 09, 2024 Sue Morgan's daughter Jane Range leads a dedication ceremony for a bench honoring her mom in the Hawthorn Grade School playground. Left to right: granddaughter Ellie Range, Jane Range, and granddaughters Taylor Morgan and Bailey Wolfe. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Passersby work with Jefferson County Sheriff Dispatch to restore breathing of accident victim
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department is crediting passersby at the scene of a single-vehicle crash just south of Mt. Vernon with helping to save a passenger's life. Chief Deputy Blaine Uhls says ...
May 09, 2024
Salem Water Plant making water process change beginning Thursday
The City of Salem will be temporarily switching to free chlorine in its drinking water system beginning on May 9th and continuing until further notice. Free chlorination is a regularly scheduled preve...
May 08, 2024
Martin Siemer named Chief Judge of Illinois Fourth Judicial Circuit
The Illinois Fourth Judicial Circuit has announced the unanimous election of Circuit Judge at Large Martin Siemer as the new Chief Judge for the circuit. Judge Siemer's three-year term will begin on J...
May 08, 2024 Fourth Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Martin Siemer.
Two men sentenced in connection with drug trafficking in Salem area
Two men arrested in an ongoing investigation of drug trafficking in the Salem area by the Southeastern Illinois Task Force were sentenced in Marion County Court on Tuesday. 43-year-old Stephen Goff of...
May 08, 2024
Troubled St. Louis mail distribution center to start processing central Illinois mail
The US Post Office is planning to send more mail to its troubled St. Louis distribution center. State Comptroller Susan Mendoza says the ill-advised decision to close the Springfield, Illinois distrib...
May 08, 2024
3 tornadoes confirmed in Michigan, 1 man killed in Tennessee as severe storms cross central US
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, ED WHITE and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press PAVILION TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Three tornadoes have been confirmed in Michigan as severe storms barreled through the central U.S. early ...
May 08, 2024 A storm damaged mobile home is surrounded by debris at Pavilion Estates mobile home park just east of Kalamazoo, Mich. Wednesday, May 8, 2024. A tornado ripped through the area the evening of May 7. (AP Photo/Joey Cappelletti)
Survivors of alleged abuse in Illinois youth detention facilities step forward
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Three men who say they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers came forward Tuesday as part of a law...
May 08, 2024 Jeffery Christian, right, speaks at a press conference in Chicago, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Christian, along with two others, claim they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers, stepped forward Tuesday as part of a lawsuit recounting decades of disturbing allegations of systemic child abuse. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
Hungry Hearts to continue with new sponsor this summer
Hungry Hearts will return this summer to provide summer lunches but will be under new leadership. After six years, the Salem Elks Lodge is returning the program to the Marion County YMCA which operate...
May 08, 2024
