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The amount of precipitation is down in 2023 from the prior year. Records kept at the Salem Water Treatment Plant show total precipitation for 2023 at 43.28 inches including 4.3 inches of snow. That's ...
WJBD Staff Jan 02, 2024
Marion County State's Attorney Tim Hudspeth says the new cashless bond law is behind a jump in both felony and misdemeanor cases during 2023. Figures released by the Marion County Circuit Clerk's offi...
WJBD Staff Jan 02, 2024 Marion County State's Attorney Tim Hudspeth.
The Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center in Benton closed on Sunday, the victim of chronic staffing shortages that kept them from meeting increased state requirements. The announcement came from ...
Bruce Kropp Jan 01, 2024 Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center. Already in 2022 a State Audit had identified the facility as a 'facility in crisis.' (Julia Rendleman for ProPublica)
Both the City of Salem and the City of Centralia will collect no longer wanted live Christmas trees without charge. In Salem, trees should be placed at curbside on your normal Tuesday or Thursday comp...
Bruce Kropp Jan 01, 2024 Virginia State Parks / CC
Sandoval Police arrested a 45-year-old Sandoval man on drug offenses on New Year's Eve. Andrew Norman of Old US 51 was taken to the Marion County Jail where he was later released on a notice to appear...
Bruce Kropp Jan 01, 2024
A 21-year-old Centralia man has been booked into the Marion County Jail for reckless discharge of a firearm and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon in connection with an early Monday morning sh...
Bruce Kropp Jan 01, 2024
Illinois State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in St. Elmo Saturday night that involved a Farina Police officer. The person who was shot is identified as 36-year-old Tyler J. Roe...
Bruce Kropp Dec 31, 2023 Tyler Roe
One person was injured when a car ran off the Alma Hatchery Road near the Bailey Road intersection on the west side of I-57 Sunday morning. Initial information from the Marion County Sheriff's Departm...
Bruce Kropp Dec 31, 2023
Most government offices are closed on Monday for the New Year's Holiday. The list includes Salem and Centralia City Halls, area courthouses, and most state and federal government facilities. Garbage p...
Bruce Kropp Dec 31, 2023 Kelly Sikkema / Unsplash
The wait is over for the Centralia Orphans. CHS overcame a rocky start on Saturday night to knock off Marist 50-40 for the Orphans' first Centralia Holiday Tournament title since 2014. After winning a...
WJBD Staff Dec 31, 2023