Category Archives: Local News

A fire that is believed to have started from spontaneous combustion in large logs stored outside Top Notch Tree Service on East Main Street in Salem is under control, but is expected to burn out over ...

State Police arrested 55-year-old Jason Gammon of Lakeview Drive in Shattuc for aggravated assault. He was released on a notice to appear in court. 48-year-old Helen Hollingshead was arrested by Centr...

Centralia City Firemen say they were able to confine a fire behind an electrical panel to a small hole in a wall of a home Wednesday morning. Firemen were called to a home owned by Roosevelt McGee of ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation and Capital Development Board were joined today by local officials and industry leaders to celebrate the completion of the new $63 million Materials Testing a...

The 2026 Marion County Talent Show roster still has many spots open for the talent show happening on August, 2nd. The age brackets include 14 and younger, and 15-21 age ranges. Individual and group ac...

Clinton-Jefferson-Marion and Washington Counties has a new Regional Superintendent of Schools. John Consolino of Salem is excited to replace the retiring Matt Renaud. Consolino has already won the Rep...

A 28-year-old Salem woman has been returned to the Marion County Jail from Kane County where she was arrested. Sharesa Houser of Foxville Road is being held on a no bond Marion County felony failure t...

A 33-year-old Texas man has been ordered held without bond after being charged in Marion County Court Tuesday with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a weapon by a felon, aggravated as...

State Police have taken over the investigation of two homicides that occurred in Olney on Tuesday. Olney Police and Richland County Sheriff's Deputies first responded to two homes in the 400 block of ...

A 54-year-old Junction City man has received a three year prison term for felony domestic battery. Henry Rowcliff of Monroe Avenue admitted to pinching a family member in the arm without legal justifi...