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About three-fourths of the congregation at the Evergreen Christian Church in Salem was involved in the 14th Annual Serving Salem Day on Saturday. Pastor Shannon Bopp says the event featured a giveaway...

The Fayette County Coroner's office has identified the victim of a semi-truck crash on eastbound I-70 near St. Elmo Friday night as 49-year-old Olha Dykhtiar of Ohio. Initial information indicates the...

A 20-year-old Salem man was arrested Sunday by Salem Police on an outstanding Marion County major traffic warrant. Jeremiah Meyer of East Boone was taken to the Marion County Jail until he appears in ...

Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center to reduce patient population, staff amid operational changes Article Summary About half of the staff of 524 employees will be laid off at the Choate Menta...

State Representative Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) isn't happy with major reductions to operations at the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna that will result in what the AFSCME union ...

United States Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft has announced that the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois has ruled in favor of the United States in its lawsuit against the ...

A 24-year-old Centralia man was injured when his motorcycle hit a deer on Route 161 near Zion Hill Road east of Centralia Friday afternoon. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Jeffrey King was travel...

A fire that apparently smoldered in a room of a Salem home before being discovered caused extensive damage. Salem Fire Assistant Chief Bill Fulton says the fire at the Justin Cluck home at 410 South L...

Salem Fire Protection District officials report heavy damage to a vehicle that caught fire in the parking lot of Russell's Garage at North Jefferson and East McMackin Street late Friday afternoon. The...

Two people were taken to the Marion County Jail on outstanding warrants. 57-year-old Gerald Phillips of East Broadway in Centralia remains in custody on an outstanding no bond Marion County misdemeano...