Category Archives: Local News
City of Salem still trying to find water leaks into city hall
Salem City Manager Annette Sola says an earlier rebuilding of a roof and wall on the rear of the city hall building following a collapse earlier this year failed to stop the water problem. Sola is rec...
Aug 05, 2024
City of Salem to try again on sale of former Save-a-Lot building
There may be interest in purchase of the former Save-a-Lot building on West Main Street after all. Salem City Manager Annette Sola has put sealed bids for purchase of the building back on the agenda f...
Aug 05, 2024 Former Save-a-Lot building. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Two injured in motorcycle crash on Selmaville Road
Two Centralia residents were injured when a motorcycle crashed on Selmaville Road when hitting a dead dog in the roadway. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say 45-year-old Tara Cottrill of Cherry Stree...
Aug 04, 2024
Police Beat for Sunday, August 4th, 2024
Centralia Police have arrested a 33-year-old Cheyenne Linkon of West 16th Street in Centralia on an outstanding no-bond Marion County warrant. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 22-year-old Daw...
Aug 04, 2024
Kamala Harris is interviewing six potential vice president picks this weekend including Illinois Governor JP Pritzker, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris is interviewing a half-dozen potential running mates this weekend ahead of a formal announcement and a battleground tour with her new No. 2 next week. He...
Aug 04, 2024 FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority gathering in Houston, July 31, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
Stateville Correction Center inmates want transfer or released by mid-September
People incarcerated in the Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet are asking a federal judge to order their transfer - or release - from the prison by mid-September. Capitol News Illinois reports ...
Aug 04, 2024 oasisamuel / Depositphotos.com
Near capacity crowd fills Marion County Grand Stand for Demolition Derby
A near-capacity crowd found its way into the Marion County Fair grandstand and pit area for the Friday night demolition derby despite parking challenges due to the extremely muddy conditions in the fa...
Aug 04, 2024
More information released on single pickup truck crash on Route 161 Extension
The Marion County Sheriff's Department has released more information on a one-vehicle rollover crash early Thursday night on Route 161 Extension at Buchanan Road in rural Iuka. Sheriff's Deputies say ...
Aug 04, 2024
Centralia man receives three-year prison term on aggravated fleeing charge
A 27-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court Friday to aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude police. Brady Collins of Shattu...
Aug 03, 2024 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Salem man ordered held without bond following Salem Aquatic Center altercation
A 65-year-old Salem man was ordered by Judge Joel Powless on Friday to remain in the Marion County Jail without bond following an assault on two Salem Police officers on Wednesday. Charles Huggins had...
Aug 03, 2024
