Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
A 42-year-old Salem man has been arrested by State Police on two counts of possession of a controlled substance. Ryan Satterlee of Chatam Drive was released on a notice to appear in court. 31-year-old...
May 07, 2024
Rural Dix woman killed in head-on crash between two side-by-sides (updated with corrected information 5-7-24)
A rural Dix woman was killed in a late Friday night head-on crash between two side-by-sides that sent three others to St. Louis hospitals for treatment. Jefferson County Coroner Roger Hayse has identi...
May 07, 2024
Salem Family Aquatic Center website repaired, pool party registration begins Wednesday at ten am
The Salem Family Aquatic Center website has now been repaired and will be opened at ten Wednesday morning to take pool party reservations and swim lesson requests on a first come-first serve basis. Th...
May 07, 2024
Wamac works on summer street maintenance program, sets spring cleanup day
The Wamac City Council on Monday approved an amendment to the city's Motor Fuel Tax appropriation for 2024. In April, the council had approved appropriating $92,000 in MFT money to oil and chip all of...
May 07, 2024 File photo: Wamac City Hall
Lake Street and Bryan Park weather warning sirens now working
After several years of not operating, Salem Emergency Management Agency Coordinator Andrew Strong says the Lake Street weather warning siren at the Marion County Fairgrounds and the siren in Bryan Mem...
May 07, 2024 Lake Street tornado siren. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem City Council approves 'Festival of Flowers' in June
The Salem City Council has approved a request from the Daffy Dill Garden Club to use the Bryan Memorial Park Statue Garden for the 'Festival of Flowers' on Saturday, June 22nd. Sharon Blair of the Gar...
May 07, 2024 Bryan Memorial Park Statue Garden. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Kaskaskia College moves Friday graduation indoors
Kaskaskia College has moved Friday evening's commencement ceremony inside due to uncertain weather conditions. The ceremony will now be held in the KC Gym. Graduate line up will start at 5:30 pm, with...
May 07, 2024
Marion County Sheriff's Department searching for vehicle that fired shots at Walnut Hill home
Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps says a passing car fired gunshots into a home in the village of Walnut Hill Monday morning. The home was occupied, but no injuries were reported. The sheriff's depar...
May 06, 2024 Vehicle being sought in connection with shots fired into Walnut Hill home. If you know who the car belongs to or who the occupants may have been Monday morning, you are asked to contact the Marion County Sheriff's Department at 618-548-2141.
1,700 Marion County mobile home tax bill going into the mail
The Marion County Treasurer Gary Purcell has announced the 2024 Mobile Home tax bills are in the mail. There were 1,700 mobile home privilege tax bills mailed this year seeking to collect $150,565. Th...
May 06, 2024
Lawsuit alleges decades of child sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers statewide
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades, according to disturbing accounts in a lawsuit filed M...
May 06, 2024 The office building at 100 North Western Avenue in Chicago, on Monday, May 6, 2024, where an office of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice is located. Child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades, according to disturbing accounts in a lawsuit filed Monday by 95 men and women housed at youth centers as children. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
