Category Archives: Local News
Salem man arrested on multiple charges after being found in vacant house
A 51-year-old homeless Salem man was arrested on multiple counts after allegedly being found inside a vacant home in the 1300 block of South Washington Street in Salem on Sunday. Salem Police say Clay...
Apr 29, 2024
Homesteading event draws several hundred to Salem
The organizer of an event to learn more about homesteading drew several hundred people to Salem on Saturday from a wide area of Southern Illinois. Michelle Barbee wasn't sure what to expect, but knew ...
Apr 29, 2024 Some of the vendors at the Backyard Homesteading event in Salem on Saturday.
Keep Salem Beautiful cleanup draws large number of volunteers
The weather may have looked threatening, but it didn't keep a good crowd from showing up Saturday to help with the Keep Salem Beautiful annual cleanup. Coordinator Kelli Predium says about 100 in all ...
Apr 29, 2024 Found tire: Left to right: Franklin Park students Kendall Jones, Abram Jett, and Aiden Winterhalter with a used tire they found during the Saturday cleanup.
Police Beat for Monday, April 29th, 2024
Centralia Police arrested 42-year-old Jacklin Tate of Centralia for resisting arrest and criminal trespass to railroad property. She is being held in the Marion County Jail pending a first appearance ...
Apr 29, 2024
Former New Baden Grade School teacher sentenced to 10 years for asking minors for explicit images on Snapchat
A US District Court Judge has sentenced a former teacher at the New Baden Grade School to ten years imprisonment for soliciting child abuse material from minors. 26-year-old Jonathan C. Villmer, Jr. o...
Apr 28, 2024
Kell Fire Department gets $26,000 grant for equipment improvements
The Kell Fire Protection District has received a $26,000 Office of State Fire Marshal Small Equipment Grant. The funds will allow the purchase of a breathing air compressor to fill self-contained brea...
Apr 28, 2024
Another big year for SCHS Green Team electronic recycling drive
There was another large turnout on Friday for the Salem Community High School Green Team Electronic Recycling Drive. Noah Slater is the President of the student recycling effort. "We've had a pretty c...
Apr 28, 2024 Some of the boxes of recycled electronics collected during Friday's community drive. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Students from Sandoval, Odin and Patoka get firsthand look at consequences from intoxicated and distracted driving
Story and photos by Steven Stilt With prom season in full swing and graduation just around the corner, students from Sandoval, Odin, and Patoka high schools saw firsthand the dangers of intoxicated an...
Apr 28, 2024 Firefighters and Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon surround a student portraying a crash victim. Photo by Steven Stilt.
Police Beat for Sunday, April 28th, 2024
Salem Police arrested 44-year-old Billy Smith of Butler, Illinois for felony domestic battery following an altercation at a residence he has been staying on East Bryan Street in Salem. Police report t...
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FEC fines ex-Congressman Rodney Davis $43,475 for campaign finance violations
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Federal Election Commission has fined the campaign fund of a former Illinois congressman $43,475 for failing to refund excess contribu...
Apr 28, 2024 FILE - U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., right, speaks during a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 18, 2022. The Federal Election Commission has fined the campaign fund of former Illinois Congressman Davis and its treasurer $43,475 for failing to refund excess contributions in a timely manner. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
