Category Archives: Local News

A State Deputy Fire Marshal and Salem Police are investigating an early Monday morning house fire in Salem that appears to be arson. The fire was at the Jessica Sidner home at 1202 West Bennett Street...

Centralia City firemen say a worker at the Swan plant in the Centralia Industrial Park was injured Sunday night when his foot became stuck in a press used to make fiberglass product. Firemen say those...

Salem Police and Fire worked to free a boy who had become stuck in the spillway portion of the Salem Reservoir six to eight feet below Spillway Road early Saturday night. Salem Police say the 12-year-...

The Salem Fire Protection District had to extricate a four-year-old girl from a rocking chair at the Salem Apostolic Church on Airport Road just before noon on Friday. Firemen say the girl got her leg...

Two people are being held in the Marion County Jail following Friday arrests. 30-year-old Anthony Devore, who told authorities he was homeless, was arrested by Salem Police for violation of pretrial c...

The 2024 fair Cedarhurst Art and Craft Fair is scheduled for September 6, 7, and 8 in Mt. Vernon. The Craft Fair organizing committees are working to offer many of the traditional fair components such...

The Salem Fire Protection District will remember 9-11 with a Memorial Walk, Memorial Service and afternoon activities in Bryan Memorial Park on Saturday. Firefighter Sarah Dice is helping to coordinat...

Antique Power Days is underway at the Marion County Fairgrounds. Activities began Thursday with a large consignment auction involving three auctioneer trucks and maybe a record number of consigned ite...

The Salem Super Cruise returns to Bryan Memorial Park in Salem on Saturday. Organizer Ken Carpenter is inviting everyone out to see what he anticipates will be a large display of cars, trucks and moto...

The Salem Police Department is investigating a burglary at the Salem American Legion. Salem Police say they discovered the burglary when receiving a burglar alarm at 7:47 Thursday morning. Salem Polic...