Category Archives: Local News
Salem Aquatic Center Season ends Sunday with Salem Animal Control fundraiser
The Salem Aquatic Center closes for the season after this weekend. The final day for the fourth year in a row will be marked by the City of Salem Animal Control Fundraiser Event from noon to three on ...
Aug 07, 2024 Salem Aquatic Center (file photo)
Sandoval man gets four years in prison for sex offender registration violation
A 56-year-old Sandoval man has been sentenced to four years in prison after his probation was revoked for failure to register as a sex offender. Rodney Darling of Old US 51 entered the plea in Marion ...
Aug 07, 2024
Centralia High School sets dedication for stained glass window project
Centralia High School has announced a dedication ceremony will be held on Saturday, August 17th, at Trout Arena for the stained-glass window renovation and installation project. Doors will open at 12:...
Aug 06, 2024 Stained-glass window in Trout Arena. Lighting has yet to be installed on the other side. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Wamac City Council reduces appropriation ordinance from last year
The Wamac City Council, during its meeting on Monday evening, approved an appropriations ordinance for the fiscal year that began on June 1 and runs through May 31, 2025. The approved appropriations f...
Aug 06, 2024 File photo: Wamac City Hall
Boulder Campground on Carlyle Lake to get new shower building; will close early for the season
The Boulder Campground at Carlyle Lake is getting a new shower building facility. The US Army Corps of Engineers says the campground will close early for the season, on Sunday, September 29th, to allo...
Aug 06, 2024
Salem City Council approves engineering firm to find roof problems on city hall
After earlier repairs failed to correct the water flowing into the rear of city hall, the city council Monday night hired an engineering firm to try and find the problem. City Manager Annette Sola say...
Aug 06, 2024
Governor signs bill eliminating 1 percent grocery tax but leaves option for local governments to adopt same tax
As part of state budget negotiations this year, lawmakers approved Pritzker's plan to eliminate the statewide 1 percent grocery tax beginning in 2026. He signed that provision into law on Monday. The ...
Aug 06, 2024 teamtime / Depositphotos.com
Pritzker signs measures reining in biometric data privacy law
By HANNAH MEISEL & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Illinois' first-in-the-nation law that allows residents to sue companies over the improper collection of their b...
Aug 06, 2024
Salem City Council rejects three bids for purchase of Save-a-Lot building
The Salem City Council has rejected all three bids received for purchase of the Save-a-Lot building because they were too low. Joe Wagner of ATV's and More bid $1 with the intention to utilize the bui...
Aug 06, 2024 Former Save-a-Lot building. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem to seek $2.4 million downtown sidewalk and lighting improvement grant
The City of Salem has passed a resolution to seek a $2.4 million Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program grant. Milano and Grunloh Engineer Lee Beckman told a public hearing prior to Monday night'...
Aug 06, 2024
