Category Archives: Local News
Salem City Council approves two TIF projects
The Salem City Council has approved two Tax Increment Financing District projects that will give new uses to currently vacant buildings. The council approved a $300,000 incentive package for Dustin Ga...
Dec 16, 2025 File photo: May 2025 Salem City Council meeting. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Completion of new Kaskaskia College Gymnasium Delayed
By: Steven Stilt The opening of the new Kaskaskia College gymnasium has been delayed, but college officials expect the facility to be hosting events by early 2026. During Monday's meeting of the KC Bo...
Dec 16, 2025
Centralia applies for Intermediary Relending Program loan
The Centralia City Council on Monday approved an application for a $500,000 Intermediary Relending Program loan. The application, if approved, would give the city money to lend in support of local eco...
Dec 16, 2025
A once dying mall in Southern Illinois is getting a mighty makeover, thanks to $112M bond deal but the project has hit a speed bump
by Beth Hundsdorfer and Illinois Answers Project, Capitol News Illinois December 15, 2025 By JANELLE O'DEA jodea@bettergov.org And BETH HUNDSDORFER bhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com This story is a...
Dec 16, 2025 A sign outside a once dying mall in Marion in Southern Illinois promises a brighter future, thanks to a $112 million bond deal made possible by the state and taxpayers dollars. (Credit: Janelle O’Dea, Illinois Answers Project)
Salem Community High School Board moves forward on roofing project
The Salem Community High School Board will see a major roofing project completed next summer that will include all educational sections of the main building. Superintendent Dr. Brad Detering says the ...
Dec 16, 2025
Attorney General Raoul Announces Hyundai, Kia Settlement for sales of vehicles lacking industry standard, anti-theft technology
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 35 attorneys general, reached a settlement with automobile manufacturers Hyundai and Kia over their sale of millions of vehicles nati...
Dec 16, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Salem Mayor Swears in Three New Police Officers
Salem Mayor Nic Farley swore in three new patrolman at Monday's Salem City Council meeting. They are Dylan Friend, Landon Tate and Cory Crouch. The three have already completed their policy academy tr...
Dec 16, 2025
Two Injured in Crash at West Main and Delmar in Salem
Both drivers were injured in a crash at West Main and Delmar Avenue in Salem late Monday afternoon. Salem Police say a car driven by 38-year-old Kristen Gibbs of Coles Stock Lane in Centralia was blin...
Dec 16, 2025 Andrew Malone / CC
Kinmundy Man Accused of Making Threats After Forgetting to Turn Off Zoom Following Court Hearing
A 27-year-old Kinmundy man has been charged in Marion County Court with threatening a public official and intimidation for allegedly threatening to kill a DCFS worker after forgetting to turn off Zoom...
Dec 16, 2025
Menta School Student Charged with Stabbing Classmate with Pencil
A student at the Menta School in Wamac was arrested Monday after allegedly stabbing another student four times in the left side of the neck and back with a pencil. Devonte Hunter of North Main in Hoyl...
Dec 16, 2025
