Category Archives: Local News
Area residents and businesses come together to create gift bags for Veterans
Veterans throughout the region who are hospitalized or in nursing home care will be getting a special gift bag thanks to the work of the Isaac Hull Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of ...
Nov 25, 2023 Putting the gift bags together for veterans. Photo by Henry Morton.
IDOT has no plans to improve deteriorated section of West Main near Walmart
The Illinois Department of Transportation has no immediate or long-range plans to repair the rapidly deteriorating pavement on West Main Street (US 50) west of Interstate 57 in Salem. Public Works Dir...
Nov 25, 2023 Salem Public Works Director Annette Sola.
Mobile Cat Cafe making visits throughout the area to try and find homes for cats
A one-of-a-kind vendor truck is making visits throughout the area, not selling food, but trying to find homes for surrendered and homeless cats. Owner Nikki Timberlake launched Pawsotively Scrumptious...
Nov 25, 2023 The owner of Pawsotively Scrumptious, LLC Nikki Timberlake in front of her mobile cat cafe. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
SSM Health to offer CPR classes in Salem
SSM Health is offering two opportunities to learn CPR in Salem without cost. The hands-on educational classes will be held at the Salem Community Activity Center on Tuesday, November 28th, from 6 to 7...
Nov 25, 2023 Michel E / Unsplash
Police Beat for Saturday, November 25th, 2023
Odin Police are investigating a fight in the 100 block of North Merritt Street in Odin Friday night that sent one person to the hospital for treatment of head and shoulder injuries. The initial report...
Nov 25, 2023
1,130 Thanksgiving meals served at the Poplar Place in Centralia
It was the biggest year yet for the Annual Thanksgiving turkey dinner prepared for the community at Poplar Place in Centralia. 1,130 meals were provided to make sure everyone had a traditional turkey ...
Nov 24, 2023 Preparing the to go Thanksgiving dinners.
Centralia man arrested for multiple offenses following vehicle and foot chase
A 31-year-old Centralia man is being held in the Marion County Jail following a vehicle and foot chase that began late Thursday night. Lamar Bennett of East Kerr was arrested for aggravated fleeing an...
Nov 24, 2023
Police Beat for Friday, November 24th, 2023
Centralia Police have arrested 24-year-old Christian McClelland of Dago Hill Road in Iuka on an Illinois Department of Corrections warrant, possession of a narcotic instrument and resisting arrest. He...
Nov 24, 2023
Retailers offer big deals for Black Friday but will shoppers spend?
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer Stores stepped up discounts and other enticements on Black Friday to entice shoppers holding out for the best deals. But retailers worry those may not be enough. ...
Nov 24, 2023 Natalia Medd / CC
Salem man arrested on sex assault and abuse charges to teenage girl
A 41-year-old Salem man has been arrested by Salem Police on three sex charges involving a single girl who was 13 when the incidents allegedly began two years ago. Alejandro Maines-Sosa of North Broad...
Nov 23, 2023
