Category Archives: Local News
Salem man arrested for animal cruelty after video shows him allegedly beating a dog
A 38-year-old Salem man was given a notice to appear in court after being arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for animal torture and cruelty to an animal. Daniel Thomason of Church Road was a...
Jul 5, 2024
Salem's 4th of July Celebration draws big crowds after rain threat lifts
A 4th of July music festival drew a crowd to the band stage at Bryan Memorial Park before the annual independence day fireworks display over the Salem Reservoir. City Clerk Tabatha Meador picked up th...
Jul 5, 2024 Murphy 500 performing at the 4th of July music festival in Bryan Memorial Park. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Largest crowd yet watches Centralia Veterans 4th of July Parade
After threat of cancelation, a good crowd of spectators lined West Broadway for the 13th Annual Greater Centralia Area Veterans 4th of July Parade. The parade was led by Grand Marshall, the Honorable ...
Jul 5, 2024 The Jim Beasley Kaskaskia College Veterans Tribute float won first for Most Patriotic entry. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Police Beat for Friday, July 5th, 2024
Two people remain in the Marion County Jail Friday morning following separate domestic battery arrests. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 32-year-old Kyle Obermeier of North Everett in Odin, w...
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The July Fourth parade shooting paralyzed a boy. His life remains shattered 2 years later, mom says
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Keely Roberts counts the days, not years, since a deadly shooting at an Independence Day parade in 2022 injured her and left one of her twin boys paral...
Jul 5, 2024 FILE - Law enforcement search after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb, July 4, 2022. Keely Roberts, the mother of the youngest victims of the Fourth of July parade shooting, which left one of her twin sons — now 10 — paralyzed from the waist down, will talk to the media Wednesday, July 3, 2024, about what it means to survive the horror two years later. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Dean's List | President's List | Radiology
Kaskaskia College announces 2024 Spring Dean's List CENTRALIA, IL - Congratulations to the full- and part-time students on the Kaskaskia College Dean's List for the spring 2024 semester. This list inc...
Jul 5, 2024
Odin man receives minor injuries in motorcycle crash in Omega
A 24-year-old Odin man received apparent minor injuries in a motorcycle crash on the Omega Road near the Omega General Store late Tuesday afternoon. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Cameron Hodge ...
Jul 3, 2024
Global War on Terror Wall of Remembrance in Flora for 4th of July
The Global War on Terror Wall of Remembrance will be on display in Charlie Brown Park in Flora for the Fourth of July. After spending the night in Kinmundy, the wall led by police, fire, ambulance, Fr...
Jul 3, 2024 The full length of the Global War on Terror - Wall of Remembrance. Photo provided.
Major improvements coming to Forbes State Park
Major improvements are coming to Forbes State Park over the next two years. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois Department of Transportation have budgeted $8.45-million to re...
Jul 3, 2024
Police Beat for Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 34-year-old Joshua Benjamin on an Illinois Department of Corrections warrant. Benjamin told jail officials he was homeless. Salem Police arrested 27-year-old ...
Jul 3, 2024
