Category Archives: Local News

Day one of cashless bond in Marion County saw none of the new weekend prisoners detained. Judge Chad Miller allowed all six to be released without bail after making them sign a new pre-trial release o...

An 18-year-old rural Kell woman received apparent minor injuries following a two vehicle crash on Route 37 at the England Road intersection south of Salem on Saturday. The Marion County Sheriff's Depa...

The Salem City Council Monday night will be asked to give final approval to the city's property tax levy for 2024. The proposed increase is 2.4 percent and is under the amount the city could levy. May...

A 19-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for alleged aggravated domestic battery and battery to an unborn child. Tavis Parsakis of Edgebrook Drive was taken to the Marion Coun...

Applefest attendance grew to more than 4,500 this year. Salem Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jessiycka Coleman says she was pleased with the turnout. "Huge crowd, a bigger crowd than 2022 for ...

Kaskaskia College President George Evans has been appointed to the Illinois Community College Board by Governor JB Pritzker. The appointment still needs confirmation by the Illinois Senate. Evans will...

The City of Centralia has been awarded a $357,000 grant from the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Community Development Director Gayla Harting says will be the second round of funding the city ...

A 30-year-old Salem woman has been transferred by medical helicopter to a regional hospital after falling down and being run over by her boyfriend's van following a verbal domestic dispute. Salem Poli...

The President of Kinmundy Promotions, Inc. has announced a dozen more log cabins are coming to the Log Cabin Village. David Hanks made the announcement over the weekend at the first weekend of the Log...

Area police departments are continuing to seek a person of interest in a shooting that occurred Sunday night in an open area in the 500 block of North James in Centralia, The search for 23-year-old Jo...