Category Archives: Local News
Winners announced in Downtown Decorating Box Contest
Dec 19, 2023 1st place winner in Daffy Dill Garden Club Downtown Decorating Box Contest decorated by State Farm Insurance.
Salem Community High School Board settles for 4.99 percent levy increase
The Salem Community High School Board settled on a 4.99 percent levy increase after a group of several dozen residents showed up at the meeting wanting no increase in the tax levy at all. The board ha...
Dec 19, 2023 Salem Community High School Superintendent Dr. Brad Detering explains tax levy options. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem Grade School Board settles on 4.99 tax levy increase
Story by Austin Williams There was an unusually high turnout for the Salem Grade School Board meeting on Monday night. The board held a Truth in Taxation hearing ahead of approving the 2023 tax levy i...
Dec 19, 2023 Salem Grade School Superintendent tries to explain the impact of property tax levy. Photo by Austin Williams.
Kaskaskia College to acquire virtual dissection table
Kaskaskia College students will soon have a new tool to enhance their knowledge of how the human body works. The KC Board of Trustees, during their meeting Monday evening, approved the purchase of an ...
Dec 19, 2023
Salem City Council sells land in Industrial Park to Bromley Excavating
The Salem City Council has sold 13 acres of ground in the west side industrial park to Bromley Excavating of Centralia. They will pay $5,000 an acre for the ground. City Manager Rex Barbee says the la...
Dec 19, 2023
Fire destroys rural Odin home; one firefighter receives minor injuries
A home in rural Odin has been destroyed by fire. Odin Fire Chief Greg Smith says Carla Wasson of 1319 US 50 between Odin and Sandoval woke up to the smell of smoke and was able to get outside where sh...
Dec 19, 2023 Fire engulfs a home between Odin and Sandoval on US 50.
Salem Township Hospital President resigns, interim President named
Salem Township Hospital President and CEO Alex Nazarian has resigned as of the end of November. The hospital board introduced Chief Nursing Officer Lisa Ambuehl as the interim president and CEO as a s...
Dec 19, 2023 Lisa Ambuehl
State Police release more details on Friday afternoon crash south of Salem
State Police have released more information on a Friday afternoon crash that sent a 23-year-old Salem woman to a local hospital for treatment. Preliminary information indicates Tierra Lawson was trave...
Dec 19, 2023 ISP FILE PHOTO: An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo.(Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
State Police release more information on car-side by side crash in rural Dix
Illinois State Police has released preliminary information on how a crash occurred between a Kawasaki mule truck and a pickup truck that sent an 83-year-old rural Dix man via Air Evac medical helicopt...
Dec 19, 2023
Odin Health and Rehab Center presenting community lights display
The Odin Health and Rehab Center is holding its annual holiday light display. Community members are invited to celebrate the season as they drive through the free nighttime attraction. The thousands o...
Dec 19, 2023
