Category Archives: Local News
Santa to visit Marion County Courthouse Tuesday evening
Santa and Mrs. Claus, along with the Grinch, are all scheduled to visit the Marion County Courthouse on Tuesday evening. Sheriff Kevin Cripps, who has been in touch with the North Pole, says Santa is ...
Dec 18, 2023
Murray Center residents perform two Christmas programs
With the help of the therapy and activity staff, Murray Center residents presented two Christmas programs over the weekend to a packed gym of parents, guardians and those in the community. The therapy...
Dec 18, 2023
IDOT seeks Memorandum of Understanding with City of Salem on Route 37 resurfacing
The Illinois Department of Transportation is preparing to resurface and make other improvements to Route 37 from Madison Street on the north side of Salem to Cherry Street on the north side of Kinmund...
Dec 18, 2023
Minor earthquake hits Jefferson County
A minor earthquake was recorded in Jefferson County late Sunday night. The US Geological Survey placed the 3.1 magnitude quake five kilometers west north west of Waltonville on the New Madrid Fault Sy...
Dec 18, 2023 Where the Sunday night earthquake centered in Jefferson County was felt. USGS map.
Marion County farmers finish successful harvest
Marion County farmers completed a better than average harvest this year. Clinton-Marion County Farm Bureau Manager Brad Conant says while rainfall varied, overall it was sufficient for a good corn and...
Dec 18, 2023
Marion County Housing Authority recognizes graduate of Family Self Sufficiency Program
The Marion County Housing Authority has recognized the graduation of Candis Pressley from the Family Self-Sufficiency Program. She received a check of $19,323 from the proceeds from her escrow account...
Dec 17, 2023 Pictured (L to R): Marva Bledsoe (Commissioner), Cheryl Eyre (Commissioner), Candis Presley, Nancy Lackey (Commissioner), Kelly Tinsley (Executive Director)
Rainy Saturday brings rain to help drought situation
Much needed rain fell across the region Saturday. The Salem Water Plant recorded a total of 79-hundredths of an inch of rain and the Centralia Water Treatment Plant 74-hundredths of an inch. The rain ...
Dec 17, 2023 Illinois Drought Map
Rural Walnut Hill woman hurt in Walnut Hill crash
A 19-year-old rural Walnut Hill woman was injured when her vehicle failed to negotiate the 90-degree turn at Main and Harrison Street in Walnut Hill early Saturday night. Marion County Sheriff's Depar...
Dec 17, 2023
Centralia man injured in Green Street Road crash
A 26-year-old Centralia man was injured in a single vehicle rollover crash on Green Street Road near the Norton Road intersection in rural Centralia early Saturday morning. Marion County Sheriff's Dep...
Dec 17, 2023 camilo jimenez / Unsplash
Quaker Oats recalls granola products over concerns of salmonella contamination
CHICAGO (AP) - Quaker Oats on Friday recalled several of its granola products, including granola bars and cereals, saying the foods could be contaminated with salmonella. Salmonella infections can cau...
Dec 17, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
