Category Archives: Local News
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
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
