Category Archives: Local News
Early voting begins for November 3rd election
Early voting is now underway for the November 3rd general election. Marion County Clerk Steve Fox says you can vote from eight am to four pm Monday through Friday any day the courthouse is open. Early...
Sep 24, 2026 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Over 200 call out of class at SCHS following shooting threat
Salem Community High School Superintendent Dr. Brad Detering says over 200 parents called their students out of class after a written message was found on a bathroom wall Tuesday afternoon threatening...
Sep 23, 2026
Jefferson County Sheriff's Department investigating stabbing incident
One person was stabbed, and a second is in custody following a Wednesday morning incident at a home in the 10-thousand block of East Bakerville Road in rural Mt. Vernon. The Jefferson County Sheriff's...
Sep 23, 2026
Salem businessman wants update on Department of Revenue investigation into Supervisor of Assessments
The former owner of Little Egypt Golf Cars asked the Marion County Board Tuesday night to provide an update on an Illinois Department of Revenue investigation into the Supervisor of Assessments office...
Sep 23, 2026 File photo: Marion County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Miller addresses the Marion County Board at the January 5 board meeting. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Marion County Board hears work to clear county parking lot for repairs now moving forward
Marion County Building Committee Chair Deb Reed told the county board Tuesday night work has resumed to clear the county parking lot in the 200 block of North Broadway of any environmental concerns. B...
Sep 23, 2026 File photo: The current unimproved county parking lot.
Marion County Moose Storage Building needs major repairs
The Marion County Board has been told the Moose building being used for record storage is in need of $150,000 to $200,000 in repairs. Building Committee Chair Deb Reed reported on what Shores Builders...
Sep 23, 2026 File: A table full of boxes piled on a table outside of the secure storage area of the Moose building. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Marion County Board approves new server and asphalt machine
The Marion County Board has agreed to purchase a new server for county government. The board was told the current server doesn't have much life left and only 70 gigs of storage room remaining. The new...
Sep 23, 2026 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Minor injuries reported in tanker truck-pickup truck crash in Central City
Central City Police Chief Jamie Ramsey says both drivers involved in a crash between a tanker truck and pickup truck on Broadway at the Green Street intersection declined hospital treatment. The tanke...
Sep 23, 2026
Fire destroys tractor in rural Iuka
Iuka Fire Chief Kenny Eagan says a tractor is a total loss following a late Tuesday morning fire. The fire was on the Troy Burroughs property on Nicolson Creek Road. Eagan says Burroughs had parked th...
Sep 23, 2026
Police Beat for Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026
Centralia Police have arrested 22-year-old Jayden Acres of McKee Street in Central City for domestic battery. Acres was taken to the Marion County Jail. A 51-year-old Centralia man was arrested at the...
Sep 23, 2026
