Category Archives: Local News
Salem City Council enters into TIF Redevelopment Agreement with new industrial park business
The Salem City Council Monday night approved a tax increment redevelopment agreement with Bromley Excavating which is locating a concrete and asphalt recycling facility on South Hotze Street in the we...
Mar 19, 2024 Salem Economic Development Director Leah Dellicarpini.
Estimated 221 attend Ag Day Breakfast at Marion County Farm Bureau
National Agriculture Day was celebrated with a free breakfast at the Marion County Farm Bureau building in Salem on Tuesday. Farm Bureau Manager Brad Conant says 221 either ate in or got breakfast to ...
Mar 19, 2024 Breakfast is served at Marion County Farm Bureau's Ag Day Breakfast. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
More than 250 tour renovated Bryan Birthplace in Salem during Sunday open house
Salem City Councilman Jim Koehler who has spearheaded the renovation of the William Jennings Bryan Birthplace on South Broadway says he was blown away by the more than 250 who attended the Sunday open...
Mar 19, 2024 Salem City Councilman Jim Koehler (center) discusses William Jennings Bryan with some of the visitors to the house on Sunday. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Work set to begin on making sidewalks ADA compliant on Route 161 in Centralia
Work is scheduled to start this week on making sidewalks ADA-compliant at street intersections along Route 161 between Beech and Pleasant Avenue in Centralia. There will also be some sections of the a...
Mar 18, 2024 Signs announcing start of ADA sidewalk replacement program in Centralia. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Entertainment announced for this year's Centralia Balloon Fest
The entertainment has been announced for the 35th annual Balloon Fest to be held this August in Foundation Park in Centralia. 'Taylor Made a Tribute to Taylor Swift' will be headlining the Friday even...
Mar 18, 2024 2024 Balloon Fest Chair Rob Jackson displaying this year's logo on one of the Balloon Fest license plates.
Marion County Farm Bureau plans free Ag Day Breakfast Tuesday morning
The Marion County Farm Bureau will celebrate 'National Ag Day' and the affordability of food in America at its annual Ag Day Breakfast on Tuesday morning at the Farm Bureau building on Route 37 North ...
Mar 18, 2024 Serving at the 2022 Marion County Ag Day Breakfast.
Salem woman injured in single vehicle crash on Charleston Road
A 36-year-old Salem woman was injured in a single vehicle crash on the Charleston Road a quarter mile south of Tonti Road northeast of Salem on Sunday morning. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Dan...
Mar 18, 2024
Dallas, Texas truck driver hurt in I-57 crash north of Salem
A 38-year-old Dallas, Texas man was injured when his box truck overturned on its side along I-57 at milepost 118 northbound on Sunday afternoon. Brandon Taylor was taken to an area hospital with non-l...
Mar 18, 2024 ISP FILE PHOTO: An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo.(Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Fire destroys one shed and damages another at rural Centralia home
Salem Assistant Fire Chief Bill Fulton says an unattended burn pile ended up starting a fire Sunday afternoon that burned down one shed and damaged a second. The fire was on the Tannis Weems property ...
Mar 18, 2024
Police Beat for Monday, March 18th, 2024
Salem Police arrested a 40-year-old Salem man for domestic battery on Sunday. Charles Murphy of West Allmon Street was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a final decision on charges. 21-year-old...
Mar 18, 2024
