Category Archives: Local News
Time running out to order fish during soil and water conservation district fish sale
Time is limited to order fish from the Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District Fall Fish Sale. All species of fish are still available, but Grass Carp orders must be received on or before W...
Oct 10, 2023
Powerball jackpot up to $1.73 billion as lottery losing streak continues
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.73 billion after no one matched the game's six numbers Monday and won the giant prize. The winning numbers announced were: 16, ...
Oct 10, 2023 Henita May / CC
Centralia City Council asked to take action to move two projects forward
The Centralia City Council will be asked to approve two resolutions at Tuesday night's meeting to move two projects forward. The first resolution would approve utilizing Fehr Graham to prepare a Commu...
Oct 10, 2023
96 vehicles take part in Little Egypt Car Show
The beautiful weather on Saturday brought out a large number of vehicles to the Little Egypt Festival Car Show. Organizer Ken Carpenter reports 90 vehicles registered to be judged and another six were...
Oct 10, 2023 Some of the 96 entries in last year's Little Egypt Festival Car Show.
Hails & Podergois Named Homecoming King & Queen
The Salem Community High School Student Council announced the king and queen of the Homecoming Court at Friday night's football game versus Columbia. The Homecoming Queen was Miranda Podergois and Kin...
Oct 10, 2023 King Dyson Hails and Queen Miranda Podergois.
Salem sets City Wide Clean Up for coming week, October 16th to 20th
The City of Salem Public Works Department has announced that the City Wide Clean Up will be held from October 16th to the 20th on your normal trash collection day. The City's residential trash hauler ...
Oct 09, 2023
Salem Police make arrest on drug charges when stopping stolen bike
Salem Police have arrested a 35-year-old Salem man for possession of under five grams of methamphetamine and a failure to appear warrant on a prior possession of meth charge after stopping a stolen bi...
Oct 09, 2023
Little Egypt Festival and Parade in Salem draws big crowd
A large crowd lined the streets for the 52nd Annual Little Egypt Festival Parade Saturday afternoon, ending a successful day for the festival. The parade was led by multiple entries from the Marion Co...
Oct 09, 2023 The 2023 Annual Little Egypt Festival Parade along North Broadway. Salem Fire Department photo.
Marion County Fair Fall Brawl draws good crowd and 75 cars
A good crowd and 75 cars made the Marion County Agriculture Fair's 2nd annual Fall Brawl a success on Saturday night. In the minivan class, Paul Reid Jr. from Laclede Got 1st, Chris See from Alma got ...
Oct 09, 2023 Crunching Demolition Derby action underway at the Marion County Fairgrounds Saturday night.
50 show up for Little Egypt 5K, one mile, and fun runs on Saturday
The top finishing in the 5K run at the Little Egypt Festival on Saturday was 13-year-old Jacob Cape of Salem in a time of 22 minutes and 30 seconds. The top finisher in the one mile run was Trevor Wit...
Oct 09, 2023 Jacob Cape of Salem crosses the finish line first for the 2023 Little Egypt 5K.
