Category Archives: Local News
Salem receives $190,000 grant for housing demolition
The City of Salem has received a $190,000 Illinois Department of Housing grant to be used to pay the cost of tearing down homes that are beyond repair. Public Works Director Annette Sola made the anno...
Sep 19, 2023 Steve Johnson / CC
Salem keeps Trick or Treat on October 31st, but not before debate
The Salem City Council has voted to keep Trick or Treating on Halloween night, but two councilpersons are not sure it is a good idea. Councilman Craig Morton has expressed his opposition in past years...
Sep 19, 2023
Bryan Memorial Park disc golf course to host first sanctioned tournament
The Salem City Council Monday night approved the use of the Bryan Memorial Park Disc Golf Course for its first-ever Professional Disc Golf Association-sanctioned tournament on Sunday, October 15th. Th...
Sep 19, 2023 Adam Bartlett / CC
No one ordered held in jail following first day of cashless bail in Marion County
Day one of cashless bond in Marion County saw none of the new weekend prisoners detained. Judge Chad Miller allowed all six to be released without bail after making them sign a new pre-trial release o...
Sep 19, 2023 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies release details on two vehicle crash on Route 37 south of Salem
An 18-year-old rural Kell woman received apparent minor injuries following a two vehicle crash on Route 37 at the England Road intersection south of Salem on Saturday. The Marion County Sheriff's Depa...
Sep 19, 2023
Salem City Council Monday night to further discuss budget and look at zoning issues
The Salem City Council Monday night will be asked to give final approval to the city's property tax levy for 2024. The proposed increase is 2.4 percent and is under the amount the city could levy. May...
Sep 18, 2023
Police Beat for Monday, September 18th, 2023
A 19-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for alleged aggravated domestic battery and battery to an unborn child. Tavis Parsakis of Edgebrook Drive was taken to the Marion Coun...
Sep 18, 2023
Applefest draws 4,500 to Marion County Fairgrounds Saturday
Applefest attendance grew to more than 4,500 this year. Salem Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jessiycka Coleman says she was pleased with the turnout. "Huge crowd, a bigger crowd than 2022 for ...
Sep 18, 2023
Kaskaskia College President George Evans appointed to Illinois Community College Board
Kaskaskia College President George Evans has been appointed to the Illinois Community College Board by Governor JB Pritzker. The appointment still needs confirmation by the Illinois Senate. Evans will...
Sep 18, 2023 Kaskaskia College President George Evans.
Centralia receives $357,000 Illinois Housing Development Authority Grant
The City of Centralia has been awarded a $357,000 grant from the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Community Development Director Gayla Harting says will be the second round of funding the city ...
Sep 18, 2023
