Category Archives: Local News
Salem Firemen put out multiple fires along Route 37 south of Salem
The Salem Fire Protection District put out multiple grass fires along the east side of Route 37 from Church to Sassafras Roads late Thursday afternoon. Salem Assistant Fire Chief Bill Fulton says all ...
Jul 07, 2023
Centralia man gets two year prison term on meth conviction
A 31-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court Thursday to unlawful possession of under five grams of methamphetamine. Scott Anderso...
Jul 07, 2023
Rains come in time to prevent extensive crop damage
Marion-Clinton County Farm Bureau Manager Brad Conant says the rains last Thursday through Saturday came in time to prevent serious damage to the corn and soybean crops. The area had moved into the mo...
Jul 07, 2023 Corn crop south of Salem last July. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
State reaches tentative contract agreement with AFSCME
Governor JB Pritzker says he's pleased to have tentative contract agreement with the state's largest employee union....AFSCME. Details of the contract won't be released until AFSCME members review and...
Jul 07, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Centralia man receives eight years in prison on drug charges
32-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to a total of eight years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court on Wednesday to a methamphetamine charge and having his drug court probati...
Jul 06, 2023
CN closing two railroad crossings in Centralia for repairs
The Canadian National Railroad crossings at 5th and Calumet Streets in Centralia are scheduled to be closed for railroad crossing repairs. The 5th Street crossing will be closed to all traffic startin...
Jul 06, 2023 Tyler Silvest / CC
New 730 Area Code arrives across Southern Illinois on Friday
With new telephone numbers in Southern Illinois in high demand, the Illinois Commerce Commission has approved the implementation of the new 730 area code to overlay the existing 618 area code region. ...
Jul 06, 2023
Illinois State Museum returns nearly 40 sacred wooden artifacts to Kenya
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois State Museum have returned nearly 40 sacred artifacts to Kenya so they can go back to their rightful owners. Museum officials said in a statement Wednesday that t...
Jul 06, 2023 Mike Linksvayer
Rockford man killed in I-57 crash near Kinmundy
A 19-year-old Rockford man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on northbound I-57 near the Kinmundy-Patoka exit Thursday morning. Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon says Alec Glaser apparently fell as...
Jul 06, 2023
Former Salem man shot to death along busy St. Louis street
A 37-year-old former Salem man was shot and killed along a busy road early Wednesday morning in south St. Louis. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports Wade Featherston was pronounced dead on the scene j...
Jul 06, 2023
