Category Archives: Local News
Salem has new Economic Development Director
Salem has a new Economic Development Director. Leah Dellicarpini who came to Salem in January of last year to purchase and operate Chico's Restaurant was selected for the position by City Manager Rex ...
Mar 21, 2023 Salem Economic Development Director Leah Dellicarpini.
Salem City Council reviews $6.7-million general fund budget
The Salem City Council Monday night reviewed its $6.7-million general fund budget which is about a half-million dollars more than the budget approved last spring. Just over $ 2.5 million dollars of ex...
Mar 21, 2023 Investment Zen / CC
Salem City Council approves painting of Aquatic Center and improvements to North Selmaville Road
The Salem City Council Monday night approved the repainting of the Aquatic Center. Most of the work is anticipated to be completed before the center opens for the summer. Henson Painting will complete...
Mar 21, 2023 Opening Day at the Salem Aquatic Center on Saturday.
Salem Community High School gives final approval to $2.6-million kitchen-cafeteria renovation
The Salem Community High School Board has approved an amendment to its performance contract with Ameresco to include a renovation of the kitchen and cafeteria area this summer. Superintendent Dr. Brad...
Mar 21, 2023
2nd officer in inmate's fatal beating gets same 20-year term
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The second of three former correctional officers sentenced in the fatal beating of a state inmate received a 20-year prison term Monday, t...
Mar 21, 2023 FILE - Former Illinois Correctional Lt. Todd Sheffler returns to federal court in Springfield, Ill., on April 21, 2022. Sheffler, the second of three former correctional officers to be sentenced in the beating death of a state prisoner, received a 20-year term on Monday, March 20, 2023, the same as a co-conspirator despite the judge's declaration that Sheffler was the highest-ranking officer and could have prevented them melee. (AP Photo/John O'Connor, File)
'You're a street fighter,' Madigan confidant counseled former speaker: wiretapped call
Jury hears 16 more recorded calls; Rep. says Madigan ruled 'through fear and intimidation' By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - Facing a perceived betrayal du...
Mar 21, 2023 The Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Hannah Meisel)
2 Central Illinois teens dead after sledding at Colorado ski resort
FRISCO, Colo. (AP) - A community in Illinois is in mourning a day after two local teens were killed while sledding at a Colorado ski resort. Paula Crane, superintendent of the Prairie Central school d...
Mar 21, 2023 Don Heffernan / CC
Police: Arrest made in theft of funeral van containing body
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Authorities in Wisconsin have arrested a man in connection with the theft last January of a funeral home van containing a body, saying he faces charges of abuse of a corpse and ...
Mar 21, 2023
Marion County Republicans hold 74th Annual Lincoln Day Dinner
Getting more people to the polls was the recurring theme of the speakers at the 74th Annual Lincoln Day Dinner held Saturday night at the Marion County Fairgrounds Exhibit building. The wife of Republ...
Mar 20, 2023 Cindy Bailey, the wife of Republican Gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey speaks at the 74th Annual Lincoln Day Dinner in Salem on Saturday.
Salem Soccer Park Association hopes to have first soccer fields ready by next spring; fundraising underway
The Salem Soccer Park Association has been formed as a non-profit organization with the goal of working in a public-private partnership with the city to develop a soccer field complex. Matt Stanford, ...
Mar 20, 2023 USAG- Humphreys / CC
