Category Archives: Local News

Police Beat for Monday, July 10th, 2023
Salem Police have arrested a 33-year-old homeless Salem woman for possession of methamphetamine and on an outstanding Marion County felony warrant on a criminal trespass to residence conviction. Nicol...
WJBD Staff Jul 10, 2023

Boil order issued for the entire Village of Iuka
Please be advised that a boil order has been issued for the entire Village of Iuka due to the major waterline break on the Northeast Marion County Water Company and will remain in effect until further...
Bruce Kropp Jul 09, 2023

Mt. Vernon woman injured in crash at Kell Road and Route 37
A 76-year-old Mt. Vernon woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Route 37 at Kell Road early Saturday afternoon. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say a car driven by Marilyn McPheeters of East Vio...
Bruce Kropp Jul 09, 2023 Clark Van Der Beken / Unsplash

Mt. Vernon woman hurt in car-semi crash in Salem Friday afternoon
A 48-year-old Mt. Vernon woman was injured when a semi-truck turning from West Main onto Missouri Avenue cut the corner too short and ran over the rear of a car waiting at the stop sign on Missouri Av...
Bruce Kropp Jul 09, 2023

Police Beat for Sunday, July 9th, 2023
A 33-year-old Central City woman was arrested by Central City Police Saturday night for alleged possession of a controlled substance, aggravated fleeing and eluding police, and driving on a suspended/...
Bruce Kropp Jul 09, 2023

Two ATV thefts under investigation
Both Marion County Sheriff's Deputies and Odin Police are investigating the theft of all-terrain vehicles. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating the theft of a 2023 Polaris Northstar from...
Bruce Kropp Jul 09, 2023

Salem Firemen called to three alarms on Saturday
The Salem Fire Protection District was called out three times on Saturday, including a fire that destroyed a light and a child's electric jeep. Firemen report the call was at the Jarrod Burner residen...
Bruce Kropp Jul 09, 2023

Cities have long made plans for extreme heat. Are they enough in a warming world?
By MELINA WALLING and ISABELLA O'MALLEY CHICAGO (AP) - Natural disasters can be dramatic - barreling hurricanes, building-toppling tornadoes - but heat is more deadly. Chicago learned that the hard wa...
Bruce Kropp Jul 09, 2023 Janice Waltzer / CC

1 dead, 15 injured after SUV traveling wrong way collides with Chicago bus
CHICAGO (AP) - An SUV traveling the wrong way along a Chicago lakefront road collided with a city bus Sunday morning, killing one of the SUV's passengers and injuring 15 other people, authorities said...
Bruce Kropp Jul 09, 2023 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC

Governor unveils largest transportation construction program in history; listing of area projects
Governor JB Pritzker is announcing the largest construction program in Illinois history. Several bridge construction projects in Marion County are included. The Governor says the six-year, 41-billion ...
Bruce Kropp Jul 08, 2023
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