Category Archives: Local News
Two airlifted from scene of crash on Route 37 south of Route 161
A Dix couple were both airlifted from the scene of a single-vehicle crash on Route 37 south of Route 161 on Sunday afternoon. Those involved have been identified as the driver, 83-year-old Dale Reese ...
Jun 05, 2023
Stolen vehicle burns in rural Odin Monday morning
Fire destroyed a 2004 Chevy pickup truck in rural Odin Monday morning. Odin Fire Chief Greg Smith says the owner, Jacob Beehold of Woods Lane in Centralia, reported the truck had been stolen. The truc...
Jun 05, 2023 Fire destroys pickup truck reported as stolen on Norton Road in rural Odin Monday morning.
Good turnout at Salem's Family Fun Day in the Park
Salem Recreation and Marion County YMCA Director Jed Casburn is pleased with the turnout for this weekend's Family Fun Day in the Park. Casburn likes the event because the entire family can come out a...
Jun 05, 2023 Jump Houses provided some of the entertainment at a past Family Fun Day. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem announces plans for Bicentennial weekend June 30th and July 1st
Plans are coming together for the City of Salem's Bicentennial Celebration that will be held on Friday, June 30th, and Saturday, July 1st. The activity will kick off at seven pm on Friday, June 30th w...
Jun 05, 2023
Salem City Council to consider security camera, gas line, and street improvement projects
The Salem City Council Monday night will consider another proposal for security cameras in Bryan Memorial Park as well as street and gas line replacement projects. The new proposal from Security Alarm...
Jun 05, 2023
Long wait is over as Dollar General opens in Kinmundy
The long wait is over as Dollar General officially opened its doors in Kinmundy on Friday. Mayor Angie Diss says the 10,000-square-foot store went up quickly with construction starting in March but wa...
Jun 04, 2023 The new Dollar General Store on Route 37 North in Kinmundy. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Military burial honors given 80 years after death of Odin man in World War II
Photos by Sgt. Trenton Fouche After 80 years, the body of World War II Army Air Corps Technical Sergeant Harold Kretzer of Odin was returned home, and a burial with military honors was held on Saturda...
Jun 04, 2023 The headstone for World War II Army Air Corps Technical Sergeant Harold Kretzer of Odin, Illinois, at Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, on June 2.
Police Beat for Sunday, June 4th, 2023
The Marion County Sheriff's Department has arrested 55-year-old Mary Travis of the 3500 block of Tonti Road in rural Salem for criminal damage to property after she allegedly set a neighbor's trampoli...
Jun 04, 2023
May weather warmer and dryer than normal; parts of South Central Illinois now abnormally dry
May weather was warmer and drier than normal in Illinois as parts of South Central Illinois fall into the abnormally dry category. In Salem, the water treatment plant reported 3.94 inches of rain, wit...
Jun 04, 2023
7 shot, 1 fatally, in Chicago when gunfire erupts amid remembrance for man killed in car crash
CHICAGO (AP) - A 25-year-old woman was fatally shot and six other people were wounded early Sunday when gunfire erupted in Chicago during a remembrance for a man who died in a car crash, police said. ...
Jun 04, 2023 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
