Category Archives: Local News

State Representative Blaine Wilhour will host his 4th Annual Kids Fishing Derby on Saturday, June 13, at Willow Pond, located next to the visitor center at Carlyle Lake at 801 Laker Road in Carlyle. T...

The Salem Elks Lodge #1678 will host their annual Flag Retirement Ceremony on June 13, at the grounds of the Elk Lodge. The ceremony will begin around 10:00 am with Elks Members, Mike Hooe and Chaplai...

Jefferson County Coroner Roger Hayse says an 18-month-old boy who was run over in the driveway of a rural Opdyke home Friday night died from blunt force trauma to the head. He has identified the boy a...

The Centralia City Council Monday night is scheduled to get an update on construction of the new water treatment plant and a proposed 12-year extension of the downtown Tax Increment Financing District...

A 45-year-old Centralia man was injured in a motorcycle crash on Sunday night when trying to avoid a dog that ran into the roadway. Centralia Police say Noah Mahaffey of North Elm was traveling westbo...

A semi truck apparently lost control while traveling northbound on I-57 at mile marker 112 four miles south of Salem Sunday afternoon. Initial information indicates the driver went across the medium a...

Salem Theatre is excited to announce auditions for Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy! Looking for performers ages sixteen and up for a high-energy summer production filled with big music, big laughs...

Salem Family Fun Day in the Park drew a big crown to Bryan Memorial Park on Saturday. Recreation Director Jed Casburn was pleased. "Had a great crowd. Started out with the fishing derby, we had about ...

A years long push to establish a board limiting the prices of certain prescription drugs fell short in the Senate after the House narrowly passed it May 21. In a news conference on May 29, bill sponso...

Illinois did not become the fourth state legislature to pass a bill banning the firing mechanism design of Glock guns. Despite passing it through a House committee on May 20, the General Assembly did ...