Category Archives: Local News
Centralia man arrested by Salem Police for bank fraud over $10,000
A 44-year-old Centralia man has been charged in Marion County Court with financial institution fraud of over $10,000. Emanuel Neal of Cormick Street was arrested at the courthouse on Monday while ther...
Sep 19, 2023
Dix man injured in two vehicle crash on Route 37 at Baseline Road
An 80-year-old Dix man was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Route 37 at the Baseline Road on the Marion-Jefferson County line late Sunday afternoon. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department reports ...
Sep 19, 2023
Salem receives $190,000 grant for housing demolition
The City of Salem has received a $190,000 Illinois Department of Housing grant to be used to pay the cost of tearing down homes that are beyond repair. Public Works Director Annette Sola made the anno...
Sep 19, 2023 Steve Johnson / CC
Salem keeps Trick or Treat on October 31st, but not before debate
The Salem City Council has voted to keep Trick or Treating on Halloween night, but two councilpersons are not sure it is a good idea. Councilman Craig Morton has expressed his opposition in past years...
Sep 19, 2023
Bryan Memorial Park disc golf course to host first sanctioned tournament
The Salem City Council Monday night approved the use of the Bryan Memorial Park Disc Golf Course for its first-ever Professional Disc Golf Association-sanctioned tournament on Sunday, October 15th. Th...
Sep 19, 2023 Adam Bartlett / CC
No one ordered held in jail following first day of cashless bail in Marion County
Day one of cashless bond in Marion County saw none of the new weekend prisoners detained. Judge Chad Miller allowed all six to be released without bail after making them sign a new pre-trial release o...
Sep 19, 2023 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies release details on two vehicle crash on Route 37 south of Salem
An 18-year-old rural Kell woman received apparent minor injuries following a two vehicle crash on Route 37 at the England Road intersection south of Salem on Saturday. The Marion County Sheriff's Depa...
Sep 19, 2023
Salem City Council Monday night to further discuss budget and look at zoning issues
The Salem City Council Monday night will be asked to give final approval to the city's property tax levy for 2024. The proposed increase is 2.4 percent and is under the amount the city could levy. May...
Sep 18, 2023
Police Beat for Monday, September 18th, 2023
A 19-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for alleged aggravated domestic battery and battery to an unborn child. Tavis Parsakis of Edgebrook Drive was taken to the Marion Coun...
Sep 18, 2023
Applefest draws 4,500 to Marion County Fairgrounds Saturday
Applefest attendance grew to more than 4,500 this year. Salem Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jessiycka Coleman says she was pleased with the turnout. "Huge crowd, a bigger crowd than 2022 for ...
Sep 18, 2023
