Category Archives: Local News
Area sixth graders attend safety day at Marion County Fair
Sixth graders from eight area schools attended the Safety Day at the Marion County Fairgrounds on Thursday. The annual program is put together by Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher Meggan Hiestand. ...
Apr 28, 2023 6th grade students at the Safety Day learn about the Air Evac Medical Helicopter after it lands at the Marion County Fairgrounds. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem man escapes serious injury in Selmaville Road crash
A 68-year-old Salem man escaped serious injury when losing control of his car while rounding a curve on the Selmaville Road near Red Stripe Road southwest of Salem Thursday night. Marion County Sherif...
Apr 28, 2023
Unemployment falls across South Central Illinois in March
Unemployment fell across South Central Illinois in March. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports Marion County's unemployment fell six-tenths of a percent to 4.4-percent. That translat...
Apr 28, 2023 Innov8social / CC
Salem City officials say trash and unauthorized items not allowed in compost/yard waste collection
The Salem Public Works Department is reporting a large amount of trash and unauthorized items are being mixed with other items in the compost/yard waste collection bags. City officials say if the prob...
Apr 28, 2023
Salem Police investigate vehicle burglary and theft of security camera
Salem Police are investigating both a vehicle burglary and the theft of a security camera. Police report a vehicle parked in the 800 block of East Lyford was broken into sometime before Thursday morni...
Apr 28, 2023
Mississippi River flooding prompts evacuations, sandbagging
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Some residents along the swelling Upper Mississippi River evacuated their homes this week while others scrambled Wednesda...
Apr 27, 2023 File photo
Police Beat for Thursday, April 27th, 2023
Three people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Wednesday on outstanding warrants. 66-year-old Donna McClellan of West Broadway in Centralia was arrested on a Coles County traffic warrant. She re...
Apr 27, 2023
Businesses lobby governor, Statehouse leaders in Springfield
Manufacturers and retailers hold joint convention as lawmakers enter final stretch By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Business leaders from throughout ...
Apr 27, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker.
Sandoval Elementary Students of the Month-April
Sandoval Elementary School recognized the Students of the Month for April. The students were chosen because of their outstanding display of INTEGRITY, such as doing what is right even when no one is w...
Apr 27, 2023
Centralia Police report drug sweeps at Centralia High and Junior High produce no drugs
Centralia Police say they are happy to report there were no drugs located on either the Centralia High School or Junior High campuses during drug sweeps on Wednesday utilizing canine units from around...
Apr 27, 2023
