Category Archives: Local News
Salem man reportedly shot in hand during fight in Salem Village Apartments
Salem Police say one person was shot in the hand and another person has been arrested for aggravated domestic battery following a scuffle between two occupants of an apartment at the Salem Village Apa...
Mar 02, 2023
Marion County Sheriff's Department gets donation of three defibrillators
Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps has announced a donation of three LIFEPAK defibrillators. Cripps accepted the units from Rich Crouse at the Crouse Funeral Home in Salem. He says the donation will m...
Mar 02, 2023
Murder Mystery Dinner Fundraiser to be hosted at Castle Ridge
Castle Ridge is excited to host a Murder Mystery Dinner on Saturday, March 4th, on behalf of Carrie Leigh's upcoming Dream Come True Prom. This interactive event will have actors from Local Celebrity ...
Mar 02, 2023 File: Castle Ridge (Facebook photo)
Odin man faces Class X drug charge
Bond was set at $100,000 in Marion County Court on Wednesday for a 43-year-old Odin man who was formally charged with a Class X felony drug offense along with two other drug possession charges. Randle...
Mar 02, 2023
Rural Salem man arrested following non-injury crash
A 30-year-old Salem man escaped injury but was arrested following a single car crash late Wednesday night on Barton Road south of Nevada Road in rural Sandoval. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Ji...
Mar 02, 2023
Marion County Circuit Clerk gets $282,468 Technology Modernization Grant
Marion County Circuit Clerk Tiffany Schicker has received a $282,468 Technology Modernization Grant from the Illinois Courts System. Schicker says a number of improvements are planned with the money. ...
Mar 02, 2023
Mt. Vernon man found guilty by Jefferson County jury for armed violence
A Jefferson County Jury deliberated about 20 minutes Wednesday afternoon before finding a 19-year-old Mt. Vernon man guilty of armed violence. Jaylen Smith was arrested on the charge last December aft...
Mar 02, 2023 Blogtrepreneur / CC
First Polar Plunge planned at Centralia High School on March 10th
The first-ever Polar Plunge will be held in the rear Centralia High School parking lot on Friday, March 10th. The Polar Plunge like the ones at Rend and Carlyle Lake will help raise money for Special ...
Mar 02, 2023
Police Beat for Thursday, March 2nd, 2023
Kinmundy Police have arrested 58-year-old Wally West of Case Street in Kinmundy for misdemeanor theft. He was given a notice to appear and was released from the Marion County Jail. 40-year-old Jacklin...
Mar 02, 2023
Illinois and other Midwest states could add more ethanol to gasoline under EPA plan
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Gasoline with higher blends of ethanol could be sold year-round in eight Midwestern states including Illinois beginning in 2024 under a rul...
Mar 01, 2023 FILE - An American Ethanol label is shown on a NASCAR race car gas tank at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 1, 2014. Gasoline with higher blends of ethanol could be sold year-round in eight Midwestern states beginning in 2024 under a rule proposed Wednesday, March 1, 2023, by the Environmental Protection Agency. (AP Photo/Randy Holt, File)
