Category Archives: Local News
Salem teen hurt in one vehicle wreck on Hotze Road
A 16-year-old Salem juvenile girl was injured in a rollover crash on the 47-hundred block of North Hotze Road south of the Tonti Road intersection early Monday night. The Marion County Sheriff's Depar...
Feb 21, 2023
Ameren Illinois announces $2-million natural gas line improvement project in Centralia area
Ameren Illinois has announced a $2-million natural gas line replacement project is getting underway on the north side of Centralia and a portion of Central City. Ameren's Brian Bretsch says two miles ...
Feb 21, 2023 Ameren Illinois crew working on gas line project in Carbondale. Ameren Illinois File photo.
Odin couple wins top national award from National Wild Turkey Federation
An Odin couple has won the top national award handed out by the National Wild Turkey Federation. Gerald and Terri Lively were presented the Roger M. Latham Sportsman Wild Turkey Service Award at the o...
Feb 21, 2023 Terri and Gerry Lively with their National Award from the National Wild Turkey Federation.
Business opens in Salem to help children with learning and behavioral issues
A business is now available in Salem to help families and others who have children with learning and disciplinary issues. Scott Moore founded Moore Than Behavior. He is a board-certified behavioral an...
Feb 21, 2023 The owners of Moore Than Behavior Brittany and Scott Moore. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Tuesday, February 22nd, 2023
A 30-year-old Centralia man has been arrested by Wamac Police on an outstanding failure to appear in court warrant. Nathan Hale of North Hickory Street was taken to the Marion County Jail on the warra...
Feb 21, 2023
Three killed, including baby, in I-57 shooting in Chicago
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) - Three people were killed, including an infant, and three more were hurt after a shooting on a Chicago interstate highway, officials ...
Feb 20, 2023 Chris Rycroft / CC
Centralia Mayor pushes for water treatment plant funding in meeting with Governor
Centralia Mayor Bryan Kuder sat down with Governor JB Pritzker, Lieutenant Governor Julianna Stratton and five other mayors from around Southern Illinois last Thursday to discuss issues they are facin...
Feb 20, 2023 Pictured below from left to right: Sesser Mayor Jason Ashmore, Herrin Mayor Steve Frattini, Illinois Lt. Governor Julianna Stratton, Greenville
Mayor George Barber, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Pinckneyville Mayor Robert Spencer, Mt. Vernon Mayor John Lewis, and Centralia
Mayor Bryan Kuder.
Sign up underway for Missoula Children's Theatre Camp
Sign up is now underway for the Missoula Children's Theatre camp that will return to the Salem Community Theatre this summer. The camp is set for June 19th to the 24th, with two performances by those ...
Feb 20, 2023
Police Beat for Monday, February 20th, 2023
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a 33-year-old Jonesboro, Arkansas man for domestic battery following a domestic dispute on Sunday both inside and outside Biggie's Caf on Route 161 at I-57. J...
Feb 20, 2023
Illinois group declares 2023 the Year of the Farmer
The year of the farmer is underway. In some parts of Illinois, the start of the campaign highlighted farmers during a Super Bowl commercial. Jennifer Tirey, Executive Director the Illinois Pork Produc...
Feb 20, 2023 Flemming Munch / CC
