Category Archives: Local News
Illinois Attorney General pushing 'Work Without Fear Act'
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is urging lawmakers to pass the "Work Without Fear Act." The bill aims to protect workers who come forward about problems on the job. Attorney General Raoul says ...
Mar 20, 2023 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
William Jennings Bryan Birthday celebrated in Salem
What would have been William Jennings Bryan's 164th birthday was celebrated in Salem on Sunday with open houses and a program about Bryan's time growing up in Salem. The Salem Historical Commission he...
Mar 20, 2023 Historian Frank Brinkerhoff discusses William Jennings Bryan's childhood in Salem while speaking in front of the pulpit Bryan donated to the Salem Presbyterian Church in 1918. The Burning Bush on the front of the podium has been restored.
Marion County Farm Bureau free Ag Day Breakfast set for Tuesday
The Marion County Farm Bureau will celebrate National Ag Day with its Annual Ag Day Breakfast Tuesday morning at the Farm Bureau Office in Salem. A breakfast of scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausage, oran...
Mar 20, 2023 Serving at the 2022 Marion County Ag Day Breakfast.
Salem City Council to begin budget review for next year; add expenditures to this year's budget
The Salem City Council Monday night will begin the budget review process for the fiscal year beginning May 1st. The council will review the General Fund items, with the rest of the budget to be review...
Mar 20, 2023
Vandalia man killed in Ohio crash
A 41-year-old Vandalia man has died from injuries sustained in an Ohio crash involving a brush-clearing crew based in Brownstown. The victim has been identified as Keith Reno, Junior. He was part of a...
Mar 19, 2023 Raymond Wambsgans / CC
Two Michigan residents injured in single vehicle crash on I-57 north of Kinmundy
Two Howards Grove, Michigan residents were taken to Salem Township Hospital for treatment of injuries following a single car crash early Sunday morning on I-57 at the 130 mile marker three miles north...
Mar 19, 2023
Governor touts proposed investments in community colleges
Governor JB Pritzker toured the state last week touting his proposed investments in higher education. The governor says his proposed budget calls for the largest funding increase for community college...
Mar 19, 2023 FILE - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker participates in a debate with Republican gubernatorial challenger state Sen. Darren Bailey at the WGN9 studios, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
IDPH launching $30 million to get air purifiers into schools
The State Department of Public Health is launching a 30 million dollar program to distribute air purifiers to Illinois schools. Public Health Spokesperson Mike Claffey says the goal is to reduce the t...
Mar 19, 2023
Unemployment jumps in January across South Central Illinois
Unemployment was up in January from the month before across South Central Illinois, but was lower than a year ago. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported unemployment in Marion County...
Mar 19, 2023
Marion County remains at low COVID-19 transmission level, Clay County jumps to high
Marion County remained at the low transmission level for COVID-19 for the week ending Wednesday, while Clay County became the only county in the state at the high level. The CDC tracker reported 24 ne...
Mar 19, 2023
