Category Archives: Local News

Salem Police say an officer was injured when a homeless man resisted being arrested after police tried to remove him from under a bridge in the 400 block of North Jefferson Street where he had been st...

Centralia City Firefighters say a leaf and grass fire inside a recreation burn container blew out of control Tuesday afternoon and ended up burning the siding of two homes and damaging a garage. The f...

The Marion County Board's new codification subcommittee met for the first time Tuesday night and learned the current condition of county board records for ordinances and resolutions approved in the pa...

A 19-year-old Patoka man has been arrested for aggravated battery after allegedly hitting his roommate with a golf club and stabbing him in the arm with a knife. Noah Meredith of the Marion County Hou...

The Salem City Council has approved a bid to replace curb and guttering on two city streets. Public Works Director Annette Sola says T and L Contracting, Inc was under budget with their $82,317 bid. "...

The Salem City Council Tuesday night will consider bids for two improvement projects. The low bid from T and L Contracting, Inc of $82,317 is being recommended for curb and gutter replacement on porti...

Area fire departments have handled a number of grass and woods fires. Sandoval Firemen received mutual aid assistance from three other departments in fighting a Sunday afternoon fire in the 700 block ...

TOULON, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Police have identified a northern Illinois man who was fatally shot last weekend by officers he had tried to attack with a machete as they were serving an arrest war...

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...

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 ...