Category Archives: Local News

A 65-year-old rural Scheller man has died following a fire while visiting another home late Sunday afternoon. Jefferson County Coroner Roger Hayse identified the victim as Thomas Restoff. His body was...

The Salem Community High School band opened the Marching Season Saturday by earning Grand Champion at the Robinson Moving Maroon Festival. They also won first place in their class as well as best perc...

The Centralia, Salem, and Mt. Vernon Chambers of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting over the weekend to welcome The Lobby 1924 at 200 East Broadway in downtown Centralia. Jessiycka Nix-Coleman and her hus...

Attorney General Kwame Raoul has announced that a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon has permanently blocked the Trump administration from penalizing states, including...

The Illinois Department of Economic Opportunity (DCEO) has announced that BCMW Community Services will be administering the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) which will start October ...

The Salem City Council Monday night will consider surplus of Edith Kell Park on South Washington Street and will be asked to approve downtown tax increment financing to renovate a downtown building in...

Two more record high temperatures were set over the weekend at the Salem Water Plant. The temperature reached 99 degrees on Saturday, breaking the old record of 94 set in 1972. Sunday's high was 94 br...

A 32-year-old Salem man has been arrested by Salem Police for criminal trespass to property. Christopher Budds of West Schwartz was later released on a notice to appear in court.

A 20-foot camper trailer in Central City was destroyed by fire Saturday morning. Centralia Fire Protection District firefighters responded to 137 North Morrison after Central City police officer Brody...

Salem firefighters responded to a combined fire on the Wilkins farm on Hoots Chapel Road late Friday afternoon. Firemen say a fire extinguisher was used to control the fire until the fire department a...