Category Archives: Local News
Salem Lions Club Christmas Lighting winners
The Salem Lion's Club has announced the winners in the annual Christmas Lighting contest. Tim and Tricia Welch of 202 Country Club Estates won for receiving the most votes in the Facebook Favorite com...
Dec 20, 2022 The Tim and Tricia Welch home on Country Club Estates won the Facebook Favorites division.
Two Louisiana residents killed in I-57 crash near Dix
Illinois State Police say two Shreveport, Louisiana residents were killed in a crash on northbound I-57 at milepost 102.5 early Tuesday morning. Preliminary investigation indicates the two were passen...
Dec 20, 2022
Lifestar Ambulance to continue 'Home for the Holidays' program
Lifestar Ambulance Service, Inc. has announced they will once again this year provide their 'Home for the Holidays' program. During the Christmas season, Lifestar Ambulance Service will transport peop...
Dec 19, 2022
Centralia City Council to set summer oil and chip program
The Centralia City Council will be asked to approve a $150,000 motor fuel tax budget for this summer's road rehabilitation and oil and chipping program. The program will allow for 7.58 miles of road t...
Dec 19, 2022
Rural Salem man arrested for allegedly making threat to public official
A 37-year-old rural Salem man has been arrested by Salem Police for criminal trespass to a building and making a threat to a public official. Salem Police say Trevor Cannon of Colestock Lane was arres...
Dec 19, 2022
Salem City Council to discuss former Selmaville North property
The Salem City Council Monday night will discuss the request of a developer for additional tax increment financing money to tear down the remainder of the former Selmaville North School. Dennis Grubau...
Dec 19, 2022 Old Selmaville North School that has fallen into disrepair. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Area hospitals reporting heavy influenza and jump in COVID-19 cases
Salem Township Hospital as well as SSM Health St. Mary's and Good Samaritan Hospitals say they are all following the national trend of a high influx of flu cases. COVID-19 cases are up, but not to las...
Dec 19, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Monday morning update: State Police release preliminary information on three fatality crash just east of Salem
State Police have released a preliminary investigation on a pickup truck - semi crash that killed three Mexican Nationals on Saturday morning on US 50 just east of Salem. Police report for unknown rea...
Dec 19, 2022
Police Beat for Sunday, December 18th, 2022
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested a 24-year-old rural Salem man for residential burglary. Zacharia Hodge of Red Stripe Road was taken to the Marion County Jail. 48-year-old Robert Wells o...
Dec 18, 2022
COVID-19 cases increase across the area, but Marion County remains at low level
Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow says the county went another week without a COVID-19 related death. She reports as of Thursday, four Marion County congregate care faciliti...
Dec 18, 2022 Fusion Medical Animation / Unsplash
