Category Archives: Local News
Two escape injury in car-deer crash early Friday morning
Both occupants of a car that struck a deer on the Iuka Road near the Green Street Road intersection south of Iuka early Friday morning declined hospital treatment. The Marion County Sheriff's Departme...
Nov 18, 2022
Salem Community Activity Center plans for first ever craft fair on Saturday
The Salem Community Activity Center will host its first fall craft show on Saturday. Executive Director Kia Little says 42 crafters have signed up, a number that is still growing the day before the sh...
Nov 18, 2022
Odin Village Board drafting ordinance to allow liquor licenses for restaurants and video gaming
The Odin Village Board at its meeting Thursday night agreed to develop liquor licenses for restaurants and video gaming. Village Attorney Brian Merrell was instructed to draft ordinances with the cost...
Nov 18, 2022 H.L.I.T. / CC
Salem and Centralia announce garbage and leaf vac schedules for Thanksgiving Holiday Week
Salem and Centralia officials have announced changes in garbage pickup and leaf vacuum schedules for the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend next week. In Salem, City Hall will be closed on Thursday and Frid...
Nov 18, 2022
Firearm deer hunting season opens today
Firearm deer hunting season opens Friday. Dan Skinner with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources says the cold weather could help deer hunters this weekend. "When you look at cold temperatures ...
Nov 18, 2022
Woodlawn man found guilty of murder and other charges
A Jefferson County Jury deliberated just over two hours before finding a 31-year-old Woodlawn man guilty of three counts of murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm, and being an armed habitual crimi...
Nov 18, 2022
Two Centralia men receive 15-year prison terms for possession of large amount of meth
Two Centralia men have been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Clinton County Court on a Class X charge of possession of 100 to 400 grams of methamphetamine. 36-year-old Brandon McMullin and 46-year-o...
Nov 17, 2022 Joshua Phelps and Brandon McMullin
Suspected burglary turns into rural Texico teen seeking help following crash
The Marion County Sheriff's Department was called to a burglary in progress in rural Kell early this morning where a 17-year-old rural Texico man had broken into a home seeking help following a nearby...
Nov 17, 2022
Prosecutor: 3-month old Salem child had brain bleed, broken jaw and broken neck
Judge Mark Stedelin set bond at $250,000 for a 21-year-old Salem man formally charged in Marion County Court Wednesday with a Class X offense of aggravated battery to a child under 13. Michael Farrar ...
Nov 17, 2022
Salem woman charged with aggravated battery to a nurse
A 58-year-old Salem woman has been charged in Marion County Court with aggravated battery to a nurse. Judy Garrett of Maplewood Avenue is accused of scratching the nurse while she was performing her d...
Nov 17, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC
