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The Salem City Council Monday night will be asked to approve a resolution authorizing the purchase of Natural Gas from PEFA, Inc. City Manager Lisa Peck says this is a long-term discount program provi...

No one was injured when a car ran through the wall near the southwest corner of Jerry's Bar and Grill at 835 Wabash in Wamac early Thursday afternoon. Wamac Police say 80-year-old Marsha Hempen of Gre...

The Marion County Farm Bureau's Annual Breakfast to Celebrate National Agriculture Week is scheduled for Tuesday morning. Not only is the breakfast once again free, but the Farm Bureau has added $750 ...

A 31-year-old Sandoval man has been charged in Marion County Court with two counts of threatening a public official. Joey Evans of South Main was arrested by Wamac Police on Saturday following a serie...

Salem Police have arrested a 24-year-old Salem man for criminal trespass to a building. Mason Becker of Julia Drive was taken to the Marion County Jail but later released on a notice to appear in cour...

A 69-year-old Wamac man has died as a result of a flash fire that occurred when he attempted to use gasoline to light a brush fire outside his home early Friday night. Wamac Police Chief Steve Prather...

A 33-year-old Indianapolis man, formerly from Alma, was injured when his van ran off Kinoka Road Saturday morning and overturned on its side. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Joshua Daugherty was ...

Wamac Police have arrested a 31-year-old Sandoval man on two counts of threatening a public official. Joey Evans of South Main was taken to the Marion County Jail to await formal charges and a first c...

Centralia City Firemen were called to the Fireside Nursing Home on Martin Luther King Drive on Saturday afternoon after smoke was seen coming from the laundry room. As a precaution, those in the west ...

The Williamson County Sheriff's Office and Illinois State Board of Education sent requests for personnel records of the employee By MOLLY PARKER Capitol News Illinois & JACKSON BRANDHORST Saluki L...