Category Archives: Local News

Salem Mayor Nic Farley swore in three new patrolman at Monday's Salem City Council meeting. They are Dylan Friend, Landon Tate and Cory Crouch. The three have already completed their policy academy tr...

Both drivers were injured in a crash at West Main and Delmar Avenue in Salem late Monday afternoon. Salem Police say a car driven by 38-year-old Kristen Gibbs of Coles Stock Lane in Centralia was blin...

A 27-year-old Kinmundy man has been charged in Marion County Court with threatening a public official and intimidation for allegedly threatening to kill a DCFS worker after forgetting to turn off Zoom...

A student at the Menta School in Wamac was arrested Monday after allegedly stabbing another student four times in the left side of the neck and back with a pencil. Devonte Hunter of North Main in Hoyl...

The Salem Grade School Board Monday night approved their annual tax levy. Superintendent Dr. Leslie Foppe says the board decided on a 3.7 percent tax rate increase over last year's tax levy. "We went ...

Get Covered Illinois announced that Illinois residents now have until December 31 to enroll in health insurance coverage that begins January 1. Illinois is working in an attempt to ensure residents ma...

The Salem Police Department's Fraternal Order of Police raised $15,000 this year to take 63 kids shopping for this year's Shop with a Cop program. Salem Police officers joined Marion County Sheriff's ...

More than 40 volunteers from local police departments showed up to the Centralia Wal-Mart on Saturday for this year's Shop with a Cop. According to Centralia Police Lieutenant Steve Whritenour, over $...

The Kinmundy Police Department took 14 kids shopping on Saturday thanks to a generous donation from the Kinmundy Methodist Church. A different twist was added this year, as Police Chief Joe Duffy aske...

Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps says an investigation is underway on how a male juvenile was shot in the face with a handgun at his rural Salem home Sunday afternoon. The juvenile was transported t...