Category Archives: Local News
Mayors, city officials, fire chiefs, and emergency services personnel gather to discuss needed weather warning systems
Mayors, city officials, fire chiefs and emergency services personnel gathered Tuesday night to discuss the future of the tornado warning sirens and the need for other notification systems. The meeting...
Sep 21, 2022 A large number of city and county officials meeting to talk about needed improvements to the county's weather warning system.
Salem to hold Fall Family Night this Friday
"Falling for Festive Fun' is the name for the Fall Family night sponsored by the Salem Recreation Department and YMCA this Friday evening. Jed Casburn says all the activities will be in the area of th...
Sep 21, 2022 Scott Swigart / CC
Trick or Treat night set in Salem and Centralia
Trick or Treat night has been set in both Salem and Centralia. Salem Police Chief Kyle Ambuehl has set Trick or Treat in Salem for Monday night, October 31st, from six to eight pm for those 12 and und...
Sep 21, 2022
Salem Township Hospital sets sale date for low cost blood test vouchers
Salem Township Hospital has set Thursday, October 6th, as their next Wellness Program where you can purchase low cost blood test vouchers. Hospital officials say the vouchers will be available from se...
Sep 21, 2022
Car destroyed by fire in rural Salem
Salem Fire Protection District Fire Marshal Bill Fulton says a car was destroyed by fire at the Joe Barcroft home at 38-01 Peach Tree Road southeast of Salem late Tuesday morning. Fulton reports the f...
Sep 21, 2022
Police Beat for Wednesday, September 21st, 2022
A 34-year-old Iuka man has been arrested by Salem Police for possession of drug paraphernalia and driving on a suspended license. Ryan McCarty of Front Street was stopped by Salem Police while traveli...
Sep 21, 2022
Chicago state senator indicted in red-light camera scandal
A State senator was indicted Tuesday on federal charges that he sought a bribe to oppose legislation that would have required a statewide evaluation of red-light camera systems. Sen. Emil Jones III, t...
Sep 21, 2022 State Senator Emil Jones (from website)
Officials: 8 injured in Chicago apartment building explosion
HICAGO (AP) - Eight people were rushed to hospitals after being injured when an explosion Tuesday tore through the top floor of a Chicago apartment building, officials said. The explosion at the 36-un...
Sep 21, 2022
Police Beat for Tuesday, September 20th, 2022
A 20-year-old Farina man, Diego Barradas of South Walnut, turned himself in on a domestic battery charge. Illinois State Police arrested 38-year-old James Stroup of Oglesby Street in Salem for unlawfu...
Sep 20, 2022
Bond set at $250,000 for Centralia man charged with drug and weapon offenses
Bond has been set at $250,000 for a 58-year-old Centralia man who has been charged in Marion County Court with weapons and drug offenses after Centralia Police were asked to investigate a suspicious p...
Sep 20, 2022
