Category Archives: Local News
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
COVID cases increasing statewide along with flu
COVID cases are increasing and the Illinois Department of Public Health is urging people to take precautions to protect themselves and others. 86 counties in Illinois are now at an elevated risk for t...
Dec 18, 2022
How much snow is on the way and how cold will it get?
While the extreme cold and winter storm scheduled to hit the area are still several days away, the long-range National Weather Service forecast is giving us some idea of what to expect. While forecast...
Dec 18, 2022 Jeremy Jenum / CC
Xenia teen hurt in one-vehicle crash in rural Iuka (updated 7 am Sunday)
A 19-year-old Xenia woman was injured in a single-vehicle crash in the 6900 block of Omega Road in rural Iuka early Saturday morning. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies say Carli Haskins of County Highw...
Dec 17, 2022
OSHA: Amazon failed to record some warehouse injuries in Illinois and 4 other states
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon failed to properly record work-related injuries at warehouses located in five states, a federal agency said Friday while announcing it issu...
Dec 17, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
