Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Historical Museum shows off newly renovated room at 25th anniversary celebration
The Centralia Area Historical Society had a ribbon cutting for the museum's newly floored Leber Bar area at its annual members' meeting and 25th anniversary celebration on Tuesday. Museum president Je...
Oct 08, 2025 Ribbon cutting in the Leber Bar room at the Centralia Area Historical Museum. Photo by Austin Williams.
Salem Leaf Vac set to begin fall season on Monday
The Salem Leaf Vac will begin the fall season on Monday and run through mid-December. The public works department will make every effort to complete one cycle through town each week on your regular tr...
Oct 08, 2025 liz west / CC
New retail shopping event planned in Salem Friday
There is a new retail event in Salem this Friday. Moonlight Mischief: Creepin' It Local will be held from four to seven. You are invited to stroll the streets for Friday night shopping, explore the wi...
Oct 08, 2025 VadimVasenin / Depositphotos.com
Police Beat for Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
Two people remain in the Marion County Jail on outstanding warrants. 47-year-old John Zawez of Salem Mobile Home Park was arrested following a brief foot chase with a Marion County Sheriff's Deputy wh...
Oct 08, 2025
Trump says Illinois governor and Chicago mayor should be jailed as they oppose Guard deployment
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the Illinois governor and Chicago mayor, both Democrats, should be jailed as they opp...
Oct 08, 2025 Military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on, are seen at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in Elwood, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)
Pink Out A Success....SCHS & CHS Come Together And Raise Over $18,000
It was a big night on and off the court for the Salem Lady Wildcats and Centralia Annies volleyball teams last night at B.E. Gum. It was pink out night as they raised money for the recent diagnosis of...
Oct 08, 2025
Fort Massac Encampment returns to Metropolis Oct. 18-19
The popular Fort Massac Encampment, which has drawn thousands of visitors to southern Illinois every fall for 51 years, will return to Fort Massac State Park in Metropolis Oct. 18 and 19. Since 1974, ...
Oct 07, 2025
Illinois Department of Revenue warns of new text message scam soliciting banking information
The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) is warning taxpayers about a new nationwide text message scam targeting individuals with fraudulent messages that appear to come from state revenue or treasur...
Oct 07, 2025
National Guard members from Texas are in Illinois in Trump's latest move to send troops to cities
By ERIN HOOLEY and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press ELWOOD, Ill. (AP) - National Guard members from Texas were at an Army Reserve center in Illinois on Tuesday, the most visible sign yet of the Tru...
Oct 07, 2025 Military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on, are seen at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Elwood, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Garbage compacter catches fire inside Fabick Repair Shop in Salem
A large garbage compacter used at a landfill caught fire while being serviced inside Fabick Tractor on West Main in Salem Tuesday morning. Salem Assistant Fire Chief Bill Fulton says damage appears li...
Oct 07, 2025 Salem Fire and Fabick officials looking at damage to landfill compactor. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
