Category Archives: Local News
Doctor's Nursing and Rehab raises $5,000 for fight against Alzheimer's
For the second year in a row, Doctor's Nursing and Rehabilitation in Salem has raised $5,000 for the fight against Alzheimer's Disease. The money was raised during a golf tournament earlier this month...
Jun 13, 2022 A $5,000 check is presented to fight Alzheimer's Disease. Left to right: Liz Logue, Trish Phillips, Brittney Middleton, Tony Green, Taylor Guy, Karli Eskew, Kati Hoffman (Walk Manager), and Linda Poninsky.
Greater Salem Area Foundation raises $8,000 in annual swim night
The Greater Salem Area Foundation raised over $8,000 to help the less fortunate in the Salem Community High School District at its annual swim night over the weekend at the Salem Aquatic Center. Found...
Jun 13, 2022 Some of those in attendance at the Greater Salem Area Foundation swim night on Friday night.
New home fashion store opens in Salem
Salem has a new home fashion store. Sterling Avenue has opened in the Westgate Shopping Center offering a variety of items to decorate your home. The store is owned by Paul and Lynn Reihm. Paul explai...
Jun 13, 2022 The ribbon is cut to open Sterling Avenue in the Westgate Shopping area on Friday. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Excessive heat warning issued from 11 Monday morning until eight Wednesday evening
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning from eleven Monday morning until eight Wednesday night. Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 113 are expected. Heat...
Jun 13, 2022
Salem Strength Team brings home 4 championship titles from Las Vegas
Salem Strength Team had a massive showing at the USAPL MegaNationals Bench Press Competition in Las Vegas. The team earned four Individual Championship titles. The championships were earned by: Owen B...
Jun 12, 2022
Salem Project Bread Meal Site to be closed until June 21st due to illness
The Salem Project Bread Meal Site will be closed due to illness this Monday through Friday and Monday, June 20th, for the Juneteenth holiday. The closure will also impact home-delivered meals from Mea...
Jun 12, 2022 Alan Levine / CC
Occupants of car decline medical treatment after crashing into rear of semi north of Salem
Kinmundy-Alma Fire Chief Kevin Day says both occupants of an SUV that ran into the rear of a semi on southbound I-57 at the 122 miles marker six miles north of Salem refused medical treatment. Initial...
Jun 12, 2022
Police Beat for Sunday, June 12th, 2022
Salem Police arrested 26-year-old Caitlyn Hopkins of East Bennett Street in Salem for alleged domestic battery. She allegedly struck another person in the right cheek. Hopkins was taken to the Marion ...
Jun 12, 2022
3rd Illinois monkeypox case identified in DuPage County
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - Public health officials have identified a third case of monkeypox a week after the first two cases appeared in Illinois. WLS-TV reports that a man in DuPage County tested positive...
Jun 12, 2022 Jernej Furman / CC
New state law to make it easier for men to get prostate cancer screenings
A new state law will make it easier for men in Illinois to get prostate cancer screenings. Governor JB Pritzker says starting in January of 2024, health insurers will have to cover prostate screenings...
Jun 12, 2022
