Category Archives: Local News
Centralia Police say stolen car later abandoned and set on fire
Centralia Police say a car stolen from a Centralia resident from the Burger King parking lot Sunday night has been found abandoned and set on fire Monday morning. Due to another emergency case, Marion...
Nov 7, 2022
Update One: Centralia Police investigating Sunday night shooting that sends woman to hospital for treatment
Centralia Police say nine shots were fired in an apparent drive-by shooting at a home in the 500 block of South Maple Street Sunday night where a 55-year-old female resident was shot. Lieutenant Steve...
Nov 7, 2022
Water service to area of southwest Salem expected to be restored by four pm
Salem Public Works officials say a day-long water outage affecting a several-block area of southwest Salem will start coming to an end around four Monday afternoon. Water service to the area bounded b...
Nov 7, 2022
More than 80 years after his death at Pearl Harbor the remains of an Effingham man are coming home
More than 80 years after his death in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Effingham County native Keith Tipsword is coming home. Tipsword was a 27-year-old Navy Machinist's Mate 1st Class aboard the USS West ...
Nov 7, 2022 MMc1 Keith Tipsword during the time of his World War II service. Photo courtesy of WXEF Radio.
Two Salem juvenile girls airlifted from scene of side-by-side crash
Two Salem juvenile girls were airlifted to Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis for treatment after the side-by-side they were operating went out of control and crashed in the 2500 block of Farthing...
Nov 7, 2022 Side by side found on its side following crash that has sent two Salem juvenile girls to Cardinal Glennon Hospital for treatment.
Salem woman escapes serious injury in Green Street Road crash
A 20-year-old Salem woman was found with only minor injuries at her home following an early Monday morning crash on Green Street Road just north of Lake Shore Drive southwest of Salem. The Marion Coun...
Nov 7, 2022
Police Beat for Monday, November 7th, 2022
A 36-year-old Crook, Colorado woman has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Deputies made the arrest of Jennifer C...
Nov 7, 2022
Marion County Clerk projecting 52-percent turnout Tuesday
Marion County Clerk Steve Fox is projecting a 52-percent voter turnout on Tuesday. Fox says that is a percent higher than the last non-Presidential general election in 2018. "We started out slow this ...
Nov 7, 2022 Marion County Clerk Steve Fox ready for early voters.
Salem City Council to be asked to give final approval to property tax levy
The Salem City Council Monday night will be asked to give final approval to its property tax levy for next year's bills. The proposal is to raise the levy 2.85-percent above last year's levy. The coun...
Nov 7, 2022
Retiring Salem Fire Chief Dave Duncan honored on 48 year career
Salem Fire Chief Dave Duncan was honored on his upcoming retirement over the weekend after 48 years at the fire department. Duncan received a certificate of achievement from the Illinois Association o...
Nov 7, 2022
