Category Archives: Local News
3 of 6 Emergency Sirens not working in Centralia
The City of Centralia has announced three of the six sirens in Centralia were inaudible when activated during the monthly test this week. City Manager Kory Smith says the city is actively trying to re...
Jun 08, 2022
The Historic Farmer's Market and Music on the Porch set to return to Salem June 18th
The Historic Farmer's Market and Music on the Porch will return to downtown Salem on Saturday, June 18th for the summer. Becky Timmerman, who started the weekly event last year, has announced the Mark...
Jun 08, 2022 Scenes from the first Historic Farmers Market held in downtown Salem last year. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem Police Chief looks back on biggest memories
Salem Police Chief Sean Reynolds says 9-11 stands out as the most memorable day of his career. Reynolds who announced Monday he would retire after 27 years with Salem Police reflected back on his care...
Jun 08, 2022 Retiring Salem Police Chief Sean Reynolds.
Police Beat for Wednesday, June 8th, 2022
Salem Police arrested a 33-year-old Salem woman for violation of an order of protection Tuesday night. Police say Jolee Graham of South Maple returned to the residence she had been staying in violatio...
Jun 08, 2022
Bond set at $7,500 for man charged in connection with ax handle and knife assault
Bond was set at $7,500 in Marion County Court on Tuesday for a 22-year-old Sandoval man charged with unlawful use of a weapon, aggravated assault, battery, and criminal damage to a motor vehicle. Bran...
Jun 08, 2022
After seven hour closure, traffic once again flowing on I-57 at Dix exit
Illinois State Police reopened I-57 at the Dix interchange overpass at 7:30 Tuesday night following seven hours of cleanup after a four semi-truck chain-reaction collision. While there is no official ...
Jun 07, 2022 I-57 traffic at a standstill at the Route 161 interchange following the crash at Dix. Photo by Tracy Karcher.
Centralia man arrested in connection with two alleged attacks
A 22-year-old Sandoval man was arrested on charges by both Sandoval and Centralia following separate incidents involving a weapon. Sandoval Police initially arrested Branden Bierman of South Oak Monda...
Jun 07, 2022
Centralia Police doing 'hire back' patrols to try and curb vehicle burglaries
Another uptick in vehicle burglaries since the end of last week has resulted in the Centralia Police Department beginning a 'hire back' program to begin additional patrols in impacted areas. Since las...
Jun 07, 2022
Police Beat for Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
32-year-old Jeffrey Coulter of Willow Hill was arrested by Wamac Police on a Jasper County burglary warrant and a Crawford County failure to appear warrant for driving on a suspended license. He remai...
Jun 07, 2022
Salem City Council agrees to give DBS $1 surcharge through September
The Salem City Council has agreed to pay DBS Disposal the full one-dollar surcharge per household they were seeking due to rising costs. However, they elected not to make the full surcharge retroactiv...
Jun 07, 2022 Salem Mayor Nic Farley
