Category Archives: Local News
Salem Elks Lodge plans Flag Retirement Ceremony next Saturday
The Salem Elks Lodge #1678 and Trail Life Troop #262 have announced plans for their annual Flag Retirement Ceremony for ten am next Saturday, June 11th, on the grounds of the Salem Elks. This very sol...
Jun 06, 2022 Cristian RamÃrez / CC
Backlog now gone for testing of forensic kits
Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois State Police say for the first time in decades, there is no longer a backlog of forensic kits waiting to be tested. The Governor says this is a result of adding m...
Jun 06, 2022 Governor Pritzker announces backlog being elminated at State Crime Labs.
Salem City Council Monday night to be asked to give DBS full $1 surcharge per household for garbage pickup
The Salem City Council Monday night will be asked to give DBS Disposal the full $1 per month surcharge for each home to offset rising costs of the garbage collection. The city council earlier approved...
Jun 06, 2022
Police Beat for Monday, June 6th, 2022
Three people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Sunday on outstanding warrants. 27-year-old Dakota Irvin of North Walnut Street in Centralia is being held in lieu of $10,000 bond on a 2019 Frankl...
Jun 06, 2022
Rural Odin man killed in Selmaville Road crash: three others airlifted to St. Louis Hospitals (updated 10 am)
A 43-year-old rural Odin man has died in a two-vehicle head-on crash on the Selmaville Road southwest of Salem late Saturday night. Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon identifies the victim as Eric See....
Jun 05, 2022
Police Beat for Sunday, June 5th, 2022
Two people are in custody following felony drug arrests by Centralia Police. 34-year-old Randi Marcum of Beckwood Lane in Salem was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. 57-year-old Willi...
Jun 05, 2022
Marion County falls back to low level of COVID cases; Clinton County raises to medium
After spending one week on the medium-risk level for COVID-19, Marion County dropped back to the low level when new weekly results were released on Friday. The CDC COVID tracker is reporting 36 new ca...
Jun 04, 2022
Centralia Firemen confine late Friday night house fire to one room
Centralia City Firemen were able to confine a fire at a Centralia home late Friday night to one bedroom. Firefighters say they were initially told there were visible flames coming out a second-floor w...
Jun 04, 2022 Smoke comes from a fire in a second story bedroom at a home at 1935 East McCord in Centralia late Friday night. Photo by Tim Ferguson.
Centralia issues $178,800 in building permits in May
The City of Centralia issued ten building permits totaling $178,800 in May. The largest permit was a $140,000 house to be constructed at 1224 North Elm. Another permit was granted to locate a mobile h...
Jun 04, 2022
Police Beat for Saturday, June 4th, 2022
A 32-year-old Salem man was arrested by Salem Police on Friday for failure to appear on a Marion County pending felony domestic battery charge. Jerrad Simpson of North Pearl was taken to the Marion Co...
Jun 04, 2022
