A 36-year-old Salem man has been sentenced to a total of eight years in prison. Timothy Pomeroy received five years for unlawful possession of a stolen or converted vehicle. He also pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of methamphetamine and a petition to revoke his probation on another meth case. Pomeroy received three years on each of those cases to run concurrently. The stolen vehicle and drug sentences will then run consecutive to each other for the eight-year prison term. Afte...

A free immunization clinic is planned for Salem students Pre-K to 12th grade on July 28th from ten to three and July 29th from one to six at Hawthorn School. Salem Grade School Superintendent Dr. Leslie Foppe says the Illinois Department of Public Health with the school nurse to set up the free clinic. Registration is encouraged, but walk ins are welcome. No ID is required, but parents and guardian consent is required for all children under 18 years of age. If you have insurance it will be b...

Salem Township Hospital's Rural Health Clinic is offering $25 school and sports physicals. They will be available from nine to 6:30 on Monday July 27th, Saturday, August 1st, and Monday, August third. Just walk in. Cash, check and credit or debit cards will be accepted, but insurance will not be billed. Enter the rural health clinic from the front parking lot. Parents must be present to provide immunization records and sign physical forms. Vaccinations are not included in the physical. For...

The State Fire Marshal's office has been called in to try and determine the cause of a fire that heavily damaged a rental home at 115 Clinmar. No one was at the home when the fire department arrived late Thursday night to find the fire had already consumed the back of the home and carport. Firemen were able to keep the fire spreading to the front of the home, but it received heavy heat and smoke damage. There was melted siding on two neighboring homes at 517 West Broadway and 119 Clinmar fro...

An investigation is continuing by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department and the Illinois State Police Commercial Motor Vehicle Unit into a fatal crash involving a truck hauling water on Illinois Route 15 near Panzier Road in rural Woodlawn on Monday morning. Jefferson County Coroner Roger Hayse says he pronounced Michael Braddy of White Swan Road dead at the scene. The coroner reports Braddy remained in the truck after it laid over on its side in the roadside ditch. He was not trapped....

Centralia Police have arrested a 52-year-old Centralia woman for domestic battery. Tonya Pannell of North Beech was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a decision on formal charges.

The Odin School Board accepted a number of resignations and filled numerous openings during its meeting this week. The board hired one of its graduates, Blake Uchitjel, as the new agriculture teacher and FFA sponsor. He comes to the school with five years' experience and a master's degree. The board hired Samantha White as special education teacher for kindergarten through second grade. She will also serve as assistant junior high school softball coach. Another Odin High Grad, Ethan Finckbo...

A 73-year-old Centralia man was arrested for alleged driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident after crashing a pickup truck into a garage and setting off a natural gas leak. Clarence Diehl of Diehl Lane in Centralia was not hurt and later released from jail on a notice to appear in court. The Centralia Fire Protection District and Marion County Sheriff's Department were called to the intersection of Airport and Greenview Roads southeast of Centralia Wednesday night to ...