On Tuesday, November 12th, the Salem Community High School chapter of National Honor Society inducted 24 new members. Students were selected based on demonstration of outstanding qualities in the pillars of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. The ceremony was led by NHS President Ella Douglas and officers Preslee Harris, Kennedy Finney, Chesney Clark, and Jaryn Haarmann. New inductees from the senior class were Savannah Arnold, Larisa Carpenter, and Cooper Lobek. Inductees from t...

Friday is the final day to sign up for the WJBD-Centralia Community Youth Center Adopt-a-Family program. Applications may be completed at the Youth Center at 1224 East Rexford in Centralia from noon to five and at the Bryan Bennett Library in Salem from 9:30 to 1 pm. All applications require proof of SNAP or Link benefits such as a letter from DHS or a copy of a SNAP card. No other income verification will be needed this year. The call is also going out for those would like to assist famili...

Pro-life group challenges city's now-repealed 'buffer zone' law, potentially reshaping protest laws nationwide By CARLY GIS Saluki Local Reporting Lab for Capitol News Illinois cgist@dailyegyptian.com The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade turned Carbondale into a critical medical hub: Following the Dobbs v. Jackson decision in 2022, three clinics offering abortion services opened in the small, liberal university town in conservative rural southern Illinois. It's now the ...

Salem Community High School Theater is putting on the play "One Stoplight Town" at the Community Theater. Opening night is this Thursday, November 14th! The engaging show follows a story about people from a town so small that you might drive through without taking a second look. High school Theater director Drew Johnson believes the show is on track to be one of his best. Johnson explains, "So It is relatively new. In fact, if you look around the country the amount of people do...

A 33-year-old Oakville, Missouri man has been returned to the Marion County Jail on an outstanding failure to appear warrant. Todarrius Guyton is being held without bond pending a first appearance in court. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 63-year-old Walter Hollen of Queens Avenue in the Royal Lakes neighborhood in rural Odin for misdemeanor criminal damage to property. He was later released on a notice to appear in court.

Defense attorneys try to undercut Fidel Marquez's credibility after gun purchase attempt By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - Before the sun rose on a cold Wednesday morning in January 2019, Fidel Marquez agreed to a life-altering assignment as a cooperating witness in a criminal case the government was building against his colleagues at electric utility Commonwealth Edison and powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Marquez agreed to the r...

The Marion County Board has unanimously agreed to end its contract with the City of Centralia to house dogs picked up in unincorporated parts of the county. The decision comes when Centralia doubled the cost to $6,000 a month and dogs no longer being accepted when the pound is full. Community Relations Committee Chair Bill Henson says the contract with Centralia ends on December first. "At this time we don't have a contract with the city of Centralia, but we do have options," Hens...

By Steven Stilt The Centralia City Council on Tuesday evening approved proposals for the city's insurance coverage services, accepting a proposal from Illinois Counties Risk Management for liability insurance and the Illinois Public Risk Fund for workers' compensation. There were two options provided by Illinois Public Risk Fund for workers' comp - a $966,400 proposal that includes no deductible, and an $826,720 option with a $50,000 deductible. City Manager Kory Smith notes that the $50,000 ...