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Michelle Foster of Addieville, IL joined the Real Rock Army today … brought to you by Sievers Equipment and Sievers JCB!. Michelle loves rock & roll and Favazz in the afternoons. She thinks his voice is very calming. Michelle favorite thing about KSHE are the blood drives … saving...

NASHVILLE, Ill. — More federal relief headed to Illinois to help residents recover after heavy rainfall caused the Nashville City Reservoir Dam to fail and spill into the streets. Washington County, like six other counties in Illinois, suffered terrible damage after a series of storms from July 13-16. The...

Mascoutah – On the early morning of October 5, 2024, at approximately 4:50 a.m., Mascoutah Police Department officers were dispatched to the 9900 block of Cessna in response to a domestic battery in progress. Upon arrival, officers identified the suspect as David N. Hatcher, 32, of Mascoutah. After establishing...

Centralia Police have arrested 40-year-old Joshua Remmer of Sparta on two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of violation of an order of protection as well as single counts of theft and criminal damage to property. No other details are yet available. Two people were arrested following separate incidents...

A Salem home was destroyed by fire overnight. Salem Assistant Fire Chief Bill Fulton reports the two story home at 212 West Warmoth was fully engulfed in flames upon their arrival just before 11 Sunday night. There was concern someone may be inside, but so far no indication that was...

The Mt. Vernon Police Department has arrested a 33-year-old Mt. Vernon man for aggravated discharge of a firearm and arson following a Thursday morning incident in the 1100 block of Welkins Street. Deaaron Rudd was arrested following an investigation into the incident in the 1100 block of Welkins where they...

Salem Police arrested 55-year-old Arthur McLoren of Marion for reckless discharge of a firearm and criminal damage to property after he allegedly fired a gun through the door of his motel room. Police report they had received a call that McLoren thought someone was after him. He later allegedly fired...

The Centralia High School Marching Showcase came home with lots of hardware from this weekend’s Effingham Marching Invitational. In addition to taking 1st place overall in Class 4A, the Marching Showcase also won Best Music, Best General Effect, and Best Color Guard.

MT. VERNON – Three Mt. Vernon streets will be closed for paving Tuesday. According to city officials, Lilac Lane will be closed from 7 a.m. to noon. Nature Trail and Buffalo Lane will be closed from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. You should follow all posted signs and instructions...

A colorful and impressive parade of floats and bands made their way through Salem during Saturday’s 53rd annual Little Egypt Festival, producing many happy spectators and some well-deserved winners. As this year’s Grand Marshal, Doyle Combs presented his trophy to the entry from Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, which...

On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, the following streets will be closed for paving:. Lilac Lane: 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. Nature Trail & Buffalo Lane: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please follow all posted signs and instructions from workers for your safety and the safety of others. Plan your route accordingly to avoid delays.

MARION, IL — Hands of Hope Foundation in Marion, Illinois, is partnering with The Subculture in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, to ship supplies to hurricane survivors in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. The organizations are gathering needed items like hygiene products, medical supplies, and bottled water. The organization has several...

The Salem Wildcats soccer team is 13-2-and-1 after their 5-2 win over visiting Marion on Saturday morning. Eli Baker scored 4 more goals giving him 105 in his career as the junior is still one of the best scorers in the country according to Max Preps. Caleb Purintun had the other Salem goal. The Wildcats will travel to Wood River and with a win would finish 2nd in the conference, which would be their best finish ever. They also will honor their 3 seniors Thursday afternoon when they host Newton before traveling to rival Harrisburg on Saturday.

Christ Our Rock finished 4th out of 17 cross country teams at the Wesclin Invitational. Carson Pigg broke the 17 minute mark finishing 8th. Wyatt Gregory also had his best race of the season finishing 20th out of the 116 man field. Zerek Koch was 23rd, Isaiah Lyons 40th and Cameron Jones set a PR finishing 47th. Rylee Brammeier was 3rd out of 68 total runners on the girls side. Roxana won the event with 63 points followed by Breese Central, O’Fallon FBA and then the Stallions.

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcat softball team made history becoming the first Lady Bobcats team to win a state tournament game as they knocked off Wolf Branch in Saturday’s opener 9-6. Teagan Lobek went 3-for-4 at the top of the lineup scoring 3 times. Kenna Benjamin drove in 3 runs with a triple and Maci Susmena added 2 RBI. Salem led 4-1 after 3 innings and scored 3 times in the fourth to take a 7-1 lead. Wolf Branch came back with 4 runs in the fifth to make it 7-5, but Salem answer with 2 more in the same inning to hold off the comeback. Emily Parret struck out 8 and scattered 10 hits in her win in the circle, throwing 141 pitches in grinding out the win. Salem advances to Tuesday’s semifinal at Rotary Park in Centralia when they get Carterville after their dominant 14-4 win over Waterloo. The other semifinal will see Sparta Lincoln, who survived a 1-0 game with Hamilton County, take on Marion after they beat Carmi 16-9.

On Halloween Night, the Okawville Student Council is trick or treating for canned goods! Every year, members of the Student Council collect canned goods from houses in the community to donate to the Addieville food pantry and local families. Students travel to Okawville, Addieville, Venedy, and St. Libory to “trick or treat” for canned items. Student Council president, Camryn Wiedwilt, organizes groups of students based on where they live to trick or treat. Members who cannot drive are paired with members who can to ensure everyone can participate. If you would like to donate to local families and the Addieville Food Pantry, place a bag of canned goods by your front door, or students can go up to your door and ask if you would like to donate a few items if your lights are on. Every donation makes a difference!

The OHS band participated in the Little Egypt parade. Our band is marching in 3 parades this school year; the Wheat Festival parade, the Little Egypt parade, and the Mardi Gras parade in Pinckneyville. Our newest OGS band teacher, Ms. Young, recommended that Mr. Recker enter the band in the Little Egypt parade. This is because Ms. Young is from the town of Salem.

It was the opening round of the division series on Saturday. It’s a day off for the American League today, the National League teams play their second games later this afternoon and evening. MLS Soccer. St. Louis City SC welcomed Houston last night to downtown St. Louis and earned...

The Selmaville Running Rockets ran in the Fall Classic at DuQuoin on Saturday. Varsity girls placed 3rd and the boys placed 7th. There were 198 runners in the girls race with Karmen Murray(8th), Gabby Harper(11th), McKenzie Mulvany(30th), Gia Ward(63rd), Kailey Meredith(71st), Gabby Gaston(82nd), and Alana Howe (90th). In the boys...

The Pinckneyville Panthers will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against the Mt. Carmel Golden Aces at 6:00 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation. It was a proper...