Salem News

Oregon police have charged a man with drunken driving after he called 911 to report his marijuana as stolen but the dispatcher couldn't understand him because he was vomiting while on the road.

Performance: Walt Disney's musical "Beauty and the Beast" will be on stage at the PM&L Theatre, 77 Main St.

In what would be a major project along Homer Adams Parkway, a hotel chain owner wants to demolish part of a closed motel, renovate what remains and build an addition.

BELLEVILLE> Diocese settles suit - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville said Friday it has settled a lawsuit for $1.2 million against one of its priests who was accused of molesting an altar boy at St.

A southern Illinois man has his childhood friends to thank for saving his life. Firefighters pulled the 20-year-old man out of a burning house in Salem, Illinois on Monday.

William H. Faberman, 40, has been lodged in the Wayne County Jail on preliminary charges of anhydrous ammonia tampering and aggravated fleeing and eluding.

Kentucky is no longer top dog when it comes to coonhounds. Illinois has landed the Professional Kennel Club's annual competition to determine the world's best coonhound, a 10-day event that had been held in Kentucky for nearly two decades.

One Southern Illinois community is preparing for a sudden population spike of nearly fifty percent.

From the Chicago Tribune : Illinois has landed the Professional Kennel Club's world coonhound championships, a 10-day event that had been held in Kentucky for nearly two decades.

Illinois has landed the Professional Kennel Club's world coonhound championships, a 10-day event that had been held in Kentucky for nearly two decades.

According to Illinois State Police, two people are dead and a third was flown to a St.

The sound of music "echoed" once again from Public School Stadium this weekend. Hundreds of spectators turned out Saturday to watch six bands take part in Echoes off the River at Public School Stadium, sponsored by Alton High School Marching 100 and Alton Band and Orchestra Builders.

"Serving at Oil Belt Christian Service Camp in Flora. I was there for four days and it was a great experience; great kids.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., and SALEM, Ill. Every industry has certain unique career milestones which set apart an individual as especially skilled and accomplished in their profession.

A driver from Henderson Trucking survived a rollover and 77-foot slide while traveling 65 mph on Interstate 40 near Flagstaff, Ariz., after losing control of the vehicle.

According to Marion County authorities, an Iuka man was arrested after a drug raid at his home yesterday morning.

Nancy Coop considers herself the "gracious recipient" of a rewarding gift her father's company, JARCO Inc., which she has owned for the past 4½ years.

A 46-year-old delivery van driver was injured when his van went out of control on U.S. 51 north of the Interstate 64 ramp near Richview in Washington County Tuesday morning.

The number of students at Salem Community High School is expected to be down slightly this year. Principal Brad Detering says enrollment will be around 844 students. The board adopted a new state law that will require bus drivers to walk to the back of their bus after each route and display a bus empty sign to assure no students are left on a bus. The board was told tuckpointing at three areas of concern on the high school building was complete. The work by Vollentine Construction of Springfield was completed at less than $30,000. That's $38,000 dollars underbid. The board agreed to continue additional tuckpointing work next summer.

The Huck's Store at West Main and Missouri Avenue in Salem had an unwelcome new entranceway following an accident last Tuesday night.

Salem Police say a passenger in a car, 48-year-old Joseph Parker of East Alton, was attempting to move the vehicle away from the gas pumps to in front of the store when the accelerator stuck and crashed into a large ice chest in front of the building. The impact knocked the ice chest through a large glass window and knocking over several other machines inside the store. Police say Parker was not injured and there was no one in the store near the area of the crash.