16+ hour, 38+ min ago   (86+ words) The Kentucky Fried Chicken in Salem has closed permanently. Employees say corporate management entered the restaurant without notice at seven on Friday night and shut it down, effective immediately. Some employees were cleaning out the restaurant Saturday, filling two large…...

16+ hour, 49+ min ago   (187+ words) (PETERSBURG, Va.) — A lockdown has been lifted at Virginia State University after a shooting outside residence halls left five people injured, one of them critically. No arrests have been made in the shooting. Officers responded near the VSU Quad Annexes…...

16+ hour, 49+ min ago   (235+ words) (NEW YORK) — A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit Indonesia just hours after a more powerful magnitude 7.7 quake struck off the coast of the eastern part of the country, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. At least 47 people have been killed, according to…...

17+ hour, 4+ min ago   (123+ words) A 74-year-old Centralia man who was the subject of an Online Predator Prevention investigation has pleaded guilty to one of the four felony charges pending against him in Clinton County Court. George Running admitted in a plea agreement to a…...

17+ hour, 9+ min ago   (145+ words) A 30-year-old Louisiana man was struck and killed by a car while walking in the passing lane of I-64 seven miles east of Mt. Vernon early Friday morning. Jefferson County Coroner Roger Hayse pronounced Travon Thomas dead on the scene from…...

17+ hour, 14+ min ago   (147+ words) southernillinoisnow.com Police Beat for Saturday, August 15th, 2026 Salem Police arrested 25-year-old Anthony Dickerson of North Shelby in Salem for violation of an order of protection. Officers took him to the Marion County Jail, where he remains in custody pending further…...

20+ hour, 10+ min ago   (210+ words) A 38-year-old Salem woman made her first appearance in Marion County Court Friday on a forgery charge for allegedly changing a doctor’s note to indicate her child had a medical condition she did not have. Elizabeth ‘BethAnn’ Parker appeared with…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (114+ words) The X-Men cast was revealed Friday during the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23. The movie’s mutants will include Kit Connor as Cyclops, Inde Navarrette as Rogue, Christopher Abbott as Professor Xavier, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Maya Boyd as Storm and…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (124+ words) Patoka & Selmaville Win Baseball Games southernillinoisnow.com Patoka & Selmaville Win Baseball Games The Patoka Mohawks earned a 12-0 win over St Mary/Willow Grove, breaking the game open with 5 runs in the second inning. Knox Kuhn led Patoka driving in 3 runs…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (137+ words) southernillinoisnow.com SM/WG & Raccoon Win OBC Softball Tournament Openers Iuka lost their opening game of the OBC Tournament falling to St Mary/Willow Grove 11-0. Devyn Dodillett was the winner allowing 1 hit and striking out 10 over her 4 innings of work....