Salem City Councilman Frank Addison

05/07/2026

The Salem Police Department welcomes our newest patrol officer Isaak Hays. Officer Hays comes to the city as a lateral hire with experience. This means he will begin Field Training immediately before being assigned to patrol.

We look forward to Officer Hays’ future career as he serves the citizens of Salem.

05/07/2026

The overlay on Airport Road is a BIG improvement. There is still a lot of work to do on Airport Road in the future, but this is a good interim step.

05/07/2026

Decades of Salem-Times-Commoner issues are now preserved at Bryan-Bennett Library, opening new public access to local history and research resources.

05/07/2026

Salem City Manager Lisa Peck has announced the appointment of Tyler Rose as the next Chief of Police for the S...

04/07/2026

Salem Lions Club celebrates 90th annual Easter Egg Hunt with 6,000 candy-filled eggs, prize drawings and six bicycles awarded at Bryan Memorial Park.

04/07/2026

Come see this Friday night 7PM sponsored by Jess Skiles with Sager Insurance Group.

04/07/2026

Southern Illinois Dermatology office update! It is so nice to see a new build that has some architectural depth to its design. Grateful!

04/07/2026

New duplex build underway‼️

01/22/2026

Very exciting to see this project move one step closer to reality. This is an ideal use of the old landfill property as the closed and capped former city dump can’t really be used for anything else.

The development of the solar farm on a portion of the closed Salem landfill off Lake Street is moving forward....

01/11/2026

The Salem Police Department has named its officer and telecommunicator of the year. Chief Todd Boles presented...