Category Archives: Local News
A judge says she'll rule that the US still cannot force states to provide data on SNAP recipients
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press President Donald Trump's administration cannot force states to hand over detailed information on people who have applied for or received aid from the Supplemental N...
Feb 15, 2026 FILE - A SNAP EBT information sign is displayed outside of a convenience store in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Judge temporarily blocks Trump officials from rescinding health grants to some Democratic-led states
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press President Donald Trump's administration cannot rescind $600 million in public health grants allocated to four Democratic-led states, for now, a federal judge in I...
Feb 15, 2026 FILE - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul speaks at a news conference in Chicago, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh,File)
Judge rules four people arrested by ICE without warrants should be released
He also ordered Homeland Security to give notice to attorneys before releasing people from detention By MAGGIE DOUGHERTY Capitol News Illinois mdougherty@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Federa...
Feb 15, 2026 National Immigrant Justice Center attorneys Mark Fleming and Keren Zwick, right, and ACLU of Illinois attorney Michelle García speak to reporters at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in downtown Chicago after a Feb. 13, 2026, hearing on warrantless immigration arrests amid Operation Midway Blitz. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
Two Salem Residents Arrested on Drug Charges in Nashville, IL Traffic Stop
Nashville, IL Police have arrested two Salem residents following an early Thursday night traffic stop along I-64 eastbound at the Nashville exit. Those arrested were the driver, 49-year-old John Haney...
Feb 14, 2026 John Haney (Nashville Police Department)
Police Beat for Saturday, February 14th, 2026
A 22-year-old Iuka man has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies for violation of pretrial conditions. Tanner Mollet of Oak Road was taken to the Marion County Jail to await further court ...
Feb 14, 2026
Two Arrested After Leading Centralia Police on 100 Plus Mile Per Hour Chase with Shots Fired at the Pursuing Officer
Two Centralia residents have been arrested after fleeing a car that crashed in Washington County after a Friday night chase that reached 110 miles per hour, with shots fired at the pursuing officer. T...
Feb 14, 2026 Dylan Foutch 2022 mug shot from Marion County Jail.
Mt Vernon Man Gets 48 Year Prison Term in Child Pornography Case
Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a 34-year-old Mt. Vernon, Illinois man has been sentenced to 48 years in prison for disseminating child sexual abuse material. Dustin Phillips was sentenced by J...
Feb 14, 2026 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
ICE agents detain five men on their way to work at a Du Quoin sawmill
This marks one of the first reported mass ICE enforcement actions this far south in Illinois By JACKSON BRANDHORST & LYLEE GIBBS Saluki Local Reporting Lab Capitol News Illinois Article Sum...
Feb 14, 2026 The five Du Quoin men detained by ICE in late January were employed at Alstat Wood Products. The sawmill’s owner said he had relied on a subcontractor to help fill staffing vacancies and believed the workers’ visa statuses were valid and up-to-date. (Saluki Local Reporting Lab Photo by Lylee Gibbs)
Longtime Salem Optometrist Retiring and Closing Practice
Longtime Salem Optometrist Dr. Doris Osborne is retiring. Friday is Dr. Osborne's last day of seeing patients for eye exams. She will be available from nine to noon and one to five on Monday for peopl...
Feb 13, 2026 Dr. Doris Osborne's optometry office. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Flora Woman Receives Five-Year Prison Term in Marion County Court
A 34-year-old Flora woman has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty in Marion County Court for possession of 15 to 100 grams of a substance containing methamphetamine. As part o...
Feb 13, 2026
