Category Archives: Local News
House approves redistricting amendment, fearing federal Voting Rights Act will be eliminated
by Ben Szalinski and Brenden Moore, Capitol News Illinois April 22, 2026 Article Summary The Illinois House voted to approve a constitutional amendment that would make a new priority list for lawmaker...
Apr 23, 2026 House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, applauds after Democrats in the Illinois House approved a constitutional amendment on redistricting on April 22, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
Illinois House approves megaprojects bill, but the Bears want changes
by Brenden Moore, Ben Szalinski and Jerry Nowicki, Capitol News Illinois April 22, 2026 Article Summary The Illinois House approved a major economic development bill that includes a provision the Chic...
Apr 23, 2026 The House Democratic Caucus, led by Rep. Kam Buckner, gathers outside House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s office on April 22, 2026. The chamber had just voted 78-32 to pass a megaprojects economic development bill aimed at convincing the Chicago Bears to build a stadium in Arlington Heights. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Salem Police Handles Two Crashes in under an hour late Wednesday Afternoon
Salem Police and Fire handled two crashes during the five o'clock hour on Wednesday afternoon. The first crash occurred at 5:01 at Illinois and Boone Street where two vehicles collided in the intersec...
Apr 23, 2026
Police Beat for Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
Salem Police arrested 53-year-old Robert Moulder of Edgebrook Lane in Centralia for retail theft at the Salem Walmart store. He was taken to the Marion County Jail and later released on a notice to ap...
Apr 23, 2026
Little Egypt CEO business owners get ready for Wednesday evening Trade Show
The eight participants in the Little Egypt CEO program this year will display the businesses they have formed at their Trade Show Wednesday evening. We finish our two-part series talking to the studen...
Apr 22, 2026 Participants in this year's Little Egypt CEO program. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
One Room School House on SCHS Campus Reopens
The One Room School House on the Salem Community High School campus has been cleaned and reopened to the public and for use as a classroom. Iuka Grade School third and fourth graders were the first to...
Apr 22, 2026 Iuka third graders receive a lesson at the restored one-room schoolhouse on the SCHS campus. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Historic Salem Times-Commoner Newspapers Now on Display at Salem Bryan Bennett Library
The morgue of old Salem Times-Commoner newspapers has now been moved to the Marion County Genealogical area of the Bryan Bennett Library where they will be open to the public. The President of the Sal...
Apr 22, 2026 Members of the Salem Historic Commission view preserved copies of the Salem Times-Commoner. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Pritzker executive order bars state employees from using insider info in prediction markets
by Maggie Dougherty, Capitol News Illinois April 21, 2026 Article Summary JB Pritzker signed an executive order Tuesday barring state employees and elected officials from using information obtained in...
Apr 22, 2026 Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi allow users the ability to bet on real-world events such as the outcome of elections or whether the Bears will leave Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois screenshot by Maggie Dougherty)
Illinois House unveils new version of Bears' megaprojects bill
by Brenden Moore, Capitol News Illinois April 21, 2026 Article Summary House lawmakers met for several hours behind closed doors Tuesday to discuss the latest amendment to a bill aimed at keeping the ...
Apr 22, 2026 Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, updates reporters about a megaprojects bill aimed at incentivizing the Chicago Bears to build a domed stadium in Arlington Heights. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Ben Szalinski)
Centralia Man Charged With First Degree Murder and Two Counts of Attempted Murder in Sunday Street Shooting
A 21-year-old Centralia man was charged with first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder and 6 other charges in Marion County Court in connection with the shooting of three people Sunday af...
Apr 22, 2026 Shavonte Samuels
