Category Archives: Local News
Salem man arrested on meth charge after items found in squad car seat
A 34-year-old Salem man was arrested Thursday night for possession of methamphetamine after a drug pipe and a small container were found in the seat of a Salem squad car. Jeremiah Bobbitt of West Oliv...
Oct 17, 2025
Unattended fire burns mobile home, storage sheds, and car in rural Walnut Hill
A rural Walnut Hill mobile home and two small storage sheds were destroyed in a late Thursday afternoon fire that resulted from an unattended fire spread by increased winds. The fire was at the Thomas...
Oct 17, 2025
One Hope United resident ordered once again detained following new charges
A 17-year-old juvenile resident of One Hope United in Centralia has been ordered back into juvenile detention after new charges were filed against her following an altercation with Centralia Police an...
Oct 17, 2025 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Salem Police release details on Tuesday pickup e-bike crash
Salem Police have released details on a pickup truck e-bike crash that occurred late Tuesday afternoon on Boone Street at the GAR drive entrance to Bryan Memorial Park. Police report 53-year-old Willi...
Oct 17, 2025
Combine Damaged by Fire in Rural Alma
A fire extinguisher was used to keep a fire down that broke out Thursday in a combine while being used in the fall harvest by Heistand Farms on Brubaker Road a mile west of the Kinmundy Road in rural ...
Oct 17, 2025
Police Beat for Friday, November 17th, 2025
A 28-year-old Salem man was arrested at the Marion County Courthouse on Thursday for alleged domestic battery. Alexander Brown of Maplewood Avenue was taken to the Marion County Jail to await another ...
Oct 17, 2025
Ex-AT&T Illinois head could see bribery charges dismissed under agreement with feds
by Hannah Meisel, Capitol News Illinois October 14, 2025 Article Summary Former AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza, who was accused of bribing then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, ha...
Oct 16, 2025 Former AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago in September 2024 after jury selection in his bribery trial, which ultimately ended in a hung jury. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Salem Man Faces Six New Felony Drug Charges Following Raid at Home
A 54-year-old Salem man faces six new felony drug charges following the execution of a search warrant at his home last Friday, when he was not home. Larry Woodward of 221 South Marshall was charged wi...
Oct 16, 2025
More than half of Illinois communities have enacted a local grocery tax
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois October 14, 2025 Article Summary JB Pritzker signed a law last year eliminating Illinois' statewide 1% grocery tax. The law allowed municipalities and counties ...
Oct 16, 2025 Apples displayed at a farmers' market. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Report offers mixed review of educational progress in Illinois
by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois October 14, 2025 Article Summary Advance Illinois' biennial report, "The State We're In," tracks educational progress across the entire spectrum, from early chi...
Oct 16, 2025 Students do math problems at an elementary school in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
