Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Friday, September 19th, 2025
A 24-year-old Centralia woman, Chare Brewer of East Broadway, was returned from the Jefferson County Jail at Mt. Vernon on an outstanding Marion County felony no bond failure to appear warrant. 37-yea...
Sep 19, 2025
East St. Louis Illinois Lottery player wins biggest prize so far this year
A few favorite numbers - and one winning ticket - have turned an Illinois Lottery player from East St. Louis into a multimillionaire overnight. The $14.6 million winner who chose to remain anonymous u...
Sep 19, 2025
Sale of area newspaper group puts new state law to the test
Illinois law requires media companies to provide four months of notice before sale By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Better Newspapers In...
Sep 18, 2025 Sen. Steve Stadelman, D-Caledonia, listens to debate in the Illinois Senate on
May 30, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
State Representative Blaine Wilhour running for another term
110th District State Representative Blaine Wilhour will be running for re-election next year. Wilhour made the announcement while participating in the Marion County Republican Party's petition signing...
Sep 18, 2025 Blaine Wilhour (left) at the Marion County Republicans petition signing event.
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital opens the upgraded cardiac cath lab
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital has announced the completion and opening of its newly upgraded cardiac catheterization laboratory (cath lab), marking a significant advancement in cardiovascular car...
Sep 18, 2025 New Cath Lab at open house for employees this week.
Lawsuit leads to release of federal funding for EV chargers in Illinois
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois September 17, 2025 Article Summary Illinois successfully sued the Trump administration for the release of federal grant funding for electric vehicle charging st...
Sep 18, 2025 IMAGE: An electric vehicle charging station pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Oversight panel objects to new Illinois prison mail policy
by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois September 16, 2025 Article Summary A legislative panel formally objected to emergency rules that allow the Illinois Department of Corrections to withhold mail f...
Sep 18, 2025 State Sen. Bill Cunningham, D-Chicago, is pictured at a committee hearing in Chicago in July 2023. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
Centralia man gets three-year prison term for possession of meth
A 51-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for possession of under five grams of a substance containing methamphetamine. Timothy Marshall of Clinmar Street admi...
Sep 18, 2025 Blogtrepreneur / CC
'We are not backing down': Feds ramp up immigration raids in Chicago area
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois September 17, 2025 Article Summary Immigration enforcement is increasing in the Chicago area as two top federal officials came to Chicago on Tuesday to particip...
Sep 18, 2025 Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with one of two men being processed by Homeland Security officials during a visit to Springfield on May 7, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
South Central School approves budget; looking for bus drivers
The South Central School Board has approved a $7 million budget for the current school year. Superintendent Kerry Herdes says surplus funds are available to cover two small fund deficits. "We've got s...
Sep 18, 2025
