Category Archives: Local News
Attorney General Raoul joins lawsuit challenging Trump's termination of federal grants
AGs accuse administration of misusing obscure federal rule By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced this week he has...
Jun 28, 2025 Attorney General Kwame Raoul testifies at a Democratic congressional forum Monday, June 23, about litigation that he and other Democratic state attorneys general have filed challenging actions of the Trump administration. (Screenshot from U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democrats livestream)
Salem Alumni and Broadway actor, Mathew Helton, is back and ready to dive into the Salem Theater
By Cole Wimberly Matthew Helton is a Salem alumnus who performed on Broadway and is now back in town, ready to lead and assist in Salem Community Theater productions. Helton graduated from Salem Commu...
Jun 28, 2025
SSM Health at Home announces the winner of the DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award for hospice nurse
Linda Collier, RN, has been recognized for a lifetime of nursing excellence. Collier is a hospice nurse with SSM Health at Home in Mt. Vernon, IL, and was recently honored with the DAISY Lifetime Achi...
Jun 27, 2025
Centralia High School ends year with deficit due to federal funding holdup
The Centralia High School board approved the amended budget for the fiscal year ending in June that shows a deficit of $603,311. One reason for the deficit, according to superintendent Chuck Lane, is ...
Jun 27, 2025
Patoka, Odin, and Sandoval school districts all agree to reorganization study
The Patoka, Odin, and Sandoval School Boards have all voted to participate in a reorganization study to see if some sort of consolidation is a viable option. Votes were taken individually at all three...
Jun 27, 2025 Odin High School. Photo by Sam Snodsmith.
Odin Village Board Gives Go Ahead to Tearing Down Three Downtown Buildings
Work could begin as soon as today on tearing down three vacant downtown buildings in Odin that are in the process of collapse. The village board in a special Thursday night meeting approved the demoli...
Jun 27, 2025
Unemployment increases across South Central Illinois
Unemployment was up across South Central Illinois in May, compared to April. In Marion County, the unemployment rate is now 3.8-percent, up three- tenths of a percent from April, but is down nine-tent...
Jun 27, 2025 Innov8social / CC
Police Beat for Friday, June 27th, 2025
Centralia Police have arrested 18-year-old Meyonna Cherish of East McCord in Centralia for criminal damage to property. Three others are being held on no bond failure to appear warrants. 40-year-old T...
Jun 27, 2025
Fire confined to two scrap cars at Fosters Salvage in Sandoval
Sandoval Fire Chief Scott Towler says a fire at Foster's Salvage on Mississippi Street in Sandoval Tuesday night was confined to two vehicles that were being scrapped and some other recycled materials...
Jun 27, 2025
Mt. Vernon Man Found Guilty of First Degree Murder in Death of Patrick Williamson
A 68-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been found guilty by a Jefferson County Jury for the First Degree Murder in connection with the death of Patrick Williamson. Eddie Bennett will be sentenced on August ...
Jun 27, 2025