Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Sunday, April 19th, 2026
A 52-year-old Centralia man was arrested at the Marion County Courthouse on Friday on a Washington County failure-to-appear warrant. Brian Meskil of Johnson Street was at the courthouse answering a no...
Apr 19, 2026
Centralia Church Partners with Trauma Based Organizations to Offer Free Local Services
By Matt Packman, Centralia Chamber of Commerce Membership Director Foundation Church at 1606 East McCord in Centralia has partnered with two Greenville-based organizations to provide free, licensed co...
Apr 19, 2026 NewAfrica / Depositphotos.com
Powerful winds and reported tornadoes rip through the Midwest, leaving heavy damage but no deaths
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Apr 19, 2026
School cell phone ban, human composting bills among hundreds advancing in Springfield
House approves new privacy rules for abortion care By JENNA SCHWEIKERT, NIKOEL HYTREK, BEN SZALINSKI, BRENDEN MOORE, & PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summ...
Apr 19, 2026 Rep. Mary Beth Canty, D-Arlington Heights speaks on the House floor April 17. Canty is the sponsor on a contentious human composting bill. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
Device that helps make space travel possible named 'Coolest Thing Made in Illinois'
The NASA Standard Initiator won the annual 'Makers Madness' competition Article Summary Chemring Energetic Devices, a Downers Grove-based company that engineers and manufactures devices for NASA, won ...
Apr 19, 2026 The NASA Standard Initiator is a small but crucial part of space flight. The electrically activated devices fuel propulsion by igniting other components in space systems. NASA has worked with Chemring to manufacture these devices since the 1970s. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Nikoel Hyrtrek)
Kaskaskia College Names Alumnus of the Year
The Kaskaskia College Alumnus of the Year is Dr. Maryann Langenfeld. She is a 1967 graduate of Kaskaskia College with a lifelong career in education defined by innovation, leadership and a deep commit...
Apr 17, 2026 Dr. Maryann Langenfeld received this year's Kaskaskia College Alumnus of the Year award. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Kaskaskia College Presents Educational Partnership Award to SIU-C
Kaskaskia College has presented its Educational Partnership Award to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. The award is based on developing a four-year agriculture degree that can be entirely co...
Apr 17, 2026
SSM Health St. Mary's and Good Samaritan Hospitals awarded KC's Business and Industry Partnership Award
SSM Health St. Mary's and Good Samaritan Hospitals have been awarded Kaskaskia College's Business and Industry Partnership Award. In the introduction, the college noted at Thursday night's annual awar...
Apr 17, 2026
Kaskaskia College Honors Faculty and Employees at Annual Awards Program
Kaskaskia College honored several of its faculty and employees at its annual awards program on Thursday night at the main campus. Breese Central High School Welding teacher Steven Ellis received the h...
Apr 17, 2026
Centralia Man Faces New Class X Drug Charge
A new Class X felony charge of unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine with intent to deliver and the possession of the same amount of meth has been filed against a Centralia man in ...
Apr 17, 2026
