Category Archives: Local News
Unemployment up slightly in Marion County in August
Unemployment is up three-tenths of a percent in Marion County from July to August. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports August unemployment is at 5.2-percent, up three-tenths of a pe...
Sep 26, 2025
Police Beat for Friday, September 26th, 2025
Two people were taken to the Marion County Jail on outstanding no bond failure to appear warrants on Thursday. 55-year-old Marjorie Woodward of Hoots Chapel Road in Salem was arrested by Marion County...
Sep 26, 2025
Durbin hopes to meet with ICE this week about Chicago-area raids
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois September 24, 2025 Article Summary U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said there is a "chance" Illinois' Democratic members of Congress get a long-requested meeting with imm...
Sep 25, 2025 File: U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin speaks to reporters following an event at the Illinois Air National Guard base in Springfield on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Judge rules feds can't block Illinois' disaster funding in response to immigration laws
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois September 25, 2025 Article Summary Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul won a court order barring the Trump administration from withholding federal emergency f...
Sep 25, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Illinois Department of Revenue Announces 2025 Tax Amnesty Program
The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) is encouraging individuals and businesses to take advantage of the 2025 Illinois Tax Amnesty Program, a unique opportunity to settle outstanding state tax lia...
Sep 25, 2025
Salem Township Hospital hires first full-time orthopedic surgeon
Salem Township Hospital is getting its first full-time orthopedic surgeon. Hospital CEO Jim Timpe made the announcement at Wednesday's hospital board meeting. "Doctor Van den Bogaerde has about 20 yea...
Sep 25, 2025
Salem Township Hospital breaks ground on $16-million renovation and expansion
Salem Township Hospital broke ground on Wednesday on a $16-million renovation and expansion project. Hospital CEO Jim Timpe says the three-phase project is scheduled to be completed in August 2027. "T...
Sep 25, 2025 Everyone at the groundbreaking for the new Salem Township Hospital expansion. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Darren Bailey Set to Kick Off Second Gubernatorial Campaign
Former State Senator and failed Gubernatorial and U.S. Congressional candidate Darren Bailey of Xenia has announced he will run for a second time to try and defeat Democratic Incumbent Governor J.B. P...
Sep 25, 2025
26 defendants face federal drug trafficking charges in connection with Sinaloa Cartel
In a superseding indictment unsealed Wednesday, alleged high-ranking members of the Sinaloa Cartel are facing federal charges for their alleged involvement in trafficking hundreds of kilograms of meth...
Sep 25, 2025
Centralia man hurt in Walnut Hill Road Crash
A 45-year-old Centralia man was injured in a single vehicle crash late Wednesday night on the Walnut Hill Road in Walnut Hill. Preliminary information from the Marion County Sheriff's Department indic...
Sep 25, 2025
