Category Archives: Local News
Patoka School Board Hires Basketball Coaches and Student Council Sponsors
The Patoka School Board has hired Dylan Back as the head boys basketball coach and former head coach Joey Eddy to be the junior high school boys basketball coach. The action came at Thursday night's s...
Aug 24, 2025
'Stay out of our city': Chicago officials slam Trump's threat to target city in next crime crackdown
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO, JOHN O'CONNOR and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - President Donald Trump on Friday said Chicago will likely be the next target of his efforts to crack down on ...
Aug 24, 2025 President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Northwestern reaches settlement with football coach who was fired amid hazing scandal
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Northwestern University has reached a settlement with former longtime football coach Pat Fitzgerald two years after he sued the prestigious school amid...
Aug 24, 2025 FILE - Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald stands on the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Michigan, Oct. 23, 2021, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Police Beat for Sunday, August 24th, 2025
Initial information indicates no one was injured when a vehicle ran off the 600 block of Davis and struck a house and tree early Sunday morning. The driver reportedly left the scene, but was later loc...
Aug 24, 2025
Two Hurt in Rollover Crash on Burks Road in rural Vernon
Two people were injured in a rollover pickup truck crash in rural Vernon early Saturday morning. The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports a 16-year-old male juvenile from Walnut Hill was traveli...
Aug 23, 2025
Mt. Vernon Police arrest two for gunfire
Mt. Vernon Police have arrested two men following a report of gunshots fired Thursday night in the 700 block of Conger Street. There were no injuries or property damage discovered. After an investigat...
Aug 23, 2025 Eric Nabors and Korinthian Davis (Mt. Vernon Police Department)
Salem Police Arrest Two for Forgery
Salem Police have arrested two people in connection with a forgery case where stolen checks were later cashed. 32-year-old Thomas TJ Wilkins of North Jefferson in Salem was arrested for three counts o...
Aug 23, 2025
Police Beat for Saturday, August 23rd, 2025
Centralia Police arrested 25-year-old Jessie Jackson of Hickory Ridge in Centralia for alleged domestic battery. He was taken to the Marion County Jail. Two others were arrested on outstanding felony ...
Aug 23, 2025
New laws aim to shield providers of abortion meds, ban ticketing in schools
Governor completes signing of more than 430 bills from spring session By PETER HANCOCK and BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Gov. JB Pritzker signed the final two bills ...
Aug 23, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker signs a bill in Springfield on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (Capitol
News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Pritzker signs law expanding lawsuit protections for Illinois news media
Measure was spurred by former official's lawsuit against Chicago Sun-Times By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary The Citizen Participation Act now exp...
Aug 23, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions from the news media at the Illinois State Fair on
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
