Category Archives: Local News
Severe storm hits Kinmundy area, knocks out power for 11 hours to Kinmundy and Alma
Power was out in Kinmundy and Alma for about 11 hours after isolated severe thunderstorms passed through the Kinmundy and Forbes State Park area early Sunday night. Ameren Illinois reports that numero...
Jul 27, 2026 A barn on the St. Peter Road north of Kinmundy has a door ripped off and tin pulled off during the severe thunderstorm. Photo by Froncie Yates Thompson.
Kaskaskia College President named President of Illinois Community College Council of Presidents
Kaskaskia College President George Evans has taken the helm of the Illinois Community College Council of Presidents. Evans says becoming president of the group is quite an honor and promises to work h...
Jul 27, 2026
Salem Community Activity Center raising money for gym air conditioning
The Salem Community Activity Center is starting to set aside money to air condition the gymnasium. Center Director Marcie Auvil made the announcement over the weekend at the center's semi-annual Commu...
Jul 27, 2026
Centralia City Council to hear engineering and tourism updates
The Centralia City Council Monday night will hear two reports. Milano and Grumloh Engineers will give their monthly update on the status of grant projects. The Centralia Tourism Commission will give a...
Jul 27, 2026
Evergreen Church members help many with 14th Annual Serving Salem Day
About three-fourths of the congregation at the Evergreen Christian Church in Salem was involved in the 14th Annual Serving Salem Day on Saturday. Pastor Shannon Bopp says the event featured a giveaway...
Jul 27, 2026
Ohio woman dies in Friday semi crash near St. Elmo
The Fayette County Coroner's office has identified the victim of a semi-truck crash on eastbound I-70 near St. Elmo Friday night as 49-year-old Olha Dykhtiar of Ohio. Initial information indicates the...
Jul 27, 2026 Andrew Malone / CC
Police Beat for Monday, July 27th, 2026
A 20-year-old Salem man was arrested Sunday by Salem Police on an outstanding Marion County major traffic warrant. Jeremiah Meyer of East Boone was taken to the Marion County Jail until he appears in ...
Jul 27, 2026
State to lay off hundreds at troubled southern Illinois mental health facility
Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center to reduce patient population, staff amid operational changes Article Summary About half of the staff of 524 employees will be laid off at the Choate Menta...
Jul 25, 2026 Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center (File photo by Whitney Curtis for ProPublica & Capitol News Illinois)
Representative Meier Blasts IDHS for Breaking Promises to Choate Residents, Families, and Taxpayers
State Representative Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) isn't happy with major reductions to operations at the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna that will result in what the AFSCME union ...
Jul 25, 2026
Southern Illinois US Attorney Weinhoeft Announces Federal Court Victory Over Unconstitutional Illinois Sanctuary State Policy
United States Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft has announced that the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois has ruled in favor of the United States in its lawsuit against the ...
Jul 25, 2026 U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven Weinhoeft.
