Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Sunday, August 30th, 2026
Centralia Police have arrested a 47-year-old Marcum, Illinois man for aggravated battery to a police officer. He was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a decision on formal charges and a first a...
Aug 30, 2026
Centralia man injured in car-motorcycle crash at Main and Hotze in Salem
A 41-year-old Centralia man was injured in a car-motorcycle crash on West Main and Hotze Road on the Westside of Salem early Friday evening. Salem Police say Joseph Lilly of East Third was westbound o...
Aug 29, 2026
Police Beat for Saturday, August 29th, 2026
Centralia Police arrested 25-year-old Jeffrey King II of Park Lane in Centralia for aggravated domestic battery. Officers took him to the Marion County Jail to await a final decision on the charges an...
Aug 29, 2026
Senator Dick Durbin among two retiring law makers looking at ways to prevent Social Security cuts in the future
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - With the few months they have left as senators, Democrat Dick Durbin and Republican Bill Cassidy have embarked on a mission to save tens of millions...
Aug 29, 2026 FILE - The Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md., Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Heat makes emergency rooms busier. Study shows which illness and injuries rise during hot spells
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - When the temperature heats up, so do emergency rooms, according to a massive study of Chicago hospital and urgent care records, which found incre...
Aug 29, 2026 FILE - A construction worker hydrates at the Shedd Aquarium, Aug. 27, 2024, on a hot day in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Illinois to receive up to $768M in Meta settlement over teen social media addiction
by Hannah Meisel, Capitol News Illinois August 27, 2026 Article Summary Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has agreed to a $17.1 billion multi-state settlement stemming from litigatio...
Aug 28, 2026 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul at the Illinois State Fair in August 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Missing Odin woman found quickly after search begins
Odin Fire Chief Greg Smith says a 32-year-old missing Odin woman was found about 15 minutes after a manhunt was launched Thursday night. The woman, who had medical conditions, had left walking from th...
Aug 28, 2026
Man trapped in Xenia grain elevator saved by emergency responders and area farmers
A successful rescue of an employee of a grain elevator in Xenia who was trapped inside a grain bin and buried should-deep in grain. The trapped man was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Three X...
Aug 28, 2026
Unemployment drops across South Central Illinois
Unemployment is down across South Central Illinois. The rate in Marion County fell a half percent from June to 4.2 percent and is eight tenths of a percent lower than a year ago. That translates into ...
Aug 28, 2026
Student attendance normal at Salem High following bullet incident
Salem Community High School Superintendent Dr. Brad Detering says attendance at the high school is normal on Friday with no students reporting they are absent because of a single bullet, with no gun, ...
Aug 28, 2026
