Category Archives: Local News
Mt. Vernon man hurt in single motorcycle crash
A 47-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been airlifted to a St. Louis Hospital for injuries he sustained in a motorcycle crash just outside of Mt. Vernon on Tuesday night. Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Bulla...
Jul 12, 2025
Gutted Mobile Home Destroyed in Friday night Fire at Rolling Meadows North of Mt. Vernon
Jefferson Fire reports a gutted single-wide mobile home at the Rolling Meadows Mobile Home Park north of Mt. Vernon was destroyed in a Friday night fire. The mobile home was fully engulfed upon the de...
Jul 12, 2025
Hay Baler Destroyed by Fire East of Walnut Hill
Centralia Fire Protection District Chief Ross Boshera says a hay baler being pulled behind a tractor east of Walnut Hill caught fire in a wheat stubble field and was destroyed. The baler was owned by ...
Jul 12, 2025 A hay baler burns in a fire off the Walnut Hilll Road east of Walnut Hill on Friday afternoon.
100th anniversary Scopes Monkey Trial reenactment Performance
By Cole Wimberly The 100th anniversary Scopes Monkey Trial was held in the Bryan Memorial Park for two performances at the band stage on Saturday, July 12th. Both performances drew good crowds, and or...
Jul 12, 2025
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia Honors Brenda Kunick with DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award
A beloved and highly respected nurse at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia has been recognized as the hospital's 2025 DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award. Brenda Kunick was honored for dedicatin...
Jul 11, 2025 Brenda Kunick has received the 2025 DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award for SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital.
Illinois Department of Public Health Declares Southern Illinois Measles Outbreak Over
The Illinois Department of Public Health has declared the Southern Illinois measles outbreak over. There were eight total cases that were all linked to one another in April and May in the Williamson C...
Jul 11, 2025 oasisamuel / Depositphotos.com
Clay County to Hold Bicentennial Celebration on Saturday
Clay County will celebrate its Bicentennial Celebration on Saturday. The celebration will be on the Courthouse square in Louisville beginning at four on Saturday afternoon. Organizers say the square w...
Jul 11, 2025
Illinois hospitals fear massive cuts under Trump domestic policy law
Medicaid cuts expected to hit rural hospitals the hardest Article Summary: President Trump's domestic policy bill contains massive cuts in federal Medicaid spending over the next 10 years. One analysi...
Jul 11, 2025 Memorial Hospital in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois)
Feds seek nearly 6 years in prison for Madigan confidant Mike McClain
'ComEd Four' defendants set for sentencing more than 2 years after convictions By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com Article summary Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike...
Jul 11, 2025 Mike McClain, a longtime Springfield lobbyist and confidant to ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Wednesday, Feb. 12, after a jury deadlocked on all six corruption charges alleged against both him and Madigan. But McClain was convicted on related charges in the “ComEd Four” trial in 2023 and faces sentencing later this month. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Candidate announcement for State Representative in Illinois' 109th District, Zachery Meyer
Zachery Meyer has announced he is running as a candidate for the State Representative in Illinois' 109th District election. Meyer is challenging the incumbent representative, Charlie Meier, in the Mar...
Jul 11, 2025
