Category Archives: Local News
Operating Room Expansion and Renovation to Be Completed This Week at Salem Township Hospital
Salem Township Hospital Chief Executive Officer Jim Timpe says work on the operating room renovation and expansion is wrapping up this week. Timpe says the project will then be on hold before work wil...
Apr 06, 2026
Salem Police Make 2nd Arrest in Connection with Friday Altercation
Salem Police have arrested a second person in connection with a Friday evening altercation at Starlight Mobile Home Park at 300 East Olive. 46-year-old Sean Dean was arrested at his residence in the m...
Apr 06, 2026
Centralia Police Release Report on Thursday Evening Crash with Six Injuries
Centralia Police report six people were injured early Thursday evening in a van-SUV crash in the 200 block of East 8th at an alleyway. Police say a van driven by 66-year-old Karla Kern of Post Oak Lan...
Apr 06, 2026
Three Semi Trucks Collide When One Attempts to Use I-57 Turn Around Lane North of Mt. Vernon
Jefferson Fire officials say northbound and southbound traffic on I-57 at mile marker 97 about three miles north of Mt. Vernon was down to a single lane early Sunday night after three semi trucks coll...
Apr 06, 2026
Salem City Council Monday to be Asked to Approve Budget and Comprehensive Plan
The Salem City Council Monday night will be asked to approve the budget for the fiscal year beginning May 1st and the city's new comprehensive plan. The lengthy agenda also includes making North Washi...
Apr 06, 2026
Police Beat for Monday, April 6th, 2026
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested two people on unrelated domestic battery cases. 19-year-old Noah Budds of South Woods in Odin was arrested following an alleged altercation at his home o...
Apr 06, 2026
Death of 20-month old child in Centralia Under Investigation
An investigation is underway into the cause of death of a 20-month-old child found unresponsive at a home in the 100 block of Clinmar. The Centralia Police and Fire Department, along with Emergency Me...
Apr 05, 2026
Police Beat for Sunday, April 5th, 2026
A 40-year-old homeless man has been arrested in Jefferson County on a Marion County failure to appear no-bond misdemeanor warrant. Will Jones was brought back to the Marion County jail on Saturday via...
Apr 05, 2026
CEJA workforce hubs deliver hope, but will they deliver jobs?
State data shows only about 15% of graduates have secured employment in the renewable energy sector By REECE DOWER Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary While the st...
Apr 05, 2026 Instructor Darryl Neal poses with a circular saw used as part of the bridge program’s construction fundamentals section during a tour of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act Waukegan hub on Feb. 27, 2026. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Reece Dower)
Ameren Illinois Adds New Technology to Enhance Electric Grid Reliability in Salem
Ameren Illinois has taken another step forward in modernizing the electric grid in Salem by installing and activating smart switches designed to enhance service reliability for customers. The devices ...
Apr 04, 2026 Smart switches (IntelliRupters) on the Salem grid near Salem Township Hospital. The IntelliRupters work in tandem with automated outage‑detection technologies to quickly identify faults in the flow of electricity, reroute power from other circuits, and reduce both the duration of an outage and the number of customers affected.
