Category Archives: Local News
Large vacant home and former hotel in Kinmundy destroyed by fire
The former three-story Central Hotel in Kinmundy, built in 1893 and long ago converted to a home, was destroyed by fire early Friday morning. Kinmundy-Alma Fire Chief Kevin Day says a neighbor first s...
Oct 10, 2025 A photo of the stately home first built as the Central Hotel in 1893 was destroyed in a Friday fire. Photo from the Kinmundy Historical Commission.
Several acres of soybeans burn in fire blamed on combine
Iuka Firemen say two to three acres of both cut and standing soybeans burned in a fire Thursday afternoon on the Brad Blackburn property on the Iuka Road South of Iuka blamed on a hot bearing on the c...
Oct 10, 2025
Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for 2 weeks
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press A judge on Thursday blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks, finding no substantial evide...
Oct 09, 2025 Protestors yell at Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents driving out of an immigration processing facility in Broadview, Ill., Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Pope meets with Chicago union leaders, urges migrant welcome as crackdown underway in hometown
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) - Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago on Thursday to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks, weighing in as the T...
Oct 09, 2025 Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich answers a journalist's question during an interview with the Associated Press, in Rome, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Judge grants restraining order protecting protesters, journalists in Chicago-area protests
First Amendment suit bars federal agents from arresting peaceful protesters, working press By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com A federal judge in Chicago iss...
Oct 09, 2025 Protesters and reporters gathered outside an immigration enforcement facility in
Broadview, Illinois, on Saturday, Oct. 4. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Salem residents weigh in on what's good and bad about the city
About two dozen Salem residents shared their thoughts on the positives and negatives of the city during a listening session Wednesday night. The information is part of the city's preparation of a new ...
Oct 09, 2025 A couple dozen attended a listening session to give their input on Salem's new Comprehensive Plan.
Travel expenditures in Marion County total $51 million last fiscal year
Travel expenditures in Marion County during the last fiscal year totaled $51 million. The amount is down 3.8 percent from the previous year, which is thought to be the result of travel leveling off po...
Oct 09, 2025 Salem Mayor Nic Farley welcomes Discover Downstate Illinois Tourism meeting to Salem. Photo by Centralia Chamber of Commerce.
As Trump says Pritzker 'should be in jail,' Illinois' governor taunts: 'Come and get me'
by Brenden Moore, Capitol News Illinois October 8, 2025 Article Summary President Donald Trump posted to social media Wednesday that Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson "should be in ja...
Oct 09, 2025 A screenshot of Gov. JB Pritzker’s X account shows his Wednesday MSNBC interview telling President Donald Trump to “Come and get me.” (Screenshot from Gov. JB Pritzker’s X account)
Court scrutiny of ICE mounts as judge rules warrantless arrests violated order
by Jerry Nowicki, Hannah Meisel and Andrew Adams, Capitol News Illinois October 8, 2025 Article Summary A federal judge ruled late Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated a federal c...
Oct 09, 2025 People gather outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois on Oct. 4. The facility has become a center for clashes between protestors and immigration officials. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
SCOTUS weighs whether Mike Bost can challenge Illinois election laws
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois October 8, 2025 Article Summary The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case weighing whether U.S. Rep. Mike Bost has the right to challenge ...
Oct 09, 2025 U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, a Republican from Murphysboro, speaks to reporters at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
