Category Archives: Local News
Kinmundy Log Cabin Village Fall Festival open next two weekends
The Kinmundy Log Cabin Village Fall Festival will be held the next two weekends. More than 200 crafters, food, live demonstrations, and tours of the 1800's log cabins will be available to all who come...
Sep 19, 2025
Odin Village Board makes $1,500 donation to help feed food insecure students on weekend
The Odin Village Board decided to do more this year for the Action Pack program that provides a weekend package of food for 60 students at the Odin School. The board agreed to up this year's donation ...
Sep 19, 2025 Odin Village Hall (credit: Odin Village Hall Facebook page)
Marion County Drug Court Support Board holding spaghetti dinner
The Marion County Drug Support Board is holding a Spaghetti Dinner from four to seven Saturday night at the First United Methodist Church at 103 South Elm in Centralia. Tickets are $10 apiece and are ...
Sep 19, 2025 AntonMatyukha / Depositphotos.com
Police Beat for Friday, September 19th, 2025
A 24-year-old Centralia woman, Chare Brewer of East Broadway, was returned from the Jefferson County Jail at Mt. Vernon on an outstanding Marion County felony no bond failure to appear warrant. 37-yea...
Sep 19, 2025
East St. Louis Illinois Lottery player wins biggest prize so far this year
A few favorite numbers - and one winning ticket - have turned an Illinois Lottery player from East St. Louis into a multimillionaire overnight. The $14.6 million winner who chose to remain anonymous u...
Sep 19, 2025
Sale of area newspaper group puts new state law to the test
Illinois law requires media companies to provide four months of notice before sale By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Better Newspapers In...
Sep 18, 2025 Sen. Steve Stadelman, D-Caledonia, listens to debate in the Illinois Senate on
May 30, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
State Representative Blaine Wilhour running for another term
110th District State Representative Blaine Wilhour will be running for re-election next year. Wilhour made the announcement while participating in the Marion County Republican Party's petition signing...
Sep 18, 2025 Blaine Wilhour (left) at the Marion County Republicans petition signing event.
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital opens the upgraded cardiac cath lab
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital has announced the completion and opening of its newly upgraded cardiac catheterization laboratory (cath lab), marking a significant advancement in cardiovascular car...
Sep 18, 2025 New Cath Lab at open house for employees this week.
Lawsuit leads to release of federal funding for EV chargers in Illinois
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois September 17, 2025 Article Summary Illinois successfully sued the Trump administration for the release of federal grant funding for electric vehicle charging st...
Sep 18, 2025 IMAGE: An electric vehicle charging station pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Oversight panel objects to new Illinois prison mail policy
by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois September 16, 2025 Article Summary A legislative panel formally objected to emergency rules that allow the Illinois Department of Corrections to withhold mail f...
Sep 18, 2025 State Sen. Bill Cunningham, D-Chicago, is pictured at a committee hearing in Chicago in July 2023. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
