Category Archives: Local News
ComEd exec testifies utility prepared for bankruptcy before 2011 law threw it a lifeline
First portion of Madigan corruption trial a repeat of 2023's 'ComEd Four' case By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - In 2006, electric utility Commonwealth E...
Oct 24, 2024 A Commonwealth Edison-branded manhole cover sits outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, where former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is on trial for allegedly taking bribes from ComEd, along with other alleged acts of corruption. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Fire heavily damages rural Mt. Vernon mobile home
Fire caused heavy damage to a rural Mt. Vernon mobile home Wednesday afternoon. Jefferson Fire officials say the fire was at the Michelle Johnson residence at 14,862 McCulley Lane. She was home, but d...
Oct 24, 2024
Bad state data may misdirect nearly $1 billion in federal funds to replace lead pipes
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency is at risk of misallocating nearly $1 billion in lead pipe replacement funding to the wrong states because it didn't verify inaccurate data provide...
Oct 24, 2024 FILE - A cut lead pipe is pulled from a dig site for testing at a home in Royal Oak, Mich., on Nov. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Acting US Secretary of Labor visits Centralia to talk pensions and retirement for union workers
Acting US Secretary of Labor Julie Su held a rally at Engineered Fluid, Inc. in Centralia alongside regional labor leaders to talk about efforts to secure pensions for workers in Illinois and across t...
Oct 24, 2024 Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su speaks during a rally at EFI in Centralia. Pat Nichols, president of Teamsters Local 50, also pictured, preceded and introduced Su. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Teamsters Local 50 president discusses workers' struggle for pensions at Secretary of Labor rally
Pat Nichols, president of the Teamsters Local 50, spoke at the Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su's rally at EFI in Centralia on Wednesday to talk to the workers present about the effort to protect th...
Oct 24, 2024 Pat Nichols speaks at the EFI rally. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Colonial Golf Course hosts tenth Trunk or Treat and first Haunted Hayride
The Sandoval Colonial Golf Course held its 10th annual Trunk or Treat this past Friday night, October 18, drawing triple digit attendance. Jeff and Heather Day, owners of the course, along with Kaitly...
Oct 23, 2024 Teresa Cain & Tosha McHenry's "Inside Out" themed trunk was voted kids' favorite.
Marion County Board approves four-year contract with FOP
The Marion County Board has approved a four-year contract with the Fraternal Order of Police at the Marion County Sheriff's Department with significant pay increases. The contract includes a $2 an-hou...
Oct 23, 2024 File photo: Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Marion County Board appoint new member to Board of Review over objection
The Marion County Board Tuesday night appointed John Gaston to a two-year term on the Board of Review to hear complaints about the assessed valuation of property. Gaston will replace Wayne Walker. Sup...
Oct 23, 2024 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Central City to seek $1-million drainage improvement grant
The Central City Village Board took action Tuesday night toward a significant project aimed at improving the village's drainage system. Board members approved a motion to pay for engineering fees to c...
Oct 23, 2024
Central City officials and volunteers planning help for hurricane victims
Central City village officials and local volunteers and donors are teaming up to provide assistance to those impacted when Hurricane Helene battered North Carolina last month. Central City Village Cle...
Oct 23, 2024 Central City village officials and volunteers are pictured next to a small portion of the supplies donated to help victims of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Photo by Steven Stilt.
