Category Archives: Local News
The public is invited to attend Abraham Lincoln's birthday celebrations at Illinois state historic sites
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) invites the public to remember President Lincoln's birthday this month with free events at state historic sites around Illinois including Vandalia. ...
Feb 07, 2025
Centralia Cultural Society presents A Midsummer Night's Dream this weekend
The Centralia Cultural Society is staging Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream this Friday and Saturday. The show's cast of eighteen people are members of Actors Alive, an adult acting class at the...
Feb 07, 2025 Poster from the Centralia Cultural Society Facebook page.
Trump administration sues Chicago and Illinois in latest crackdown on 'sanctuary' cities
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - The Trump administration sued Chicago on Thursday alleging that 'sanctuary' laws in the nation's third-largest city "thwart" federal efforts to enforce...
Feb 06, 2025 FILE - Immigrants from Venezuela are reflected in a marble wall while taking shelter at the Chicago Police Department's 16th District station on May 1, 2023. Chicago officials have signed a nearly $30 million contract with a private security firm to relocate migrants seeking asylum from police stations and the city’s two airports to winterized camps with massive tents before cold weather arrives. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, FIle)
Illinois lawmakers try again to ban certain food additives
by Lily Carey and Medill Illinois News Bureau, Capitol News Illinois February 6, 2025 For the second legislative session in a row, Sen. Willie Preston, D-Chicago, is pushing to ban several chemicals f...
Feb 06, 2025 Democratic Sen. Willie Preston, center, speaks at a Statehouse news conference Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, about his bill to ban certain additives from foods sold in Illinois. Joining him were, from left: Sens. Rachel Ventura; Seth Lewis; Lakesia Collins; and Rep. Michael Crawford. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
Protestors gather outside Illinois Capitol, call for Trump's impeachment
by Jade Aubrey and UIS Public Affairs Reporting (PAR), Capitol News Illinois February 5, 2025 Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Illinois State Capitol Wednesday to protest President Dona...
Feb 06, 2025 Protestors hold signs and chant in front of the Illinois State Capitol to protest President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
Pritzker signs law to prioritize placing foster children with family members
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois February 5, 2025 SPRINGFIELD - Foster care officials will have to prioritize placing children with their relatives under a new law signed by Gov. JB Pritzker on...
Feb 06, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker signs the KIND Act Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, at the Illinois Capitol. The new law requires the state to prioritize family members when placing children in foster care. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Bridgette Fox)
IDPH Advises Public to be Vigilant as Flu Cases and Respiratory Virus Levels Increase
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced that the state's overall respiratory illness level has increased again from Moderate to High levels, driven by a notable increase in emergency...
Feb 06, 2025
Police Beat for Thursday, February 6th, 2025
A 24-year-old Alma woman has been arrested for violation of pretrial release. Laney Flowers of Illinois Street was picked up by Kinmundy Police and taken to the Marion County Jail to await further cou...
Feb 06, 2025
Centralia cracks down on tobacco stores selling to minors
Centralia Mayor Bryan Kuder has issued orders to revoke the tobacco licenses of three local tobacco stores and imposed fines on a fourth following tobacco compliance checks conducted by the Centralia ...
Feb 06, 2025 Centralia Mayor Bryan Kuder. Photo by Steven Stilt.
Centralia now handling its own yard waste; pick-up dates change
The City of Centralia Public Works Department is now responsible for all yard waste collection. In many places, yard waste collection will not be on the same day as trash collection. City officials sa...
Feb 06, 2025
