Category Archives: Local News
Illinois House to investigate Rep. Carol Ammons following indictment
Illinois House to investigate Rep. Carol Ammons following indictment Republican petition triggers special committee By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Su...
Jul 11, 2026 Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, speaks on the House floor on May 21, 2026. Ammons will be the subject of an investigating committee. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Kinmundy looks to ban Kratom and 7-OH and seek sewer and park grants
The Kinmundy City Council Thursday night voted to ask the city attorney to draw up an ordinance to ban the sale of Kratom and 7-OH in the city limits. While there are no places selling the substances ...
Jul 10, 2026 File: Kinmundy City Hall. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Tri-County Cooperative holding annual meeting Saturday at Mt. Vernon headquarters
Tri County Electric Cooperative is holding its annual meeting on Saturday at its offices in Mt. Vernon. Registration begins at 8:30 and the meeting follows at ten. There will be Krispy Kreme donuts an...
Jul 10, 2026 Tri County Electric Cooperative headquarters in Mt. Vernon. (Photo by Bruce Kropp)
Missouri man has died from injuries sustained in shooting at Effingham Church
State Police confirm a 36-year-old St. Charles, Missouri man involved in a shooting at St. John's Lutheran Church in Effingham on Sunday has died as a result of his injuries. Allen O. Gattino had driv...
Jul 10, 2026
Salem man dies from injuries sustained in July 3rd motorcycle crash
A 20-year-old Salem man injured in a July 3rd motorcycle crash in Centralia has died from his injuries at a St. Louis Hospital. Gabriel Burket was traveling westbound on Gragg Street when he lost cont...
Jul 10, 2026
Shobonier man receives 120-year sentence for sexually assaulting woman after abduction from Starbucks parking lot
Madison County State's Attorney Tom Haine has announced a man who sexually assaulted a woman in Troy after abducting her from the parking lot of a Collinsville coffee shop has been sentenced to 120 ye...
Jul 10, 2026 Timothy Dubois
Police Beat for Friday, July 10th, 2026
Centralia Police arrested a homeless Centralia resident for domestic battery. 37-year-old Brock Linder was taken to the Marion County Jail. Two were taken to jail on outstanding warrants. Salem Police...
Jul 10, 2026
Edgewood man gets one year prison term for felony driving on revoked license
A 57-year-old Edgewood man has been sentenced to one year in prison in Marion County Court for driving while driver's license revoked. Jeffrey Somerville had two prior convictions for driving ...
Jul 09, 2026
Olney man charged with six counts of first degree murder in connection with double homicide in Olney
The Richland County State's Attorney's office has charged a 25-year-old Olney man was six counts of first degree murder in connection with two deaths in Olney on Tuesday. Dylan Jones was arrested as p...
Jul 09, 2026
Centralia man gets five year prison term on possession of meth charges
A 50-year-old Centralia man has been sentenced to five years in prison for possession of methamphetamine and on a petition to revoke his probation on two other possession of meth cases. Michael Alliso...
Jul 09, 2026
