Category Archives: Local News
Ameren summer electric rates to jump 18 to 22 percent this summer
Summer electric rates for Ameren customers will jump 18 to 22 percent this summer. The rate increase is the result of the MISO capacity auction that saw higher costs as a result of no surplus capacity...
May 15, 2025 AntonMatyukha / Depositphotos.com
Ameren Illinois seeks natural gas rate increase
Ameren Illinois wants to raise natural gas customers' bills by between $8 and $10 per month, but consumer advocates say the request goes too far. Capitol News Illinois reports the Citizens Utility Boa...
May 15, 2025
Illinois Recovers $45 Million Settlement from CVS Caremark
The Illinois Office of the Attorney General (OAG) reached a settlement on behalf of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS) and taxpayers of Illinois to recover $45 million from C...
May 15, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Two Kentucky residents injured in I-57 crash near Kinmundy
Two Kentucky residents were airlifted from the scene of a crash on northbound I-57 about a mile north of the Kinmundy exit Wednesday afternoon. State Police say only one vehicle, an SUV, was involved ...
May 15, 2025
Police Beat for Thursday, May 15th, 2025
Salem Police have arrested Jeremyah Davis-Waits of South Marshall in Salem for domestic battery. He was taken to the Marion County Jail to await a first court appearance. 30-year-old Kellie Whitehouse...
May 15, 2025
Marion County continues to look for a permanent animal control facility
Marion County is facing more dog problems. While they have an agreement through the end of the year to hold dogs picked up by animal control it doesn't include puppies, dogs that appear sick or viciou...
May 14, 2025 Dr. Michael Douglas and Steve Whritenour during Tuesday night's committee meeting. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Fallen Aurora firefighter honored at state's annual memorial ceremony
by Jade Aubrey and UIS Public Affairs Reporting (PAR), Capitol News Illinois May 13, 2025 SPRINGFIELD - Fallen Aurora firefighter Cristian Medrano was honored at the state's 32nd annual Fallen Firefig...
May 14, 2025 A wreath commemorating fallen Aurora firefighter Cristian Medrano is displayed during the state’s annual Fallen Firefighter Memorial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
Illinois seeks to prevent feds from tying funding for states to immigration enforcement
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois May 13, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 19 other Democratic attorneys general filed a pair of lawsuits Tuesday against Trump administration polic...
May 14, 2025 Attorney General Kwame Raoul listens to debate in the Illinois House in May 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Prosecution begins testimony in Ricky Norwood murder retrial
The prosecution began presenting testimony in the Ricky Norwood murder retrial in Marion County Court on Tuesday. Norwood was found guilty in his first trial in October 2023 for the 2015 murder of Dus...
May 14, 2025 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Clinton County sheriff releases more information on Friday fatal crash
Clinton County Sheriff Dan Travous has released additional information about a Friday afternoon crash involving two UTVs and a pickup truck on Drive In Road in rural Breese that claimed the life of a ...
May 14, 2025 Clinton County Sheriff's Department. Photo courtesy of department's Facebook page.
