Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Monday, May 5th, 2025
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 42-year-old Rachael Casner of North Lincoln in Salem for alleged domestic battery. She was taken to the Marion County Jail. A 65-year-old Mt. Vernon man was a...
May 5, 2025
Salem Community High School Prom King and Queen Crowned; See Photos of All the Senior Candidates and Junior Attendants (updated)
The 2025 Salem Community High School Prom King and Queen are Keyton King and Keylie Hancock. They were crowned during Prom activities at SCHS Friday night. Watch for more photos to come. Junior...
May 4, 2025 2025 Salem Community High Prom King Keyton King and Queen Keylie Hancock. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Non-injury crash ends with arrest for aggravated battery to police officer
A one-vehicle non-injury crash early Sunday morning ended with the driver being arrested for aggravated battery to a police officer. Initial information from the Marion County Sheriff's Department ind...
May 4, 2025
Police Beat for Sunday, May 4th, 2025
Two people are being held in the Marion County Jail following their arrests on no-bond Marion County failure to appear warrants. 22-year-old Serena Gentile of O'Fallon Street in Odin was arrested by C...
May 4, 2025
Senate leaders split on community college bachelor's degree proposal
Measure backed by Pritzker has so far stalled in the General Assembly By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Two Democratic leaders in the Illinois Senat...
May 4, 2025 From left, Southern Illinois University System President Dan Mahony, along with Chicago State University President “Z” Scott, Illinois State University President Aondover Tarhule, and Western Illinois University President Kristi Mindrup testify before a Senate committee in favor of a bill creating a new funding formula for the state’s public universities. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Kentucky man receives lengthy prison time for coming to Southern Illinois for sex with child
A Southern Illinois District Judge has sentenced a 41-year-old Paducah, Kentucky man to 121 months imprisonment for attempting to entice a Southern Illinois minor to engage in illegal sexual activity....
May 3, 2025
Police Beat for Saturday, May 3rd, 2025
Salem Police arrested a 45-year-old Salem man for violation of pretrial release after he was found hiding in the kitchen of a home where he had been ordered not to have contact with the woman. Jason H...
May 3, 2025
First Off-Highway Vehicle Trail System Opens in Southern Illinois
Off-highway vehicle enthusiasts and state and local officials celebrated the grand opening of new trails at Sahara Woods State Recreation Area in Saline County in far southeastern Illinois on Friday. ...
May 3, 2025 krysek / Depositphotos.com
Plan to overhaul higher education funding meets U of I opposition
by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois May 1, 2025 SPRINGFIELD - A plan to overhaul the way Illinois funds public universities is running into stiff opposition from the state's largest higher educati...
May 2, 2025 Nick Jones, left, executive vice president and vice president of academic affairs of the University of Illinois System, testifies before a Senate committee in opposition to a bill that would overhaul state funding of public universities. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
'Never asked to be a part of this somber club': Illinois honors fallen police officers
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois May 1, 2025 SPRINGFIELD - Nine Illinois police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2024 were honored at a ceremony in Springfield Thursday. The...
May 2, 2025 The mother of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca mourns her son at the Illinois Peace Officers Memorial Ceremony at the Illinois State Library in Springfield on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
