Category Archives: Local News
Two Injured in Crash on South Side of Salem
Both drivers were injured in a two-vehicle crash on South Broadway and Kell Street on the south side of Salem Friday morning. Salem Police say a car driven by 57-year-old Susan Boerner of Camby, India...
Feb 06, 2026
Police Beat for Friday, February 6th, 2026
A 29-year-old Salem man has been ordered to serve 30 days in the Marion County Jail after being sanctioned in Marion County Court for violation of pre-trial release conditions in a pending domestic ba...
Feb 06, 2026
Byrd Watson Drug Company hold Chamber ribbon cutting to mark opening of new location
Byrd Watson Drug Company has celebrated its new location at 790 West McCord Street in Centralia with a Centralia Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting. Owner-Pharmacist Kim Weiter says the ribbon cutting...
Feb 05, 2026 Ribbon cutting at the new Byrd Watson location. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Damon Harbison elected to second term on Illinois Health & Hospital Association Board of Trustees
SSM Health has announced that Damon Harbison, President of SSM Health Good Samaritan and St. Mary's Hospitals, as well as the SSM Health Rural Health Network in Illinois, has been elected to a second ...
Feb 05, 2026
Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon recognized as one of top performing hospitals in country
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon has been recognized as one of the top-performing hospitals in the nation on the inaugural Forbes Top Hospitals 2026 list. The ranking evaluates hospita...
Feb 05, 2026
Early voting begins Thursday for March primary election
Early voting begins Thursday for the March 17th Primary Election. Marion County Clerk Steve Fox says you can vote early on the second floor of the courthouse outside his office from eight am to four p...
Feb 05, 2026 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Rural Salem home heavily damaged in Wednesday morning fire
A home in the Selmaville area was heavily damaged in a Wednesday morning fire that is believed to be electrical or related to a space heater. Salem Assistant Fire Chief Bill Fulton says the fire was a...
Feb 05, 2026
'My own government attempted to execute me,' Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol testifies
by Jenna Schweikert and UIS Public Affairs Reporting (PAR), Capitol News Illinois February 3, 2026 Article Summary Marimar Martinez, who was shot five times by immigration agents last year, testified ...
Feb 04, 2026 Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman who federal immigration agents shot five times last October, speaks Washington, D.C. forum on Tuesday. (Screenshot from Senator Richard Blumenthal livestream.)
State looks to expand manufacturing training at community colleges
by Reece Dower and Medill Illinois News Bureau, Capitol News Illinois February 4, 2026 Article Summary The state is accepting applications for $24 million in grant funds for downstate community colleg...
Feb 04, 2026 The Illinois Community College System headquarters is pictured in downtown Springfield. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Reece Dower)
Illinois joins WHO global outbreak network after U.S. withdraws
by Nikoel Hytrek and UIS Public Affairs Reporting (PAR), Capitol News Illinois February 3, 2026 Article Summary JB Pritzker announced Illinois will join the World Health Organization's Global Outbreak...
Feb 04, 2026 Gov. JB Pritzker wears an Illinois face mask amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
