Category Archives: Local News
In closing arguments, prosecutor alleges Madigan was driven by 'power and profit'
by Hannah Meisel, Capitol News Illinois January 23, 2025 CHICAGO - As prosecutors began their closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, they accused th...
Jan 23, 2025 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Jan. 7, 2025, after his first day of surprise testimony in his corruption trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Ismael M. Belkoura)
Five Big Obstacles to Opening Child Care Facilities in Rural Illinois
by Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Sixty percent...
Jan 23, 2025 Heather Casner with Raydyan Taylor, 2, at Our World of Learning Child Development Center. Casner and her husband started the day care center in rural Anna, Illinois. (Julia Rendleman for ProPublica)
Salem man pleads guilty to dissemination of a sex image
A 20-year-old Salem man has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to nonconsensual dissemination of a sexual image. In exchange for the plea, Dru Willhoite of the Selmaville Road had a count of child ...
Jan 23, 2025
Rural Odin man pleads to one of four gun charges
A 20-year-old rural Odin man has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to one of four weapons charges pending against him. Tyler Davis of East Norton Road admitted to possession of a firearm without r...
Jan 23, 2025 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Salem man receives three-year prison term after drug court probation is revoked
A 24-year-old Salem man has been sentenced to three years in prison after he failed to complete the drug court program. Anthony Dickerson of West Lake received the three year prison term on three sepa...
Jan 23, 2025 Anthony Dickerson
Police Beat for Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
A 34-year-old Centralia man has been arrested on warrants from three counties. Centralia Police arrested Nathan Watts of East 11th on outstanding Marion and Clinton County no bond felony warrants and ...
Jan 23, 2025
Illinois State Police Crack Down on Firearms Licensed Dealers
Since the Illinois State Police (ISP) began conducting inspections of Federal Firearms License (FFL) dealers, the number of guns stolen from dealers has decreased. In 2024, the number of firearms stol...
Jan 23, 2025 FILE - Semi-automatic guns are displayed for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply, Jan. 16, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. Illinois will soon outlaw advertising for firearms that officials determine produces a public safety threat or appeals to children, militants or others who might later use them illegally, as the state continues its quest to curb mass shootings. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
Eagle Watch at Case-Halsted Library in Carlyle
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is collaborating with the Case-Halsted Public Library for Eagle Watch on Saturday January, 25th.The World Bird Sanctuary will present two "All About Eagles" programs, ...
Jan 23, 2025 Dean McCoy / CC
Illinois Sherriff's Association Announces Scholarships
Sheriff Kevin W. Cripps, Marion County, will be awarding 1 scholarship in the amount of $500. Each Sherriff in Illinois received a scholarship to be awarded to who the sheriff believes is the most des...
Jan 23, 2025
Potential immigration raids spark fear, protests on Inauguration Day
Illinois among states to file early challenge to one of Trump's executive orders By ASHLEY N. SORIANO, ISMAEL M. BELKOURA, & BEN SZALINSKI Medill Illinois News Bureau & Capitol News Illinois n...
Jan 22, 2025 Hundreds march on East Wacker Drive in Chicago toward Trump Tower, protesting the new administration ahead of reported increase of ICE presence in the city, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Trump has vowed to conduct the “largest mass deportation” effort in history. (Photo by Ismael M. Belkoura for Medill Illinois News Bureau)
