Category Archives: Local News
Salem Strategic Plan Update includes positive news on housing projects
The quarterly review of the City of Salem's Strategic Plan had positive news on solving the city's housing shortage. Economic Development Director Lea Dellicarpini reported on Friday ground has now be...
Sep 16, 2024 Salem City Officials and Community leaders gather for strategic plan quarterly update meeting on Friday at Salem City Hall
Effingham woman arrested for alleged stabbing of Alma man
A 23-year-old Effingham woman has been arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies in connection with an early Saturday night stabbing of an Alma man at his home. Lancy Flowers of 925th Avenue is bei...
Sep 15, 2024
Police Beat for Sunday, September 15th, 2024
Salem Police have arrested 35-year-old Clint Nix of South Lackey in Salem for attempted burglary, attempted criminal trespass to property, and criminal trespass to property. He was taken to the Marion...
Sep 15, 2024
Power goes out to around 450 Ameren customers in Salem early Sunday morning
Ameren Illinois officials report they were never able to determine the cause of a power outage that left about 450 customers on the east side of Salem without power for about an hour and a half Sunday...
Sep 15, 2024
A year after end of cash bail, early research shows impact less than many hoped or feared
Jail populations down, no change in failure to appear rate, analysis shows By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - One year after Illinois became the firs...
Sep 15, 2024 Loyola University of Chicago Center for Criminal Justice Co-Director David Olson speaks at an event in Springfield about the one-year anniversary of the Pretrial Fairness Act. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
East St. Louis man charged in connection with 'road rage' incident on I-57 south of Champaign
An East St. Louis man has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm in the aftermath of a 'road rage' shooting on I-57 south of Champaign on Thursday. LeJoshua Smith rep...
Sep 15, 2024 ISP FILE PHOTO: An Illinois State Police squad car is pictured in a file photo.(Capitol News Illinois file photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Shelbyville substitute teacher story rerun by accident
SouthernIllinoisNow.com inadvertently reran a story on the arrest of 29-year-old Hayden Miller from January 2023. Miller is currently free on bond as his case is still pending in Coles County Court.
Sep 15, 2024
Prescription Shared Space in downtown Centralia cuts the ribbon, home to several local businesses
The Centralia Chamber of Commerce held the ribbon cutting on Friday for Prescription Shared Space, a business center in downtown Centralia serving as an office and workspace for several individual and...
Sep 14, 2024 Centralia Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting. Photo by Pat Hodges.
In bribery trial, AT&T lobbyists detail contentious meeting with Madigan ally
Feds allege AT&T boss bribed Madigan with contract for political ally Eddie Acevedo By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - On an afternoon in late April 2...
Sep 14, 2024
Police Beat for Saturday, September 14th, 2024
Two people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Friday. Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 42-year-old Kara Haymaker of Pinfield Street in Odin on a no-bond Marion County major traffic warra...
Sep 14, 2024
