Category Archives: Local News
Kaskaskia College Presents Educational Partnership Award to SIU-C
Kaskaskia College has presented its Educational Partnership Award to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. The award is based on developing a four-year agriculture degree that can be entirely co...
Apr 17, 2026
SSM Health St. Mary's and Good Samaritan Hospitals awarded KC's Business and Industry Partnership Award
SSM Health St. Mary's and Good Samaritan Hospitals have been awarded Kaskaskia College's Business and Industry Partnership Award. In the introduction, the college noted at Thursday night's annual awar...
Apr 17, 2026
Kaskaskia College Honors Faculty and Employees at Annual Awards Program
Kaskaskia College honored several of its faculty and employees at its annual awards program on Thursday night at the main campus. Breese Central High School Welding teacher Steven Ellis received the h...
Apr 17, 2026
Centralia Man Faces New Class X Drug Charge
A new Class X felony charge of unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine with intent to deliver and the possession of the same amount of meth has been filed against a Centralia man in ...
Apr 17, 2026
High Speed Centralia Police Chase Goes Down Airport Runway
A high-speed chase in Centralia Wednesday night went down one of the Centralia Municipal Airport runways. 47-year-old Christopher Beal of South Goodwin in Kinmundy eventually stopped on his own and wa...
Apr 17, 2026
Louisville Woman Sentenced to Four Years in Prison on Meth Charge
A 44-year-old Louisville woman has been sentenced to four years in prison in Marion County Court after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of under five grams of methamphetamine. Melissa Schnepper ...
Apr 17, 2026
South Central School Board Increases Graduation Requirements
The South Central School Board has increased the number of credit hours needed to graduate from 23 to 24. Principal Mike Koenke says the move will require students to take another course of their choi...
Apr 16, 2026
Salem Fire Protection District Has New UTV Designed to Handle Solar Farm Fires
The Salem Fire Protection District has a new engine designed to fight fires in hard-to-reach areas. Salem Township provided $10,000 of the total $25,000 cost. Township Supervisor David Coryell says th...
Apr 16, 2026
'Credit card chaos'? Financial institutions bet big on repeal of first-of-its-kind Illinois law
by Jerry Nowicki, Capitol News Illinois April 15, 2026 "Credit cards may not work for sales tax or tips starting July 1." By now, you've heard that claim, but whether it's true depends on who you ask....
Apr 16, 2026 Ben Jackson of the Illinois Bankers Association urges lawmakers to repeal a state law that prohibits financial institutions from charging fees on the tax and tip portion of debit card transactions. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
7th Circuit orders release, new trial for two 'ComEd Four' defendants
by Hannah Meisel, Capitol News Illinois April 14, 2026 Article Summary Just hours after their lawyers argued to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, the three-judge panel ordered the release o...
Apr 16, 2026 Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain and former Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore leave Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse on their separate sentencing dates in July after both were sentenced to two years in prison in connection to a bribery scheme centered on former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Andrew Adams)
