Category Archives: Local News
Pope meets with Chicago union leaders, urges migrant welcome as crackdown underway in hometown
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) - Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago on Thursday to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks, weighing in as the T...
Oct 09, 2025 Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich answers a journalist's question during an interview with the Associated Press, in Rome, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Judge grants restraining order protecting protesters, journalists in Chicago-area protests
First Amendment suit bars federal agents from arresting peaceful protesters, working press By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com A federal judge in Chicago iss...
Oct 09, 2025 Protesters and reporters gathered outside an immigration enforcement facility in
Broadview, Illinois, on Saturday, Oct. 4. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Salem residents weigh in on what's good and bad about the city
About two dozen Salem residents shared their thoughts on the positives and negatives of the city during a listening session Wednesday night. The information is part of the city's preparation of a new ...
Oct 09, 2025 A couple dozen attended a listening session to give their input on Salem's new Comprehensive Plan.
Travel expenditures in Marion County total $51 million last fiscal year
Travel expenditures in Marion County during the last fiscal year totaled $51 million. The amount is down 3.8 percent from the previous year, which is thought to be the result of travel leveling off po...
Oct 09, 2025 Salem Mayor Nic Farley welcomes Discover Downstate Illinois Tourism meeting to Salem. Photo by Centralia Chamber of Commerce.
As Trump says Pritzker 'should be in jail,' Illinois' governor taunts: 'Come and get me'
by Brenden Moore, Capitol News Illinois October 8, 2025 Article Summary President Donald Trump posted to social media Wednesday that Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson "should be in ja...
Oct 09, 2025 A screenshot of Gov. JB Pritzker’s X account shows his Wednesday MSNBC interview telling President Donald Trump to “Come and get me.” (Screenshot from Gov. JB Pritzker’s X account)
Court scrutiny of ICE mounts as judge rules warrantless arrests violated order
by Jerry Nowicki, Hannah Meisel and Andrew Adams, Capitol News Illinois October 8, 2025 Article Summary A federal judge ruled late Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated a federal c...
Oct 09, 2025 People gather outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois on Oct. 4. The facility has become a center for clashes between protestors and immigration officials. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
SCOTUS weighs whether Mike Bost can challenge Illinois election laws
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois October 8, 2025 Article Summary The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case weighing whether U.S. Rep. Mike Bost has the right to challenge ...
Oct 09, 2025 U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, a Republican from Murphysboro, speaks to reporters at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Centralia Sunshine Project holds first Carillon Park Art and Wine Walk, replacing Celebrate Centralia
The Centralia Sunshine Project, in partnership with the Centralia Cultural Society, held the first Art and Wine Walk in Carillon Park on Saturday, October 4. The event replaces Celebrate Centralia, wh...
Oct 09, 2025 Tents set up along the sidewalk at Carillon Park for the Centralia Art and Wine Walk. Photo by Austin Williams.
Police Beat for Thursday, September 9th, 2025
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a 47-year-old Wamac woman on a no bond Marion County misdemeanor warrant. Amanda Hunt of South James was taken to the Marion County Jail. 30-year-old Casey Gr...
Oct 09, 2025
Marion County Board approves roof bid for public service building
The Marion County Board in a special meeting Tuesday night approved a contractor to re-roof the public service building. The lowest of two bids was from ARS Construction of Murphysboro at a cost of $8...
Oct 08, 2025 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
