Category Archives: Local News
Deadline to pay 2026 Mobile Home Tax Bills is Wednesday
Marion County Treasurer Gary Purcell is issuing a reminder that the deadline for paying 2026 mobile home tax bills without penalty is Wednesday. Payments can be made at local banks and credit unions. ...
Aug 11, 2026 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Governor has proclamed Tuesday 811 Day
Governor JB Pritzker has proclaimed Tuesday, August 11th, as 811 Day in Illinois to support the Illinois Commerce Commission's (ICC) efforts to raise awareness about the need for safe digging. Every f...
Aug 11, 2026
Rideshare unionization, drug-pricing oversight, plastic pellet and light pollution bills become law
by Peter Hancock, Brenden Moore and Jerry Nowicki, Capitol News Illinois August 10, 2026 Article Summary JB Pritzker signed another 75 bills into law Friday, bringing his total to more than 350 signed...
Aug 11, 2026 Supporters of a bill to allow rideshare drivers to unionize celebrate in the House gallery in May after the bill passed. The governor signed it into law on Aug. 7. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Police Beat for Tuesday, August 11th, 2026
Salem Police arrested a 36-year-old homeless Salem woman for criminal trespass to property. Emily See allegedly went to Fasmart North where she was earlier banned. She was later released on a notice t...
Aug 11, 2026
Centralia approves study for Fairview Park Plaza Business District
The Centralia City Council authorized a Business District eligibility study for the Fairview Park Plaza commercial corridor at Monday night's city council meeting. The city will pay $17,000 to the Sou...
Aug 11, 2026
Live Music planned all weekend for the Main Stage's at Balloon Fest
Balloon Fest is ready to party with numerous live music performances featuring hits from the 1990s and 2000s boy bands and pop music for the weekend of, August 21st-23rd. The Centralia High Sch...
Aug 11, 2026 Josh Gracin performing. Photo by Austin Williams.
Two dozen pilots spend weekend in Salem for aerobatics competition
If you live in Salem and heard planes buzzing around all weekend, they were part of the annual aerobatics competition held at Salem's Leckrone Field. The pilots flew in from around the country, includ...
Aug 10, 2026 Dimid_86 / Depositphotos.com
Marion County Fair Board President pleased with just completed fair
Marion County Fair Board President Doug Telford is pleased with all the events and the crowds at this year's county fair that wrapped up Saturday night. Telford is thanking everyone who came out to su...
Aug 10, 2026 File photo: Demo derby at the Marion County Fairgrounds. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
State Police release more information on fatal I-57 crash that killed Odin woman
State Police have released more preliminary information on a three-vehicle crash that killed a 25-year-old Odin woman on southbound I-57 three miles south of Dix late Thursday night. Madison Burton wa...
Aug 10, 2026
Semi truck hits pickup pulling a trailer on I-57 south of Kinmundy exit
Two people sustained apparent minor injuries when a semi truck ran into the rear of a pickup truck pulling a camper trailer in the southbound lanes of I-57 at mile marker 124 near Alma. Kinmundy-Alma ...
Aug 10, 2026
