Category Archives: Local News
Former State Senator pleads guilty to all corruption charges pending against him
As federal prosecutors were prepping to rest their case Thursday afternoon in the corruption trial of former Republican State Senator Sam McCann, the defendant made an abrupt announcement: he's pleadi...
Feb 15, 2024 Former Senator McCann at Federal Courthouse in Springfield. (Courthouse photo by Hannah Meisel, Capitol News Illinois; booking photo from Macon County Sheriff’s Office)
Patoka man injured in single vehicle crash Thursday morning
A 71-year-old Patoka man was airlifted from the scene of a single-vehicle crash on the West Boone Street Road near Farthing Road in rural Odin Thursday morning. The Marion County Sheriff's Department ...
Feb 15, 2024
Police Beat for Thursday, February 15th, 2024
Centralia Police have arrested 20-year-old Zakkary Downs of East Broadway in Centralia for alleged aggravated battery and unlawful restraint. He was taken to the Marion County Jail. 31-year-old David ...
Feb 15, 2024
Franklin Park 7th Grade shooting for 100 units of blood during Thursday's blood drive
The Franklin Park 7th Grade is trying to match last year's class that collected 100 units of blood at their annual blood drive. In order to be successful, the public is encouraged to come out to the b...
Feb 15, 2024 7th Grade Teacher Joni Dorff who leads the yearly blood drive directs those into the drive last year.
83 unit Complete Storage facility now open in Salem
The conversion of the former Jiffy South plant on East Main Street in Salem is now complete. Holly Shepard with the family-owned Complete Storage says a contractor that specializes in the construction...
Feb 15, 2024 One of the rows of inside storage units at the new Complete Storage facility in Salem.
Testimony concludes in Christina Bartley 1st degree murder trial
Witness testimony has wrapped up in the jury trial of a Salem woman facing murder charges in Marion County Circuit Court. Thirty-year-old Christina Bartley is accused of first-degree murder in connect...
Feb 15, 2024 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Wall of downtown Centralia building collapsing
A wall of a downtown Centralia building is collapsing and will be torn down on Thursday. Centralia Fire Chief Jeff Day says the south wall on the former One Hour Martinizing Building at 143 South Locu...
Feb 15, 2024 Equipment in place to tear down the south wall of the former One Hour Martinizing building at 143 South Locust that is buckling and collapsing. Photo by Steven Stilt.
Snow on the way Friday
The National Weather Service is now predicting a possible new snow accumulation Friday of one to three inches. The precipitation will begin as a combination of rain and snow before ten on Friday morni...
Feb 15, 2024
Nashville man dies in single-vehicle crash late Monday afternoon
A 71-year-old Nashville man has died from injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash in Washington County. George Davis was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Illinois Route 15 near County...
Feb 14, 2024 Jo Naylor / CC
Transportation workers rally for new contract amid negotiations with state
Teamsters seek pay raise, same insurance benefits under current plan By ALEX ABBEDUTO Capitol News Illinois abbeduto@capitolnewsillinois.com Groups of Illinois Department of Transportation workers rep...
Feb 14, 2024 | Members of the Teamsters Local 916 union rally Wednesday outside of the Illinois Department of Transportation building in Springfield. Unions representing about 3,800 state highway workers have authorized strikes as contract negotiations between them and the IDOT continue. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Alex Abbeduto)
