Category Archives: Local News

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

A district judge in southern Illinois sentenced a Florida man to 87 months' imprisonment after he used social media to make a bomb threat to Scott Air Force Base and cyberstalked an active duty Air Fo...

On Monday, September 2nd the South Central FFA hosted its annual Labor Day Car Show at Kinmundy Park. With 127 entries, this year's car show was one of the biggest in the event's history. The event ha...

Governor JB Pritzker has proclaimed Sept. 15-21 as Farm Safety and Health Week in Illinois with a theme of "Don't Learn Safety by Accident." This year marks the 80th year for the annual observance nat...

Salem Police have arrested 37-year-old Dustin Ferrell of West Warmoth Street in Salem for stalking. He was taken to the Marion County Jail. No other details are yet available.   Centralia Police ...

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced a total of $37,031,074 in federal funding for infrastructure improvements at airports across Illino...