Category Archives: Local News
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)
In day 2 of trial, prosecutor details former lawmaker's alleged RV rental scheme
Former GOP Sen. Sam McCann allegedly rented RVs to himself By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com This story will be updated with further details from the trial. Former...
Feb 14, 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)
Mississippi man brought back to face Class X sex charges in Marion County
A 28-year-old Mississippi man has been brought back to Marion County to face predatory criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse charges. A warrant for the arrest of Brayan Chavez-C...
Feb 14, 2024
IDOT announces lane closures on northbound I-57 in southern Marion County
The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that repairs on northbound Interstate 57 between Walnut Hill Road and the Illinois 161 interchange will require lane closures starting, weather ...
Feb 14, 2024
Marion County Board moves forward on codification of ordinances
The Marion County Board Tuesday night approved a contract with American Legal Publishing to codify county ordinances and some resolutions. The chair of the Codification Subcommittee Brock Waggoner say...
Feb 14, 2024 Marion County Board
Marion County Board passes resolution not to spend any money on immigration crisis
The Marion County Board passed a resolution Tuesday night not to expend any money on the immigration crisis. Board member Brock Waggoner says the county doesn't want to get into a situation larger cit...
Feb 14, 2024 FILE - Migrants rest at a makeshift shelter in Denver, Jan. 6, 2023. Five mayors from around the U.S. want a meeting with President Joe Biden to ask for help controlling the continued arrival of large groups of migrants to their cities. The mayors of Denver, Chicago, Houston, New York and Los Angeles say in a letter to Biden that there has been little to no coordination, support or resources and that is leading to a crisis. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Centralia City Grade School Board gets update on Social Emotional Learning programs
By Austin Williams The Centralia City School Board heard from Principal Jordan Queen of Centralia Junior High School at its meeting on Tuesday. Queen gave the curriculum report in which he talked abou...
Feb 14, 2024 Centralia Junior High Principal Jordan Queen addresses the Centralia City Grade School Board. Photo by Austin Williams.
Christina Bartley murder trial begins in Marion County Court
A trial is underway for a Salem woman charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of her boyfriend almost three years ago. During opening statements in Marion County Circuit...
Feb 14, 2024 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
