Category Archives: Local News
Proponents drop push to give downstate utilities dibs on new transmission lines
Sponsor said he'll propose broader policy in spring legislative session By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com With billions of dollars of construction projects on the li...
Oct 26, 2023 Rep. Larry Walsh Jr., D-Elwood, speaks to reporters alongside representatives of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Ameren Illinois and other proponents of giving utilities the right of first refusal for new electricity transmission line construction. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
St. Mary's Grade School in Centralia holds first Pumpkin Drop
Pumpkins were falling from the sky at St. Mary's Grade School in Centralia on Wednesday. It was part of the school's first-ever Pumpkin Drop. The competition was won by the kindergarten class which sa...
Oct 26, 2023 Centralia City Firefighters drop one of the pumpkin packages that included a parachute. Photo by Pat Hodges.
Marion County Sheriff believes screams that set off search has now been resolved
Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps received a call of apology Wednesday from a man who believes he may have set off a search for a person believed to be screaming for help at Forbes State Park near Om...
Oct 26, 2023 File photo: Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Salem Police say cause of loud explosion sound Wednesday night never located
Salem Police say they were never able to pinpoint the cause of a loud explosion sound reported by a number of residents on the south and east sides of the city. Police received a half-dozen calls arou...
Oct 26, 2023
Police Beat for Thursday, October 26th, 2023
A 25-year-old Salem man has been arrested by Salem Police for alleged aggravated domestic battery, interfering with the reporting of domestic violence, and violation of bail bond. Police report Alexan...
Oct 26, 2023
Farina man pleads guilty to unlawful dissemination of private sex images
A 21-year-old Farina man has pleaded guilty in Marion County Court to a charge of non-consensual dissemination of private sex images. Diego Barradas was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to...
Oct 25, 2023
Marion County Board discusses health department; COVID-19 response
Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow provided an overview of the operations of the health department and its board members at Tuesday night's county board meeting. The presenta...
Oct 25, 2023 Marion County Health Department Administrator Melissa Mallow (center) explains the role of the health department at an earlier board meeting. Looking on is County Clerk Steve Fox (left) and Health Board member Keith Kessler (right). Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Two selected to join Centralia High School Distinguished Alumni
Two Centralia High School graduates have been selected to join the Centralia High School Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni. They are engineer Dave Clement of the Class of 1957 and Dr. Clara Co...
Oct 25, 2023 Alumni of the Year Dr. Clara Coleman Rouse Voss and Dave Clement.
House approves framework allowing legislative staff to unionize
Bill faces uncertain future in Senate By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Democrats in the Illinois House on Wednesday approved a measure to allow certain...
Oct 25, 2023 Brady Burden, a member of the Illinois Legislative Staff Association organizing committee, is pictured with House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch in a Tuesday morning committee hearing. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Police Beat for Wednesday, October 25th, 2023
A 49-year-old Centralia woman has turned herself in at the Marion County Jail on a Marion County misdemeanor warrant. Bond on the warrant for Chandala Clark of East 3rd was set at $5,000. 56-year-old ...
Oct 25, 2023
