Category Archives: Local News
Early results show Democrats likely to maintain supermajorities in Illinois General Assembly
Sorensen holds on to 17th congressional seat as Trump outperforms past 2 elections By PETER HANCOCK, ANDREW ADAMS & JERRY NOWICKI news@capitolnewsillinois.com Preliminary, unofficial election resu...
Nov 06, 2024 olechowski / Depositphotos.com
13-year-old Centralia juvenile hurt when Molotov cocktail thrown through bedroom window
A 13-year-old boy was injured when someone threw a Molotov cocktail onto his bed from an outside window of his home in the 600 block of South Locust Street in Centralia. Centralia Fire Chief Jeff Day ...
Nov 06, 2024
Marion County election goes well until an issue right at the end
Tuesday's election was one of the smoothest ever in Marion County, until the very end where a problem with one of the computer sticks wouldn't read into the system and had to be hand counted. County C...
Nov 06, 2024 Marion County Clerk Steve Fox working to get all the votes counted on election night.
Police Beat for Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
A 31-year-old Centralia man has been transferred from the Clinton County Jail at Carlyle to the Marion County Jail on outstanding Marion County failure to appear warrants for driving on a suspended li...
Nov 06, 2024
'They were being paid as a favor to Mike Madigan': Feds' star witness takes stand
Former ComEd exec-turned-FBI mole testifies about no-work contracts for speaker's allies By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO - As chief lobbyist for electric...
Nov 06, 2024
Marion County Elects Claude Howell, Jr as new Coroner
Marion County has elected a new coroner. Republican Claude Howell, Jr. beat Democrat Anton Dubrick with 74 percent of the vote. The unofficial vote tally pending any late arriving vote by mail ballots...
Nov 06, 2024 Marion County's new coroner Claude Howell, Jr. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Marion County State's Attorney elected to second term
Incumbent Marion County State's Attorney Tin Hudspeth has won a second term. Hudspeth outdistanced Democratic challenger Jon Meador 72 percent of the vote to 25 percent. The unofficial vote total minu...
Nov 06, 2024 Marion County State's Attorney Tim Hudspeth.
Republicans win two contested Marion County Board seats
The Marion County Board will remain 100 percent Republican as Republican candidates won both of the contested races in Tuesday's election. Republican Michael Douglas won the District Two seat over Dem...
Nov 06, 2024 All Marion County officers and board members will remain in the hands of Republicans following Tuesday's election. Right to left are newly elected coroner Claude Howell, Jr., re-elected State's Attorney Tim Hudspeth, newly elected board members Cody Rose and Michael Douglas and re-elected board member Brock Waggoner. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Patoka School District approves electing board members at large
Residents of the Patoka Community Unit School District 100 have approved a change to school board election rules allowing board members to be elected at large without restriction by area of residence ...
Nov 05, 2024
2024 General Election Statewide Races Breakdown for South Central Illinois
Here are the county-by-county results for the presidential race, contested multi-county races and questions on the 2024 ballot for Marion County and surrounding counties. 3,888 early votes for Marion ...
Nov 05, 2024
