Category Archives: Local News
Battle over data centers in Illinois pits consumer costs vs. state competitiveness
Lawmakers trying again to regulate industry as Pritzker moves to pause incentives By GABRIEL CASTILHO Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary The debate over how to re...
Feb 22, 2026
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State Sen. Terri Bryant, R-Murphysboro, with State Sen. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, speaks on her support for data centers supplying their own energy generators. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Gabriel Matias Castilho)
Former ComEd exec-turned-FBI mole in Madigan probe sentenced to probation
by Hannah Meisel, Capitol News Illinois February 19, 2026 Article Summary Fidel Marquez, a former executive for electric utility Commonwealth Edison, was sentenced to two years of probation Thursday f...
Feb 20, 2026 Fidel Marquez, a former Commonwealth Edison executive-turned-cooperating witness, leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse with his attorney on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, after his fifth day of testimony in the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
One Person Taken to Hospital Following Salem Crash
One person was taken to Salem Township Hospital following a two vehicle crash on South College Street near the Little League Complex in Salem on Thursday night. Salem Police say 78-year-old Karen Spie...
Feb 20, 2026
Rural Mt. Vernon Man Killed by Large Tree Branch He Was Cutting
Jefferson County Coroner Roger Hayse says a 42-year-old Mt. Vernon man was killed Tuesday night when struck by a large tree limb that he was cutting up in his backyard. Hayse says the tree at the Chri...
Feb 20, 2026
Autopsy Being Completed on Farina Man Who Apparently Went into Cardiac Arrest in Salem Taco Bell Drive Through
A 40-year-old Farina man has died after collapsing while being moved to an ambulance after becoming ill in the Taco Bell drive through on West Main Street in Salem. Marion County Coroner Claude Howell...
Feb 20, 2026
Autopsy Shows Rural Salem Man Found Dead in Backyard of His Home Died from Natural Causes
Marion County Coroner Claude Howell says an autopsy determined a 44-year-old rural Salem man found dead in the back yard of his home on February 16th died from an intestinal bleed. Anthony Travis was ...
Feb 20, 2026
Police Beat for Friday, February 20th, 2026
Centralia Police have arrested 34-year-old Brittany Tapp of South Elm in Centralia for aggravated domestic battery. She was taken to the Marion County Jail. Five others were arrested on outstanding wa...
Feb 20, 2026
Pritzker says Bears' statement 'not some confirmation that they're moving to Indiana'
by Brenden Moore and Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois February 19, 2026 Article Summary An Indiana House committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 27, which would create a public stadium authority ...
Feb 19, 2026 Gov. JB Pritzker delivers his 2026 State of the State address to a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. Pritzker did not mention discussions about a stadium for the Chicago Bears in the address. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Leaf vacuuming for Centralia begins in March
The leaf vacuuming service for City residents of Centralia will start as of Monday, March 2nd. The vacuuming service will last for a period of 4 weeks ending on Friday, March 27th. The service will fo...
Feb 19, 2026
Mt. Vernon Man Killed in Chainsaw Accident
A 42-year-old rural Mt. Vernon man has died in a chainsaw accident while cutting down a tree at his home on Forest Road in rural Mt. Vernon. Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Bullard identifies the victim...
Feb 19, 2026
