Category Archives: Local News
New bank coming to Salem
A new bank is coming to Salem, but it's a familiar name. Farmer's State Bank based in Hoffman with full-service facilities in Central City and Hoyleton has announced it will be opening a loan producti...
Aug 13, 2026 Farmer's State Bank Location in Salem. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Police Beat for Thursday, August 13th, 2026
A 19-year-old Salem man was arrested at the Marion County Courthouse on Wednesday and taken to the Marion County Jail to serve a 30 day sanction. Michael Shanafelt received the sanction for violation ...
Aug 13, 2026
Judge orders DCFS director to answer for repeated failures to release public documents in child death
by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois August 11, 2026 Article Summary The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services failed to comply with court orders to produce records related to the 202...
Aug 13, 2026 The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has been held in contempt of court for failing to produce documents related to the 2024 death of an 18-year-old girl who was in foster care. (Capitol News Illinois illustration)
Illinois will not change child vaccine guidelines after Trump executive order
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois August 12, 2026 Article Summary Illinois will not follow new vaccine guidelines that were part of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump. The state...
Aug 13, 2026 Remains / Depositphotos.com
2026 butter cow: 'Miles of Smiles' is State Fair's theme in celebration of Route 66
by Jerry Nowicki, Capitol News Illinois August 12, 2026 Article Summary The Illinois State Fair will run from Aug. 13 until Aug. 23, from 7 a.m. until midnight each day. JB Pritzker unveiled the state...
Aug 13, 2026 Illinois State Fair Queen Krista Phillips and Gov. JB Pritzker pose with the 2026 Illinois State Fair butter cow. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
34th Annual Cruz-In the Dam Car Show returns to Carlyle Lake
The public is invited to the 34th Annual Cruz-In the Dam Car Show Nationals on Friday, August 14, 2026, at Mariner's Village Resort in the Dam West Recreation Area in Carlyle, Illinois. More than 400 ...
Aug 13, 2026 Some of the 96 entries in last year's Little Egypt Festival Car Show.
Marion County Building Committee concerned about future use of Moose records storage building
The Marion County Board's Building Committee is concerned about the Moose building that holds records for county offices. The committee met in the building Tuesday night and were shown a number of pro...
Aug 12, 2026
Kratom ban in unincorporated Marion County delayed for rewrite
The Marion County Board's Law Enforcement Committee tabled a vote on an ordinance banning kratom from being sold in unincorporated parts of the county. The decision came after board members received 1...
Aug 12, 2026 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Barn destroyed by fire in rural Alma
A barn owned by Tony and Lisa Miller on the 3800 block of Green Ridge Road in rural Alma was destroyed by fire late Tuesday night. The barn was fully engulfed when Kinmundy-Alma Firemen arrived on the...
Aug 12, 2026 Zdenko Zivkovic / CC
Flora man receives minor injuries in car-deer crash
A 30-year-old Flora man received minor injuries in a car-deer crash early Wednesday morning. The Marion County Sheriff's Department reports Dakota Austin of East 4th struck the deer near the intersect...
Aug 12, 2026
