Category Archives: Local News
Lane closures on U.S. 51 in Marion County now through November 10th
The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that all lanes of U.S. 51 from U.S. 50 in Sandoval to the Jefferson County line (County Road 2400 North) south of Centralia will require intermi...
Nov 2, 2023
South Central High School to Host Veteran's Day Breakfast
South Central High School will be having a Veteran's Day Breakfast on Nov. 10th from 7:30 am to 8:15 am for Veterans and active-duty military personnel. We look forward to having you with us to expres...
Nov 2, 2023
One killed, another injured in fire that destroys rural Waltonville home
A man was killed and a woman was injured in a fire that spread through their rural Waltonville home Wednesday morning. The fire on Vermont Lane was first spotted as smoke coming out from under the eav...
Nov 1, 2023 liz west / CC
Scholarship tax credit program among issues still on the table with 3 legislative days remaining
GOP leader says he's ready to compromise as governor keeps ball in lawmakers' court By HANNAH MEISEL & ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com Lawmakers will return to Spri...
Nov 1, 2023 SIGN: A yard sign urging Illinoisans to contact their legislators to save the “Invest in Kids” private school scholarship program is pictured in Chicago last month. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
The mayors of Chicago and four other big cities seek a meeting with Biden about how to better manage arriving migrants
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York are pressing to meet with President Joe Biden about getting federal help in managin...
Nov 1, 2023 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)
Cooking spray burn victim awarded $7.1 million in damages after can 'exploded into a fireball'
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) - A jury in Illinois has ordered Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million to a Pennsylvania woman who was badly injured in 201...
Nov 1, 2023 FILE - Cooking spray oils by Pam, a Conagra brand, rest on a supermarket shelf, June 25, 2019, in Cincinnati. On Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, a jury in Illinois ordered Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million to a Pennsylvania woman who was badly injured in 2017 when a can of commercial brand cooking spray ignited in a kitchen at her workplace and set her aflame. The verdict is the first of numerous other cases from burn victims across the country with similar stories citing accidents that occurred with Conagra-made cooking spray brands, including its popular grocery store brand Pam. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Clay County Coroner releases names of those killed in car-pedestrian accident
Clay County Coroner Bryce Henry has released the names of the two pedestrians who were struck and killed just west of the US 50 and Big 4 Road intersection on Sunday night. They are 20-year-old Bayley...
Nov 1, 2023 Bayley Walker (left) and Bryson Walker (right)
Another arrested for meth delivery in ongoing drug investigation in Salem
A 39-year-old Salem woman has been arrested by the Southeastern Illinois Drug Task Force in connection with illegal drug distribution in the Salem area. Kari Holstlaw of Miles Lane in Salem was picked...
Nov 1, 2023
Two charged with rural Iuka home burglary with help of alert neighbors
Two Fairfield residents have been charged with residential burglary and burglary in connection with a burglary to a rural Iuka home early Monday morning. 46-year-old Daniel Brockett of Wayne County Ro...
Nov 1, 2023
BCMW Executive Director retires, replacement named
The outgoing Executive Director of the Social Service Agency BCMW was honored at a surprise retirement party on Tuesday. Sue Castleman has been at the agency for 42 years, the last nine as director. A...
Nov 1, 2023 New BCMW Executive Director Jessica Backs with retiring Executive Director Sue Castleman at her retirement party Tuesday. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
