Category Archives: Local News
Illinois Attorney General continues to work for full SNAP benefits following US Supreme Court Setback
Attorney General Kwame Raoul continues to push for SNAP recipients to receive the benefits to which they are entitled. In a statement issued after a Friday night Supreme Court order blocked an early c...
Nov 09, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Representative Severin, Senator Bryant to Seek Changes Following Law Enforcement Roundtable in Mt. Vernon
State Representative Dave Severin and State Senator Terri Bryant plan to seek action in several areas after hosting local law enforcement officials in a legislative roundtable at the Mt. Vernon Police...
Nov 09, 2025
Police Beat for Sunday, November 9th, 2025
A 58-year-old rural Odin man was arrested on Saturday by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies on a Marion County no-bond misdemeanor failure to appear warrant. Walter Hollen of Queens Avenue was taken to ...
Nov 09, 2025 oasisamuel / Depositphotos.com
Judge optimistic about improvements at Chicago-area ICE facility with alleged 'inhumane' conditions
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge expressed optimism Friday at the government's progress in making required changes to a Chicago-area federal immigration facility w...
Nov 09, 2025 Law enforcement standoff with protesters outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Sandoval Man Faces Multiple Charges Following Chase with Sandoval Police
A 52-year-old Sandoval man is being held in the Marion County Jail on multiple charges following a Friday night police chase. Michael Flanigan of South Locust was arrested for aggravated battery to a ...
Nov 08, 2025
Two Combines Involved in Fires on Saturday
A combine in rural Odin and another in rural Patoka were involved in fires on Saturday. Odin Fire Chief Greg Smith says Maurice Weigman was shelling corn in a field off the 3600 block of Hoots Chapel ...
Nov 08, 2025 Odin Firemen work to keep a combine fire from spreading in a field off Hoots Chapel Road late Saturday morning.
Shed Burns in Royal Lakes Neighborhood in Rural Odin
A ten-by-12-foot shed was destroyed by fire at the Zach Horton residence at 2686 Queens Avenue in the Royal Lakes neighborhood in rural Odin on Friday afternoon. Odin Fire Chief Greg Smith says an una...
Nov 08, 2025 Odin Firemen look over Friday afternoon shed fire in Royal Lakes neighborhood.
Police Beat for Saturday, November 8th,2025
Four people were taken to the Marion County Jail on Friday and early Saturday morning on outstanding no-bond warrants and are expected to remain in custody until Monday's court appearances. 33-year-ol...
Nov 08, 2025
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
BOSTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration's emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even...
Nov 08, 2025
Kaskaskia College recognizes Land of Lincoln Honor Flight at Enduring Freedom celebration
Kaskaskia College hosted its annual Enduring Freedom celebration on Wednesday morning, hosting veterans and guests for breakfast and a ceremony in Jane Knight Auditorium. The guest speakers at this ye...
Nov 07, 2025 Guest speakers Joan Bortolon (left) and Steve Wheeler (right) of Land of Lincoln Honor Flight speak at this year's Enduring Freedom Celebration at Kaskaskia College. Photo by Austin Williams.
