Category Archives: Local News
South Central School Board celebrates rising test scores on school report card
South Central School Superintendent Kerry Herdes had good news to share with the school board Wednesday night when presenting the school report card. He says Kinmundy Elementary, South Central Middle,...
Nov 17, 2022
With three session days left, SAFE-T Act changes could be forthcoming, 'technical' in nature
Dems claim electoral mandate for broad criminal justice reform, GOP claims they're 'frozen out' By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Changes may yet co...
Nov 17, 2022 Sen. Robert Peters, D-Chicago, speaks at a news conference about the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform, saying that voters have shown that Illinoisans don't want major changes to the law as it is currently slated to take effect Jan. 1, 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Senate approves divestment in Russia over Ukraine war
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved withdrawing state investments in Russia to protest its nearly nine-month war against Ukraine. The 50-0 vote on President ...
Nov 17, 2022 Matt Turner / CC
Work resumes at Obama Presidential Center construction site
CHICAGO (AP) - Construction has resumed of the Obama Presidential Center, nearly a week after it was halted when a noose was found at the site on Chicago's South Side, the group building it said Wedne...
Nov 17, 2022 FILE - Former President Barack Obama points to a rendering for the former president's lakefront presidential center at a community event at the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago on May 3, 2017. A federal judge on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to prevent the construction of the Obama Presidential Center in a park on Chicago's South Side. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Security guard killed in Chicago-area shopping mall shooting
CALUMET CITY, Ill. (AP) - A security guard was fatally shot inside a Chicago-area shopping mall on Wednesday, police said. Two men tried to rob a jewelry store at the mall but were met by the security...
Nov 17, 2022
January 6th rioter charged with murder in Illinois crash
CHICAGO (AP) - A central Illinois man who pleaded guilty to felony charges for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S Capitol was charged with first-degree murder Wednesday in the death of a woman kil...
Nov 17, 2022 This photo provided by Sangamon County Jail shows Shane Jason Woods. Woods, who pleaded guilty to felony charges during the Jan. 6 riots was charged with first-degree murder Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, after a woman was killed in a wrong-way car collision on Nov. 8, county officials said. (Sangamon County Jail via AP)
Stevenson Township to go after those who go on closed dirt roads during muddy conditions
A resident of Stevenson Township is frustrated with those who go on dirt roads when they are muddy and tear them up. Ed Smalley says there is no purpose for the costly damage that also prevents farmer...
Nov 16, 2022 Damage left to Cross Road by those running vehicles through the mud.
Thanksgiving dinner to cost Illinois families 13-percent more this year
The Illinois Farm Bureau says the classic Thanksgiving meal will cost 13 percent more this year. Illinois shoppers participating in the 37th annual American Farm Bureau Federation's Thanksgiving Cost ...
Nov 16, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Sandoval works to add officers to police force
The Sandoval Village Board has authorized the hiring of three full-time police officers that will get the village close to having 24-hour-a-day coverage. Police Chief Joe Lyons updated the board on pr...
Nov 16, 2022
Salem woman sentenced to three years in prison on drug charge
A 43-year-old Salem woman has been sentenced to three years in prison after her probation on a meth delivery charge was revoked during a Tuesday court hearing. Surinam Phelps of West Warmouth will ser...
Nov 16, 2022 Marion County Courthouse
