Category Archives: Local News
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A 43-year-old Salem woman has been sentenced to three years in prison after her probation on a meth delivery charge was revoked during a Tuesday court hearing.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
SSM Health Good Samaritan and St. Mary's Hospital Now Offering Patient Transportation
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon has announced transportation services with South Central Illinois Mass Transit District (SCT) for its patients. A similar program began for patients at...
Nov 16, 2022
Replacement of windows in historic Salem Travel Building being completed this week
The owner of Salem Travel says the final phase of their window replacement project in their historic building at Main and Broadway in downtown Salem is being completed this week. windows! Jeannell Cha...
Nov 16, 2022 Work just beginning to replace the remaining of the wood covered windows in the Salem Travel Building at Main and Broadway downtown.
GOP chooses new leadership in General Assembly as Dems retain control
By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Republicans chose new leadership for their caucuses in the Illinois General Assembly on Tuesday night, while the two...
Nov 16, 2022 Rep. Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, and Sen. John Curran, R-Downers Grove, were chosen Tuesday to be the minority leaders of their respective caucuses in the Illinois General Assembly. (Capitol News Illinois file photos)
Salem Grade and High School Boards both plan Truth in Taxation hearings due to increased tax levies
Both the Salem Grade and High School Boards Monday night voted to hold Truth in Taxation hearings at their December meetings to clear the way for an increase in the property tax levy of over 5 percent...
Nov 15, 2022
