Category Archives: Local News
Salem City Council Monday to be Asked to Approve Budget and Comprehensive Plan
The Salem City Council Monday night will be asked to approve the budget for the fiscal year beginning May 1st and the city's new comprehensive plan. The lengthy agenda also includes making North Washi...
Apr 06, 2026
Police Beat for Monday, April 6th, 2026
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested two people on unrelated domestic battery cases. 19-year-old Noah Budds of South Woods in Odin was arrested following an alleged altercation at his home o...
Apr 06, 2026
Death of 20-month old child in Centralia Under Investigation
An investigation is underway into the cause of death of a 20-month-old child found unresponsive at a home in the 100 block of Clinmar. The Centralia Police and Fire Department, along with Emergency Me...
Apr 05, 2026
Police Beat for Sunday, April 5th, 2026
A 40-year-old homeless man has been arrested in Jefferson County on a Marion County failure to appear no-bond misdemeanor warrant. Will Jones was brought back to the Marion County jail on Saturday via...
Apr 05, 2026
CEJA workforce hubs deliver hope, but will they deliver jobs?
State data shows only about 15% of graduates have secured employment in the renewable energy sector By REECE DOWER Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary While the st...
Apr 05, 2026 Instructor Darryl Neal poses with a circular saw used as part of the bridge program’s construction fundamentals section during a tour of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act Waukegan hub on Feb. 27, 2026. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Reece Dower)
Ameren Illinois Adds New Technology to Enhance Electric Grid Reliability in Salem
Ameren Illinois has taken another step forward in modernizing the electric grid in Salem by installing and activating smart switches designed to enhance service reliability for customers. The devices ...
Apr 04, 2026 Smart switches (IntelliRupters) on the Salem grid near Salem Township Hospital. The IntelliRupters work in tandem with automated outage‑detection technologies to quickly identify faults in the flow of electricity, reroute power from other circuits, and reduce both the duration of an outage and the number of customers affected.
Police Beat for Saturday, April 4th, 2026
A 28-year-old homeless Centralia man has been arrested by Centralia Police for alleged domestic battery. William Rose was taken to the Marion County Jail. Salem Police arrested 56-year-old Jeffrey Hol...
Apr 04, 2026
Payroll Jobs Increase, Unemployment Rate Ticks Up in Illinois in January
Unemployment increased, but so did the number of people working in Illinois in January. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports that unemployment jumped two-tenths of a percentage point...
Apr 04, 2026
Trump Administration Sues Illinois Over State's Attempts to Regulate Prediction Markets
The feds argue they have primary authority to regulate the popular markets, not the states. Illinois says the move puts profits over people. by Casey Toner Illinois Answers Project The Trump ad...
Apr 04, 2026 The Federal Government and States are wrestling over who gets to regulate prediction markets like Polymarket where people can bet on sports or the outcome of world events. (Credit: Victor Hiliski for Illinois Answers Project)
University of Illinois Springfield faculty go on strike
Union voices concerns over inadequate pay after months of negotiations By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Tenure and tenure-track faculty at the ...
Apr 04, 2026 Striking faculty members, family and supporters picketing on University of Illinois Springfield’s campus. The faculty union has been in negotiations with the university for almost a year and voted to authorize a strike in late March. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jenna Schweikert)
