Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Thursday, October 30th, 2025
Salem Police arrested 26-year-old Jeremiah Meyer of Sparrow Lane in Mt. Vernon on a no bond Marion County felony failure to appear warrant. Centralia Police arrested 42-year-old Tina Myers of Case Str...
Oct 30, 2025
Jurors convict Illinois deputy of killing Sonya Massey but can't agree on first-degree murder charge
By JOHN O'CONNOR Associated Press PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A jury on Wednesday convicted an Illinois sheriff's deputy of second-degree murder, a lesser charge, in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Blac...
Oct 29, 2025 Supporters of Sonya Massey’s family gather outside the Peoria County Courthouse in Peoria, Ill., Wednesday, October 29, 2025. (AP Photo/John O’Connor)
Illinois joins lawsuit to force federal government not to pause SNAP benefits
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois October 28, 2025 Article Summary Illinois is one of 25 states suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture over plans to pause benefits for the Supplemental Nutriti...
Oct 29, 2025 Attorney General Kwame Raoul listens to debate in the Illinois House in May 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Marion County Board reappoints Board of Review and Health Board members after setting new appointment procedures
The Marion County Board has reappointed two members of the Board of Review and four members of the Health Board under the old appointment system after finalizing how the system would work going forwar...
Oct 29, 2025 File photo: Marion County Board meeting. Photo by Bruce Kropp.
Lawmakers advance bill allowing public officials to conceal personal information
by Brenden Moore, Capitol News Illinois October 29, 2025 Article Summary New legislation would allow state lawmakers, constitutional officers and state's attorneys, among others, to request that their...
Oct 29, 2025 State Rep. Katie Stuart presents her bill aimed at protecting public officials from doxing on the Illinois House floor on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
House Dems eye taxes on entertainment, billionaires' investments to fund transit
by Ben Szalinski, Capitol News Illinois October 28, 2025 Article Summary A key Illinois House Democrat filed a bill to raise up to $2 billion to fund public transportation in the Chicago area. The pro...
Oct 29, 2025 Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado, D-Chicago, speaks in an Illinois House committee about a public transportation reform bill on May 31, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
( Appeals court blocks order requiring Bovino to brief judge on Chicago immigration sweeps
CHICAGO (AP) - An appeals court intervened Wednesday and suddenly blocked an order that required a senior Border Patrol official to give unprecedented daily briefings to a judge about immigration swee...
Oct 29, 2025
Marion County Board takes no vote on submitting bid for Salem animal pound
The Marion County Board has decided not to make a bid to purchase the Salem animal pound. A closed session to discuss animal control at Tuesday night's meeting ended with no motion and confirmation fr...
Oct 29, 2025 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
Two arrested when found living in vacant rural Sandoval home
Two people were arrested when found living in a vacant home in rural Sandoval. The Marion County Sheriff's Office was called to the home on Norton Road Tuesday afternoon when a relative checking on th...
Oct 29, 2025
Two hurt in Monday traffic crash in Centralia
Two people were taken to SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia following a two-vehicle crash at East Broadway and McCord in Centralia on Monday. Centralia Police say 75-year-old Daniel Schaefer ...
Oct 29, 2025
