A 59-year-old Salem man was arrested in Jefferson County on a Marion County no-bond felony warrant. Gerald Moon was later transported to the Marion County Jail to await a first court appearance on Monday. A 54-year-old Centralia man was arrested by Centralia Police on outstanding no bond Marion and Clinton County misdemeanor failure to appear warrants. Shadrach Harding of North Locust was taken to the Marion County Jail to await further court action. Centralia Police arrested 50-year-old M...

by Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois September 11, 2026 Article Summary A Harrisburg man who failed to register his 3D-printed guns was sentenced to eight years. The sentencing came after a jury found Yaraslav Vishnevski, 33, guilty of five weapons-related charges in June. A federal judge said his profile 'checked all the boxes' of a mass shooter; after sentencing, Vishnevski, a self-described hobbyist gunmaker, said he'd been unfairly painted as a 'homicidal maniac.' This summary was writt...

by Hannah Meisel, Capitol News Illinois September 10, 2026 Article Summary Illinois is set to become the first Midwestern state to allow terminally ill patients to seek life-ending medication from their physicians when the law goes into effect on Saturday. A federal judge ruled against disability rights groups that sued to halt Illinois' End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act, alleging the law is discriminatory and needs more state oversight to prevent abuse. But U.S. District Ju...

The appointed electoral board for objections to the Republican caucus nomination of Anthony Decker as Marion County Sheriff has overruled all objections. As a result, Anthony Decker remains the Republican nominee for Marion County Sheriff. The electoral board had received seven objections on similar grounds following the caucus held to select the Republican nominee for sheriff after Sheriff Kevin Cripps' decision to drop out of the race. While objectors primarily sought to protest the process...

The Salem Community Theatre and Cultural Center open a new musical, The Spitfire Grill, Friday night. The show will run for the weekends of September 11th-13th and 18th-20th. The play is directed by director/choreographer Matt Helton. Helton told WJBD-WSIQ that The Spitfire Grill was chosen as a good fit after the originally planned musical, Sister Act, turned out not to be currently viable. "I started racking my brain to think about what kind of show would be a great fit for our commun...

A 39-year-old Bowling Brook man only briefly got out of the Marion County Jail on Thursday following a court appearance before being arrested again. Centralia Police brought Quincy McCoy back to jail for criminal trespass to property. Centralia Police arrested two people following a domestic disturbance. 22-year-old Joseph Salgado of East Third in Centralia is being held in the Marion County Jail for alleged aggravated domestic battery and 23-year-old Destiny Little of Hickory Meadows in Ce...

A 39-year-old Bowling Brook man only briefly got out of the Marion County Jail on Thursday following a court appearance before being arrested again. Centralia Police brought Quincy McCoy back to jail for criminal trespass to property. Centralia Police arrested two people following a domestic disturbance. 22-year-old Joseph Salgado of East Third in Centralia is being held in the Marion County Jail for alleged aggravated domestic battery and 23-year-old Destiny Little of Hickory Meadows in C...

The Salem Community Theatre and Cultural Center will present a new musical 'The Spitfire Grill' the weekends of September 11th-13th and 18th-20th. The play is directed by director/choreographer Matt Helton. Recently released from prison, Percy Talbott (played by Lauren Berry) arrives in the struggling town of Gilead, Wisconsin, searching for a fresh start. When she begins working at the Spitfire Grill, her presence slowly brings buried hopes, secrets, and wounds to the surface. As the towns...