(SAMUELS) Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 8 Special Agents have arrested 21-year-old Shavonte D. Samuels of Centralia, following a deadly shooting in Centralia. The Centralia Police […]
Author: Greg Sapp
(JANET OHNESORGE LISTENS AS EFFINGHAM CITY ADMINISTRATOR STEVE MILLER READS OFF HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS) Effingham City Council members Tuesday passed the Appointment Ordinance for the fiscal year that begins May 1. […]
Students are pictured at a Rochester Elementary School pre-K classroom. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell) The report found Illinois has made slow progress on funding and enrollment Article […]
CEFS Economic Opportunity Corporation is offering college and occupational training scholarships for low-income individuals with high academic potential. The Community Services Block Grant scholarship supplements the cost of tuition, fees, […]
Effingham Public Library board members re-elected their slate of officers at this week’s meeting. The officers are co-presidents Matt Greider and Lisa Koerner, Secretary Charlene Topel, and Treasurer Shelby Dasenbrock. […]
A 21-year-old Centralia man is in custody in connection with a fatal Sunday afternoon shooting in Centralia. Shavonte Samuels turned himself in at the Centralia Police station on Tuesday shortly […]
A Louisville woman has been sentenced to prison time. 44-year-old Melissa Schnepper pled guilty Tuesday to a count of unlawful possession of methamphetamine. Judge Josh Morrison sentenced Schnepper to 3-1/2 […]