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JAIL DEATH INVESTIGATED
RICHLAND CO. – A woman who was an inmate for a brief time at the Richland County Detention Center in Olney is dead after an incident at the jail that’s being investigated as suicide. Shannon Tarpley...
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MARION MAN CITED WITH DUI IN GALLATIN COUNTY CRASH
MARION, Ill. - A traffic crash on U.S. Route 45 in Gallatin County last night sent a Marion, Illinois, man to a hospital and got him cited for DUI. Illinois State Police who worked the wreck said...
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MARION POLICE REPORT, DECEMBER 1 THROUGH 12, 2016
MARION, Ill. – Marion police have enjoyed a little less activity out of the crims, citation-seekers and other issues they have to contend with, as this report shows, covering the time frame of...
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MT. CARMEL POLICE REPORT IS A BIG ONE
MT. CARMEL, Ill. - While bigger burgs in downstate had skinnier police department reports, little Mt. Carmel in Wabash County was rockin. Things kicked off December 2 in Mt. Carmel when police...
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KELLER SENTENCED IN EDWARDS COUNTY BURGLARY
MARK STEPHEN KELLER II EDWARDS CO., Ill. - The Carmi man who last week was sentenced in a high-profile burglary case in White County has now been sentenced in Edwards County. Mark S. Keller, 42 of...
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Williamson County…you’re about to be saturated
...by patrols, that is. Williamson County Sheriff Bennie Vick would like to announce an upcoming Traffic Safety campaign. Through the next several weeks, Roadside Safety Checks will be scheduled during...
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CRAZY BUSY WEEK FOR CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
CLAY CO., Ill. - Clay County Sheriff Andy Myers has sent material showing his department's activity for the past few days, and it appears things are kicking up a little bit in the midst of the...
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TAMARA WILLIAMS FOUND NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - The woman who murdered Barbara Beers in November of 2013 has been found guilty of the murder, but legally not guilty by reason of insanity. In the bench trial held in Williamson...
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CHARGES FILED IN SUNDAY’S ALLEGED GUN-THEFT SPREE
LAWRENCE/JASPER COs., Ill. - Two days after they are alleged to have taken off through a rural area of Jasper and then Lawrence Counties, formal charges have been filed against Shane Babbs and Tabitha...
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CENTRALIA RESIDENT SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN FED PRISON FOR FIREARMS OFFENSES
CENTRALIA, Ill. - Brandon Hoskins, 32, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced to sixty months in federal prison on December 13, 2016, for possession of a firearm in connection with a drug offense, the...
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THEFT CASE IN WILLIAMSON RESOLVED WITH PLEA
Austin Norris WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - Williamson County State’s Attorney Brandon Zanotti announced yesterday that on December 12, 2016, Austen Norris, age 20 of Marion, pled guilty to theft, a Class 3...
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RAMEY’S ATTORNEY SLIDES A MOTION IN TODAY; NO HEARING TOMORROW
GLENN RAMEY RICHLAND CO., Ill. - The public defender appointed to handle accused murderer Glenn Ramey's case is already going above and beyond. Earlier today (Thursday, December 15), a hearing was held...
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BRIAN BURNS SUFFERING FROM CANCER; SEEKING BOND REDUCTION
Dr. Brian Burns, in custody at the SCDC SALINE CO., Ill. - In a hearing held today in Saline County Circuit Court, the attorney representing the former doctor accused of murder has entered a motion for...
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TWO INJURED IN ROUTE 45 CRASH, EFFINGHAM COUNTY
EFFINGHAM CO., Ill. - A man from Edgewood and a man from Effingham were injured in a two-vehicle collision Thursday on U.S. Route 45. Illinois State Police in District 12 Effingham report that a blue...
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AREA SHERIFFS REPORTING ANOTHER SEASONAL SCAM
ILLINOIS - Williamson County Sheriff Bennie Vick has been kind enough to supply us with a press release about the latest scam going around this holiday season. The Illinois Sheriffs’ Association is...
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ACCUSED MURDERER’S FATHER ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES, INDIANA
Joseph Marley, Knox County mugshot KNOX CO., Ill. - There are some things that you just can't make up, despite Facebook giving you the opportunity to say that someone is. This story is one of those....
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COWPER TAKES A PLEA IN SEX ASSAULT CASE
DEANGELO COWPER SALINE CO., Ill. - A violent crim who finally pulled a couple of stunts authorities weren’t going to put up with is off to IDOC. The Saline County State’s Attorney’s office has advised...
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ICY ROAD LEADS TO JUVENILE DRIVER’S CRASH ON EXIT RAMP
EFFINGHAM CO., Ill. - An accident last night on an icy exit ramp sent a young driver to the hospital in Effingham for injuries that Illinois State Police said were non-life-threatening. The accident...
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MOUNT PLEASANT WOMEN INJURED ON ICY ROADWAY
FAYETTE CO.— A pair of Mount Pleasant women were transported to an area hospital after police say the vehicle they were in hit a patch of ice Friday, December 16. According to authorities, at 7:22...
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SINGLE-VEHICLE FATAL CRASH, CLAY COUNTY
CLAY CO., Ill. - A man from Louisville is deceased following a single-vehicle crash on Athens Lane. Illinois State Police who worked the crash said that it happened early this morning (Saturday,...
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