Folks….the plane from Iowa that crashed in Vienna WAS NOT SHOT DOWN
JOHNSON CO., Ill. - It's as if there are some agent provocateurs out there ensuring that the "fake news" posts are going viral as 2017 kicks off, maybe in an effort to justify Facebook's "war on"...
View ArticleGRANITE CITY TRUCKER INJURED IN WHITE COUNTY CRASH
WHITE CO.— A Granite City man was transported to an area hospital following a one-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer. According to authorities, today, January 3, at 7:35 a.m., David Matthew...
View ArticleNew Humanist Forum: “Who Owns National TV News?”
CARBONDALE, Ill. - The next New Humanist Forum is Sunday, January 15th at 12:15pm at Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship, 105 N. Parrish Lane, Carbondale, Ill. Eileen R. Meehan, SIU professor in the...
View ArticleISP DISTRICT 12 ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF VARIOUS PATROLS, NORTH COUNTIES
EFFINGHAM, Ill. - Illinois State Police District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, has announced the results of various patrols held in District 12 counties during December. The patrols and their...
View ArticleISP DISTRICT 19 ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF ALCOHOL PATROLS
WAYNE CO., Ill. - ISP District 19 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the results of an Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrol in Wayne County during December. These ACE patrols...
View ArticleEFFINGHAM/CUMBERLAND COs.: ISP announces results of Nighttime Enforcement...
EFFINGHAM CO., Ill. - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the results of Nighttime Enforcement (NITE) patrols in Effingham and Cumberland counties...
View ArticleEFFINGHAM/FAYETTE COs.: ISP 12 announces results of Alcohol Enforcement Patrol
EFFINGHAM/FAYETTE Cos., Ill. - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the results of Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols in Effingham and...
View ArticleKELLER CHARGED WITH ANOTHER BURGLARY, THIS ONE IN EDWARDS
MARK STEPHEN KELLER II EDWARDS CO., Ill. - The man convicted and sentenced in the Matz burglary case in White County has now been charged with yet another residential burglary. Mark S. Keller II, 42 of...
View ArticleWINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH OF I-70
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS - Welcome to winter weather, the first snowfall of which ensures whether or not people remember how to drive since the LAST snowfall we had. Everybody is kinda flipping out about the...
View ArticleMARION CITY POLICE REPORT, END OF DECEMBER/BEGINNING OF JANUARY
MARION, Ill. - There was quite the run of alleged criminal activity the last week or so of December 2016, and the first couple of days of January 2017, among them, a guy who is alleged to have offered...
View ArticleTWO-VEHICLE CRASH ON INTERSTATE OUTSIDE EFFINGHAM
EFFINGHAM CO., Ill. - Snow was a factor in a sliding-vehicle collision this morning just outside of Effingham. Illinois State Police in District 12 said the wreck occurred on Interstate 57 in the...
View ArticleSNOW-COVERED ROADWAY CAUSE OF I-70 ACCIDENTS
FAYETTE CO., Ill. - A Pennsylvania woman was injured and hospitalized after an accident this morning in Fayette County, and another accident at another location on I-70 happened at exactly the same...
View ArticleA LIGHT FLORA POLICE REPORT ROUNDED OUT THE END OF THE YEAR
FLORA, Ill. - There was not a lot of activity on the part of law enforcement officers for the city of Flora at year's end, and just one little incident to report for the beginning of the year, so good...
View ArticleMAN STUCK ATOP DEVIL’S SMOKESTACK AT GotG
Garden of the Gods SALINE CO., Ill. - There's been no word on the outcome regarding a call earlier this afternoon about a man stuck atop a popular formation at Garden of the Gods on the Saline County...
View ArticleMAN WANTED ON EDWARDS WARRANT FOUND WALKING IN WHITE
Donald Terrell WHITE/EDWARDS COs., Ill. - White County Sheriff Doug Maier reports that a warrant arrest was made rather easily yesterday afternoon in the Crossville area. Maier said that a he was...
View ArticleEFFINGHAM WOMAN TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL AFTER LOSING CONTROL ON SNOWY INTERSTATE
EFFINGHAM CO.— An Effingham woman was transported to an area hospital following a single-vehicle accident in Effingham County. According to authorities, on Thursday (January 5) at approximately 7:10...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA TRUCKER CITED FOLLOWING I-64 CRASH
WAYNE CO.— A California trucker was issued multiple citations after police say he was too tired to drive. According to authorities on Thursday, January 5, at approximately 8:30 p.m. Allen D. Mizrahi,...
View ArticleCANADIAN RESCUED FROM ICY PERCH AT GotG
One of the markers at Garden of the Gods SALINE/HARDIN COs., Ill. - A young man from Canada is very fortunate that the rescuers from Hardin County know their way around Garden of the Gods, and more...
View ArticleLawrenceville, McLeansboro men sentenced Thursday in Hamilton County
Randall Clark HAMILTON CO., Ill. - Two men were sentenced to terms in the Illinois Department of Corrections out of Hamilton County, according to information released by State's Attorney Justin Hood....
View ArticleCANADIAN RESCUED FROM GotG IDENTIFIED
Gillis on top of the smokestack SALINE CO., Ill. - The Canadian man who had to be rescued from a rock formation at Garden of the Gods yesterday has been identified by authorities. According to a press...
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