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Drug Take-Back day coming up in Williamson County; other counties listed as well
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - Williamson County Sheriff Bennie Vick is proud to announce that theWilliamson County Sheriff’s Office is participating in the next National Prescription Drug Take Back event....
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Domestic Battery call in Flat Rock sends multiple departments for mutual aid
CRAWFORD CO., Ill. - The Palestine Police Department responded to a domestic battery in assistance to the Crawford County Sheriff's Office approximately 10 miles south of Palestine, east of State...
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Site going down for maintenance Sunday
Well...sorta like that. Housekeeping. We has it. In order to maintain quality, performance and speed of service, we're going to have to take down the website for a little while tomorrow, Sunday,...
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Trucker strikes motorist on Interstate 70, motorist loses control, crashes
CUMBERLAND CO., Ill. - A trucker from Ohio effectively sideswiped another motorist on Interstate 70 this morning, causing the smaller vehicle to lose control and crash. Illinois State Police in...
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Columbus Day is stupid
Borrowed. Don't judge me. Nothing much further. It just is. It's not that those of us who actually work for a living can't get things done today, like banking, post office stuff, courthouse stuff. No....
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Hesler reproduction portrait of Lincoln will be presented at Clay County...
CLAY CO., Ill. - The famous reproduction portrait of one of America's best-known presidents is coming to another area courthouse tomorrow, October 8. The high-quality reproduction of a famous Abraham...
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Nesler’s Polar Whip: A Foodie’s guilty pleasure
ENERGY, Ill. - A guilty pleasure of many people in southern Illinois is none other than to dine at Nesler's Polar Whip in Energy. Nesler's is a family-owned business with a super-secret burger recipe...
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Tennessee man killed in Crawford County ATV accident
CRAWFORD CO., Ill. - Authorities have confirmed that a Tennessee man lost his life in an ATV accident this weekend in Crawford County. The accident happened on the afternoon of Saturday, October 6,...
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SAFE sponsors film covering ‘climate change’ and the burning of wood
(but....SAFE is okay) CARBONDALE, Ill. - Building on the accepted science that climate change is real and caused by human activity, the film "BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal?” will be showing at the...
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REWARD BEING OFFERED FOR INFO ON PITTSBURG MAN
UPDATE, 4:30 P.M. The reward has been increased to $1,000 for information leading to the whereabouts and apprehension and charging of Marks. He was seen at about 4:20 today (Tuesday, October 9) leaving...
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CARMI: Corn Day 2018 coming up! And here are you traffic patterns
From Carmi Kiwanis Facebook page: The Corn Day car CARMI, Ill. - Corn Day 2018 (Friday evening, October 12 to Saturday evening, Oct. 13) is coming up, and with that, Police Chief Jason Carter has...
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Voters take issue with judicial candidate in the First Circuit
Steve Green, in a promotional pic for his law 'practice.' It's 'practice' because, as you can see, he never quite gets it right. WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - Information coming in from Williamson County...
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Three-vehicle wreck south of Stotlar Road on 37 injures several
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - A three-vehicle rear-ending situation sent one Marion man to a local hospital and left several others with minor injuries earlier this afternoon. Illinois State Police worked...
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Teen walking on roadway seriously injured in car-v-pedestrian crash
FAYETTE CO., Ill. - Another car-v-pedestrian crash has sent a St. Elmo teen to a Springfield hospital. The accident occurred earlier this evening (Tuesday, October 9) at approximately 7:06 p.m. about...
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Effingham County and James Niemann facing multi-count Federal Lawsuit, as...
BY KIRK ALLEN ON OCTOBER 9, 2018 Effingham Co. (ECWd) – On August we published this article and firmly believed the actions of Effingham County officials opened the door for a federal lawsuit against...
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Richland County Board meets tomorrow night
RICHLAND CO., Ill. - The Richland County Board full board meeting will be held tomorrow night at the Board Room located in the Sheriff's Department, south of the courthouse. Times and other...
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Man convicted of Class X sex assault of a child in White County
Joseph L. Hughes WHITE CO., Ill. - A man originally from Kentucky has been sentenced in his 2017 child sex assault case. Joseph L. Hughes, 50, went through a stipulated bench trial yesterday (Tuesday,...
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WHY do we get all the nutty cases…?
I'm guessing - only GUESSING - that because it's election season, and because the civil war in this country between those who have sense and those who lack it is firing up, this would be why the...
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Benton man sentenced to federal prison for defrauding Southern Illinois...
BENTON, Ill. - Cary E. Mosley, 48, of Benton, Illinois, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for defrauding his former employer, Southern Illinois Healthcare (“SIH”), Steven D. Weinhoeft,...
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Authorities officially looking for Marks; DCFS, as usual, not doing their jobs
Marion's DCFS Regional office WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - Authorities in Williamson County are taking the search for a man on the run from Pittsburg seriously, while others are wondering why the Department...
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