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Johnson City woman injured in two-vehicle accident on Route 37
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - A two-car collision on Illinois Route 37 at Lake of Egypt Road sent one driver to an area hospital with non-incapacitating injuries earlier today. Illinois State Police in...
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Willow Hill folks arrested in Palestine; one held on Indiana warrant
PALESTINE, Ill. - Palestine Police Chief Jeff Besing had an interesting traffic stop last night (Friday, October 19) that resulted in the arrest of several area folks, most of them from Willow Hill in...
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Phase one of Reichert’s sentencing in Jackson County held Friday
Christian Reichert JACKSON CO., Ill. - The first phase of Christian Reicherts sentencing began yesterday, Friday November 19 at 1:00 pm. Reichert, 26, is the kid who has been found guilty of being a...
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Fall is in the air, so Italian food should be on your plate…!
JOHNSTON CITY, Ill. - Our resident foodie was on the road again today, this time not tooling far from Marion, her home base...and she traveled up to Johnston City, where delicious Italian food is on...
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Elderly Maryland man ends up in Cumberland County cornfield after Interstate...
CUMBERLAND CO., Ill. - An octogenarian from the state of Maryland ran off the Interstate earlier today, landing in a cornfield with minor injuries. Illinois State Police in District 12 Effingham said...
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Opioid Awareness Forum to be held in Marion
MARION, Ill. - Another Opioid Awareness Forum is set to be held in Marion. The upcoming forum will be held Tuesday, October 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Pavilion Meeting Room, located at 1602 Sioux...
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Crazy in Carmi: Cops contend with batteries, knives, etc. in wild weekend report
CARMI, Ill. - Carmi police had a bevy of issues to deal with this weekend, most of it involving theft or violence in some form. A couple of break-ins lead the weekend activity report. On Thursday,...
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Catching you up: Print headlines for July-August 2018!
Because of staffing issues and illness, we weren't able to fill you in on the print headlines of some of the print issues as each one was released. So we're making that up to you right now, in the...
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No explanation – but lots of citations – for car mysteriously veering off the...
MARION CO., Ill. - A single-vehicle accident with an apparently mysterious cause for veering off the roadway sent a Centralia man to a St. Louis hospital last night, trailing several citations behind...
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Man standing on street corner gets picked up…on warrant arrest
Shawn Jones CARMI, Ill. - Standing on street corners isn't necessarily a crime, but a Carmi man found out that if there's an active warrant for your arrest and you've not turned yourself in, don't be...
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C.Patti gets smackdown; bf toted off to jail
Sherman Hilborn WHITE CO., Ill. - The Crossville felon and perpetual pest who's gone out of her way to not only scrub her online doings but to actually rename herself on Fecesbook has managed to get...
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Last of ten co-defendants sentenced to 16 years for large-scale meth ring
SO. ILL. - Starlet J. Howie, aka “Star Oettle,” and “Star Miller,” 49, of Sparta, Illinois, has been sentenced to 192 months in federal prison for her role in a methamphetamine conspiracy, United...
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SENTENCING FINISHED: Reichert will spend the next nine and a half years in IDOC
JACKSON CO., Ill. - The push to completely decriminalize cannabis in the state of Illinois won't help those who traffic large amounts illegally. That's the thought that was one the minds of supporters...
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Elderly man with dementia subject of search in Crawford County; was later...
PALESTINE, Ill. - A great effort was put forth Tuesday evening when an elderly man suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's went missing. The situation emerged at approximately 7:21 p.m. Tuesday...
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SALINE CO.: ISP District 19 announced Roadside Safety Check results
SALINE CO. - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 19 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the results of a Roadside Safety Check (RSC) held in Saline County from late night Saturday, October...
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HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN FIELD NORTH OF MT. CARMEL
WABASH CO., Ill. - Wabash County Sheriff Derek Morgan has addressed the discovery of human remains found in his county yesterday. Morgan said that yesterday (October 23, 2018) at 1:46 p.m., the...
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Dump truck crashes into interstate overpass in Wayne County
WAYNE CO., Ill. - Illinois State Police are attributing a crash on the Interstate in Wayne County as being caused by a "mechanical issue." And that was quite the mechanical issue: It left the 'dump'...
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Man sentenced over DUI crash-with-injuries in Gallatin County
GALLATIN CO., Ill. - The man behind the wheel during a DUI crash in Gallatin County that cost a motorcyclist his leg has been sentenced to Illinois Department of Corrections. Gallatin County State's...
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White County punk who killed Toby Sanders pleads to watered-down charge;...
Harold Artice Ivy WHITE CO., Ill. - The teen who killed a Carmi man this past summer has entered a guilty plea in White County Circuit Court...and prosecutor Denton Aud is very unhappy about the way...
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Williamson County man sentenced on federal meth charge
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - Timothy O. Meadows, 35, of Marion, has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine conspiracy, United States Attorney for the Southern...
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