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Corporate-style jet crashes in rural Clark County, Indiana; no survivors
CLARK CO., Ind. - Indiana State Police have released details about the plane crash that took the lives of all aboard happening earlier today, Friday, November 30. ISP said that shortly before 11:30...
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Williamson County, Felony Friday is finally here!!
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - It's been a heckuva week in Williamson, so why not cap it off with a heckuva Felony Friday report! Felonies Filed Andrew A. Bisailon, 19 of Zeigler, is charged with Criminal...
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How Safe is Your Water: A Community Education Event
CARMI, Ill. - Is it okay to drink the water? In decades past, this may not have been a question that was typically asked here. Occasionally, there would be stories from international travelers who...
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RICHLAND COUNTY: Reorganizational meeting for county board coming up
RICHLAND CO., Ill. - The Richland County Board has announce the agenda for the upcoming reorganizational meeting for the board following the November elections. All county board meetings, unless...
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Johnston City man sentenced to more than 16 years on federal meth offense
Jackie Buckner WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - Jackie C. Buckner, 38, of Johnston City, has been sentenced to 200 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine conspiracy, United States Attorney...
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Active school shooter/assailant –TRAINING ONLY– set in Carmi for Dec. 5
A screen shot of TV coverage of an "active shooter" scenario at a school in Houston, Texas, a few years back. WHITE CO.— Authorities in Carmi and White County have announced that the Carmi Police...
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Madigan warns Illinois residents to be on alert for storm-related repair scams
A shot from the area around Taylorville, Illinois, struck by this weekend's tornadoes ILLINOIS - Following severe storms and tornadoes in central Illinois on Saturday, Attorney General Lisa Madigan...
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Williamson County man finally sentenced on 2015 firearms case
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - Williamson County State's Attorney Brandon Zanotti announced Monday that on Friday, November 30, 2018, Gage M. McKnight, 22, of Hurst, was sentenced by a Williamson County judge...
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SALINE, GALLATIN, WAYNE COs.: ISP reports on seatbelt patrols
DISTRICT 19 - Illinois State Police in District 19 Carmi have released reports on the Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP, or, seatbelt patrols) held in three counties during November: Wayne,...
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Second of three jailbreakers sentenced Monday in White County
The photo of Johnny Tipton, left, and Hardin County Sheriff JT Fricker, was posted on Hardin County Sheriff’s Facebook page and distributed widely; it shows how an “old-school” sheriff can handle a...
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SHAWNEETOWN: ISP reports on car-v-school bus wreck Monday
SHAWNEETOWN, Ill. - Illinois State Police worked a two-vehicle wreck yesterday afternoon, after a collision between a school bus and an SUV occurred in town. ISP reports that the wreck took place at...
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Arrest made in Carmi after mother is alleged to have punched teen son several...
Heather Yeunger (apparently, she's short) CARMI, Ill. - Carmi police report that a domestic between a mom and her teenage son got the mom locked up last night. Carmi city police report that the...
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New Flora Police Chief submits activity report for end of November
FLORA, Ill. - With the retirement of former Chief John Nicholson, Flora has a new chief - Guye Durre - and Chief Durre has submitted the end-of-November/early-December departmental activity report....
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Maunie resident acts crazed in front of officers; almost TASERed during...
WHITE CO., Ill. - An attempt to serve a misdemeanor warrant Friday on a Maunie resident turned into a spectacle of crazed behavior that might've warranted using a TASER, but White County officers...
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Theft of weapons report taken by sheriff’s department; sex offender arrested...
WHITE CO., Ill. - Besides the insane antics of Maunie resident Shane Williford over the weekend, the White County Sheriff's Department handled a couple of other serious cases between the end of...
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ISP District 12 announces November enforcement activity
DISTRICT 12 EFFINGHAM, Ill. - Illinois State Police District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, today announced activity and enforcement figures for the month of November. Troopers in District 12,...
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AG Madigan recovers $17 million from Wells Fargo for Illinois pension systems
ILLINOIS - Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a $17.25 million settlement with Wells Fargo as a result of the bank’s misconduct in its marketing and sale of risky residential...
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ISP District 13 DuQuoin to conduct Nighttime Enforcement Patrols
DuQUOIN, Ill. - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 13 Commander, Captain Derek Wise, announces the ISP will conduct Nighttime Enforcement (NITE) patrols in Williamson County during the month of...
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Driver from Pennsylvania crashes in Clark County on icy Interstate 70
CLARK CO., Ill. - An elderly driver from Pennsylvania was transported to an Indiana hospital this morning for treatment of injuries sustained in a Clark County interstate crash, which Illinois State...
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Unlawful Display of Registration proves costly for Carmi gal
Beth Ann Allen CARMI, Ill. - A single arrest was conducted in the early morning hours this morning, according to Carmi's city police department report. Carmi police say that early this morning...
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