ISP District 12 announces March enforcement activity
DISTRICT 12 EFFINGHAM, Ill. - Illinois State Police District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, has announced activity and enforcement figures for the month of March. Troopers in District 12, which...
View ArticleMarion & Fayette counties alcohol patrol results announced
MARION/FAYETTE COs., Ill. - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the results of Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols in Fayette and Marion...
View ArticleEvansville folks wreck in Richland County; alcohol, electronics cited
RICHLAND CO., Ill. - A single-vehicle crash Sunday in Richland County sent two Evansville residents to an area hospital with unspecified injuries last night, Sunday, April 14...and also got them cited...
View ArticleHARRISBURG: Familiar names appear in April’s 2nd week arrests
HARRISBURG, Ill. - The show is going on in Harrisburg when it comes to arrests, and there are familiar names on the marquee of those featured for the week of April 8 through the 14th, 2019. Here's the...
View ArticlePlenty of traffic infractions in Flora PD activity report
FLORA, Ill. - Traffic accidents and citations on every level ruled the day last week, in this Flora Police Department activity report covering April 7 to 13, 2019. On Sunday April 7, 2019 at 9:57 am,...
View ArticleMan arrested after hit-&-run behind pool room
CARMI, Ill. - Carmi police dealt with a couple of incidents this past weekend, including a hit-and-run behind Danny's Pool Room. That occurred Friday night, April 12, when at 3:10 p.m. Friday...
View ArticleTwo sentenced for Conspiracy to Counterfeit US currency
U.S. DISTRICT COURT - Steven D. Weinhoeft, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Michael Bell, 33 of Granite City and Kelly Seeger, age 37, of O’Fallon,...
View ArticleGALLATIN COUNTY: Tox back on missing woman; meth found
Brooke Naylor GALLATIN CO., Ill. - Toxicology on the body of the woman who went missing from Saline County in early March - and was subsequently found in Gallatin County deceased - has returned, and...
View ArticleBizarre situation in Carmi: Griping over driving, guy with weapon alleged
A Ruger AR 556; NOT necessarily the one in question WHITE CO., Ill. - An incident yesterday in Carmi lead to some tense moments for several individuals, and it’s unclear whether an arrest has been...
View ArticleBattery, Escape get Carmi man 10 years in IDOC
Cedrick J. Graham WHITE CO., Ill. - A young Carmi man is off to prison after a Monday sentencing hearing on two charges: Aggravated Battery and Escape, both Class 3 felonies. White County State's...
View ArticleMid-month matters in Clay: Sheriff’s activity report
CLAY CO., Ill. - Here's a brief rundown of Clay County Sheriff's Department activity for the middle of the month of April, the 10th through the 15th, as supplied by Sheriff Andy Myers. April 10,...
View ArticlePainful pole punch: Lines down on Epworth after tractor accident
WHITE CO., Ill. - The company that supplies power to a big section of southeastern Illinois had a big ouch this past Thursday after a power pole was broken in an accident with a tractor. A White...
View ArticleHarper, again: Kid arrested on warrant at Huck’s; other incidents handled
WHITE CO., Ill. - The teen who at one point was being eyed as the videographer in a beating that proved fatal for a Carmi man last year is back in the headlines again. No new Leif turned Leif Harper...
View ArticleHerrin police issues department report for first week of April
HERRIN, Ill. - Here’s your Herrin Police Department weekly arrest report for the week ending April 8, 2019. Thomas W. Alwell, 36, Carbondale, was arrested on April 2 for driving while license...
View ArticleMarion PD handles multiple five-finger discounts
MARION, Ill. - A rash of five-finger discounts at Marion’s Walmart joins the usual traffic citations and meth arrests in this Marion City Police activity report covering April 9th through the 15th,...
View ArticleBatterer sentenced in Edwards County
Steven A. Earl EDWARDS CO., Ill. - People taking out their frustrations on others and catching a battery charge over it, take note: Prosecutors aren't cutting much slack for these infractions in...
View ArticleSpeed a factor in Interstate truck rollover wreck
EFFINGHAM CO., Ill. - An early-morning single-vehicle accident on Interstate 57 today is being attributed to the speed of the vehicle, according to Illinois State Police. ISP advise that the wreck...
View ArticleOsmon lawsuit causing consternation in Herrin
HERRIN, Ill. - For whatever reason, Marion attorney Ron Osmon has managed to get and keep himself in the crosshairs of plenty of people in the region when it comes to lawsuits and what appears to be a...
View ArticleLate-evening arrest comprises Tuesday Carmi PD report
Laura May Vailes CARMI, Ill. - Carmi police report on incident that occurred yesterday, Tuesday, April 16, and it got a local woman hemmed up for a little while until she was able to collect her bond....
View ArticleUpstate meth bust conducted by ISP; substance placed in trooper’s sports...
Martinez, Weinmann SCHUYLER CO., Ill. - An upstate meth bust has kind of an unexplained incident buried in the middle of it...but apparently the point of the press release as issued by ISP is the fact...
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