Driver injured, failed to slow down in work area on I-57
EFFINGHAM, Ill. - A two-vehicle accident sent drivers to St. Anthony's Hospital in Effingham after one of the drivers failed to slow down in a work zone. Illinois State Police in Effingham said the...
View ArticleThird interstate crash of the day happens outside of Montrose; DUI cited
CUMBERLAND CO., Ill. - A two-vehicle crash earlier this afternoon marked the third interstate accident of the day (Wednesday, April 17), and this is one that ISP is attributing to DUI. Illinois State...
View ArticleWarrant arrest made after suspect found hiding in attic
James C. Stevens CARMI, Ill. - The old hiding-in-the-attic trick was tried yesterday in a Carmi arrest situation, but as usual, it didn't work, according to Carmi Police reports. The whole thing...
View ArticleMt. Carmel police make several warrant arrests
MT. CARMEL, Ill. - The Mt. Carmel Police Department activity report for the week of April 8 through 15th is here, and there’s been quite a bit of criminality alleged in that short amount of time in...
View ArticleTwo sentenced in Crawford, one of them a punk from Palestine burglaries
CRAWFORD CO., Ill. - One of the two punk teens arrested two months ago for burglaries in the village of Palestine has been sentenced in Crawford County Circuit Court. Keondre Weck Keondre Weck, 18,...
View ArticleMan held on $2mil bond following arrest on weapons transaction
Allen Estrada WILL CO., Ill. - On Sunday, March 24, 2019, Joliet Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad (JMANS) and agents from the Chicago Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and...
View ArticleKid who got his start in Richland County now convicted in White
Trytton Jarvis WHITE CO., Ill. - There seems to be some kind of bizarre connection between Richland and White county crims and serious crossover. Over the years we've covered people such as the...
View ArticleLAWRENCE COUNTY: Pedestrian killed after laying in the roadway
LAWRENCE CO., Ill. - A Bridgeport man is dead after an accident last night in Lawrence County, wherein he had been laying in the roadway and was subsequently struck by a passing car. Illinois State...
View ArticleSALINE, GALLATIN: ISP releases patrol results
SALINE/GALLATIN COs., Ill. - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 19 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the results of an Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrol (OREP) held in Saline and...
View ArticleTwo-vehicle crash sends Albion residents into water-filled ditch
WAYNE CO., Ill. - Two Albion residents escaped serious injury in a scary accident this afternoon on Illinois Route 15 in Wayne County. Illinois State Police in District 19 advise that the two-vehicle...
View ArticleHospitals oppose new nurse staffing mandates proposal
ILLINOIS - A proposal in Springfield to impose mandated nurse staffing ratios at Illinois hospitals is raising concerns among healthcare professionals around the state. The legislation being touted by...
View ArticleCrossville gal leads Herrin PD activity report
HERRIN, Ill. – A woman from Crossville in White County is the first to appear on this Herrin Police Department activity report, covering the week of April 9 through 15, 2019. Lori R. Upton, 48,...
View ArticleISP patrols are coming your way in May
DISTRICT 19 - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 19 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, has announced special patrols for the month of May coming to various counties in D19. Presented here are the...
View ArticleHARRISBURG: Mid-month April police activity report
HARRISBURG, Ill. - There are a few new names this week on the Harrisburg Police Department activity report, covering arrests made April 15-21, 2019. Anyone featured here before will have a hotlink on...
View ArticleWayne County’s Alcohol Patrol results announced
WAYNE CO., Ill. - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 19 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the results of an Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrol held in Wayne County in April....
View ArticleState Police release results of targeted slow-down-&-move-over enforcement...
INDIANA - Troopers from the Indiana State Police concentrated their enforcement efforts last week on catching those drivers who fail to slow down and move over for emergency vehicles. The effort was...
View ArticleSentencing in Crawford for convicted molester
Alfred O. Waldrop CRAWFORD CO., Ill. - A Robinson man who was accused more than a year ago of sexual assault on a child has been sentenced as of yesterday, Monday, April 22, 2019. Charged with a...
View ArticleNorris City women die in two-vehicle crash, White County
WHITE CO., Ill. - Another car crash on Illinois Route 141 has lead to fatalities in White County. Illinois State Police have advised that the crash last night (Monday, April 22) happened at 10:17 p.m....
View ArticleAlleged DUI driver in crash with Edgar County Sheriff Deputy
From our friends the Edgar County Watchdogs/Illinois Leaks Stacey Adams By jmkraft on April 22, 2019 On April 17, 2019 at approximately 2 p.m., there was a vehicular accident involving Edgar County...
View ArticleMT. CARMEL POLICE CHIEF DIES FOLLOWING STROKE
John Lockhart MT. CARMEL, Ill. - A southeastern Illinois police chief who bravely battled one of the most vicious forms of cancer has died following a stroke. John Lockhart, 61, died last night...
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