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NEWS BRIEFS: Catching you up on what’s been going on this week
Here's a rundown of what's been going on in the area...in brief. The bomb squad taking the dog into the courthouse in Marion, at about noon Wednesday. The Franklin County Courthouse was cleared...
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BUSTED IN JAIL: Wabash County man jailed in Indiana charged in Illinois
David M. Blanchette, Wabash County mug WABASH CO., Ill./GIBSON CO., Ind. - A local man sitting in an Indiana jail was informed that he's now being charged in Illinois. David M. Blanchette, 28, of Mt....
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Effingham PD apprehends two juveniles wanted in Clay County burglaries
EFFINGHAM/CLAY COs., Ill. - Progress has been made in the burglaries at a couple of Clay County locations, and it's thanks to the assistance of a neighboring county to the north. Clay County Sheriff...
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Two arrested on warrants in Carmi
Sarah Brown CARMI, Ill. - Two individuals - neither of them appearing happy about it - were taken in, one yesterday, one this morning, on separate warrant arrests in Carmi....but at the same address....
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CLAY COUNTY: Wrecks and warrant arrests comprise sheriff’s report
CLAY CO., Ill. - Clay County sheriff's deputies worked a handful of wrecks and served a handful of warrants for arrests, which combined made for a busy week running September 17 through 27, 2017. It...
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EDWARDS COUNTY: Prison sentence issued in sex offender’s meth case
Brandon Lee Thomas EDWARDS CO., Ill. - A registered sex offender has been sentenced in a meth case in Edwards County. Brandon Lee Thomas, 35, of Geff in neighboring Wayne County, is a convicted Edwards...
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WAYNE COUNTY: Teen from Johnston City falls asleep at the wheel, crashes
WAYNE CO., Ill. - A teen driver from Williamson County was tired early this morning when passing through Wayne County, resulting in a crash that sent the driver to an area hospital after the vehicle...
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WABASH COUNTY: Sheriff releases end-of-September activity report
WABASH CO., Ill. - Wabash County Sheriff Derek Morgan has announced department activity for the end of September, in which some folks were hemmed up on some serious charges. Mary K. Hegeman Morgan...
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WHITE COUNTY: Kentucky car thief sentenced
Daniel Carlisle WHITE CO., Ill. - The man who took police on a multi-county high-speed chase earlier this summer has been sentence to a term in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Daniel E....
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Out-of-state drivers involved in fiery interstate crash
MARION CO., Ill. - Two truckers - one from Texas, the other from Michigan - were involved in a crash that resulted in a fire last night in Marion County on Interstate 57. The two-vehicle collision...
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WHITE COUNTY: Maunie man sentenced in drug, theft cases
Sean Spurlock WHITE CO., Ill. - Maunie's Mugshot Mancrush is going to have a new audience of admirers as of this afternoon, when he was sentenced to several years in a state penitentiary. Sean L....
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Fight at high school leads Carmi police report
CARMI, Ill. - A fight between two male juveniles kicks off the Carmi Police Department report. While likely everybody at the school knows exactly who the two are, Carmi Police were not at liberty to...
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MT. VERNON, Ill.: Golf clubs taken to glass at federal building
Photo by Disclosure correspondent MT. VERNON, Ill. - The federal building in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, came under attack earlier today by someone wielding golf clubs. As many know, the building, located on...
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WHITE COUNTY: Enfield man sentenced today over OP violation
Jarrod Talley WHITE CO., Ill. - Going to prison for an Order of Protection violation is just a dumb thing to get tossed behind bars for, but an Enfield man with a lengthy record has accomplished the...
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ISP District 12 announce results of various September 2017 patrols
DISTRICT 12 - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the results of various patrols in the District 12 area, listed here by county and type of patrol....
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UPCOMING ISP PATROLS IN DISTRICT 12 ANNOUNCED
EFFINGHAM, Ill. - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the ISP will conduct various patrols in October. Below are the patrols and counties where they...
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CARMI: Man arrested on Domestic Battery call
Joseph A. Buttry CARMI, Ill. - A Carmi man was arrested early this morning and has already posted bond in a Domestic Battery case. Carmi police say they were called to an apartment on the 200 block of...
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Driver strikes tow truck positioned after earlier wreck; taken to Salem hospital
MARION CO., Ill. - A crash south of Farina this morning lead to a second crash as a woman, looking at the cleanup from the first wreck, drove into a responding vehicle. Illinois State Police in...
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FLORA POLICE REPORT: Guy comes all the way up from Alabama only to get...
FLORA, Ill. - Flora's police report for the end of September-beginning of October contains the usual run of citations and arrests, including one guy from Alabama who ended up with an Illegal...
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Truck driver flown to Barnes following crash
MARION CO., Ill. — A Florida truck driver has been transported by helicopter to a St. Louis, Mo., hospital after police say the vehicle he was driving left the roadway. According to authorities, at...
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