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Fire at Maunie residence may have been electrical in nature
WHITE CO., Ill. - White County Sheriff's Department officials were called to the scene of a fire in Maunie last night, and the owner of the residence has reported a situation that lends to an...
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FAA LOOKING INTO PLANE CRASH AT CENTRALIA AIRPORT
CENTRALIA, Ill. - Illinois State Police in District 12 have announced that an investigation is underway in an airplane crash. ISP said that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is conducting the...
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Vehicle stolen from White County location found in Harrisburg; teen arrested
Austin Cartmill WHITE CO., Ill. - Harrisburg officials found themselves working with White county authorities yesterday on a stolen vehicle issue, with one in custody over it. White County Sheriff Doug...
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Former Flora city employee gets cushy sentence…as anticipated
Brent Headlee FLORA, Ill. - A former Flora city employee has received the slap-on-the-wrist punishment that most folks believed would occur in his felony theft case. Brent Headlee, 59, is the former...
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LAWRENCE COUNTY: Passing car causes driver to lose control, rollover with...
LAWRENCE CO., Ill. - Authorities are looking for a black vehicle - with not much else known about it - after it caused a second vehicle to lose control upon passing on Old Route 50 outside...
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FLORA: Intruder alert training to be held this Friday
FLORA, Ill. - Flora Police Chief John Nicholson is letting the public know about an upcoming training event at Flora's high school, and authorities are asking that you share the word on social...
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Lawrenceville man arrested in Clay on FTA in sheriff’s report
Christopher Tewell from a 2015 arrest CLAY CO., Ill. - The Clay County Sheriff's Department report provided by Sheriff Andy Myers is lead with a February 4 incident involving a Lawrenceville man. Myers...
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Damage to several rural White County homes, businesses reported to sheriff
WHITE CO., Ill. - A wide swath of White County has been inundated with vandals and thieves this past week, according to reports released by White County Sheriff Doug Maier. A first report came in...
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Warrant service and another theft of utility report highlight Flora PD activity
FLORA, Ill. - Perhaps after the questionable situation surrounding a former city worker convicted of stealing public utilities, citizens are a little more aware that this is indeed a thing and it...
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Busy Tuesday in Carmi as police make several arrests
Josiah Stover CARMI, Ill. – Carmi police had an active day Tuesday, February 13, starting at about 1:30 p.m. and continuing on through the evening hours. The first arrest was reported to have occurred...
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INGRAHAM MAN ARRESTED AFTER TUESDAY SHOOTING IN WENDELIN
Brandon O'Dell CLAY CO., Ill. - Clay County Sheriff Andy Myers has released information on the late-night shooting incident that occurred in the village of Wendelin. Myers said that on Tuesday,...
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Carmi Police address possible threat at school; everything resolved
Screencap on Nixle CARMI, Ill. - After what happened in Broward County, Florida, yesterday (February 14, 2018), naturally everyone is on edge all over the country...which is what likely resulted in the...
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Single-vehicle exit ramp crash sends driver to hospital; passengers okay
MARION CO., Ill. - A single-vehicle crash on an interstate exit ramp last night sent the driver to an area hospital after the vehicle rolled over and the driver trapped. Illinois State Police in...
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Olney woman sentenced on federal meth-related charges
Kylee Black RICHLAND CO., Ill. - Kylee D. Black, 34, of Olney, was sentenced on February 14, 2018, to federal prison on methamphetamine related charges, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the...
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T-bone collision sends vehicle spinning into a yard in Odin
T-bone...or something like it ODIN, Ill. - A two-car collision earlier today sent a vehicle spinning into a private yard after another vehicle struck the side of it in a T-bone impact. Illinois State...
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UPDATE: Crazy Patti gets out of meth charges, thumbing her nose at local...
UPDATE, 8:45 P.M. We were just advised that not ALL of CP's charges were dismissed...She pled guilty to and was convicted of the most serious of offenses that she was charged with: a Class 2 felony of...
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LAWRENCE COUNTY: Accident on Route 1 caused by drowsy driving
LAWRENCE CO., Ill. - A two-vehicle accident last night in Lawrence County is being attributed to drowsy driving on the part of one of them. Authorities say the accident occurred last night (Friday,...
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LAWRENCE CO.: ‘Uncontested offices’ are the rule for southeastern county
LAWRENCE CO. – As in years past, the buzz phrase in Lawrence County for the Primary election is “uncontested.” There are literally no contested offices on the Primary ballot March 20, which is sure to...
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WABASH: Sheriff challenger is shooter in 2005 Edwards incident
WABASH CO. – Of all the offices that could be contested in Wabash County this Primary season, the only one that is this year is that of Sheriff. Wabash County Sheriff Derek Morgan, who took the nod in...
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RICHLAND COUNTY: Olney pest is unopposed on Dem ballot for sheriff
RICHLAND CO. – Richland County’s/Olney’s perpetual pest is back on the ballot this year, probably single-handedly being the reason for ridiculously-low voter turnouts in the county’s elections. And...
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