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Richland County Board meeting Thursday, May 10
RICHLAND CO., Ill. - As a public service, we present to you the agenda for both the Richland County full board meeting to be held tomorrow night (Thursday, May 10). Preceding the full board meeting...
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Olney woman sentenced in federal meth case
Vickie L. Sanders OLNEY, Ill. - Vickie L. Sanders, 57, of Olney, was sentenced on May 9, 2018, to 120 months in federal prison for methamphetamine-related offenses, Donald S. Boyce, United States...
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FOSTER NOT GUILTY IN 3-DAY JURY TRIAL
Gerald Foster RICHLAND/WAYNE COs., Ill. - A three-day jury trial in Wayne County has ended with a verdict of not guilty on two DUI counts for a Richland County man. Brandon Blackford Gerald Foster, 64,...
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Clay County Sheriff releases mid-week report
CLAY CO., Ill. – Clay County Sheriff Andy Myers has released his mid-week report of activity involving his department and what they’ve been up to, this time from May 4 to May 9, 2018…and they’ve been...
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MT. CARMEL: Woman’s death under investigation; two in custody
Anthony Parrish UPDATE: The name of the young woman has been released; it is Dacre Morgan Hertel. Below is the original post. MT. CARMEL, Ill. - Mt. Carmel and Wabash County authorities have...
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Crossville woman taken into custody after ignoring knock on the door
Alyssa Slankard WHITE CO., Ill. - A Crossville woman was taken into custody yesterday afternoon after a call came in advising as to her whereabouts...and that she might make things difficult for...
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Crossville stop leads to Richland County warrant service on Grayville man
Terry "Grinner" Griener CROSSVILLE, Ill. - It was a cross-county incident last night in the village of Crossville as two guys - one from Grayville, one from Albion - were stopped with weed in White and...
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WAYNE COUNTY: FATAL ACCIDENT ON 161 AT ENTERPRISE ROAD
WAYNE CO., Ill. – A semi-v-pickup accident yesterday in north Wayne County claimed the life of a Fairfield man. Details of the accident have not been made available by Illinois State Police, who,...
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**UPDATE** FORMER FAIRFIELD ALDERMAN DIES IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
Steve Robinson, from his Facebook page. He was an avid motorcycle rider. WAYNE CO., Ill. – A former Fairfield city alderman died in a motorcycle accident on Illinois 15 last night. The accident...
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DRIVER CITED FOR RUNNING A STOP SIGN IN WAYNE COUNTY FATAL
WAYNE CO., Ill. - The Missouri driver who ran a stop sign and caused a crash that killed a Fairfield man yesterday in Wayne County has been cited only for Disobeying a Stop Sign. That's the official...
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Three-time prison loser accused in Greendale Elevator burglary
CLAY CO.— A Marion County man with at least three trips to prison to his credit has been busted in Xenia. Zachary N. Goff, 28, of Linder Pass, Iuka, has been charged with a single count of Burglary...
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Wife gets over fear of reporting battery, takes pic of hubby smoking meth
RICHLAND CO. – A rural Olney man has been hemmed up on a meth charge after his wife finally refused to cover for him. Jim D. Runyon, 51, of North Higginswitch Road where he operates Runyon Metals, was...
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Ex of accused bath salts-slinger sued for credit card default
RICHLAND CO. – The former wife of an alleged bath salts-slinger is still suffering the irresponsibility of his ways, and has been sued in Richland County over it. Stacey Cowman, formerly Thacker, 41,...
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Woman injured in Boar’s Nest 4-wheeler accident sues estate of deceased driver
RICHLAND CO. – A woman injured in a south Jasper County 4-wheeler accident two years ago is the complainant in a lawsuit filed April 9 in Richland County Circuit Court. The suit is being filed by...
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Litigant wants to tarnish Mt. Carmel’s golden arches
WABASH CO. – America as a litigious society continues to move forward, as one after another, Person A sees an opportunity to get from Person B what Person B has worked for so hard all their lives, and...
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CHILD DEATH IN CLAY CITY
Man charged has ‘loose ties’ to area CLAY CO. – Another child murder has taken place in southern Illinois, and authorities are being extremely quiet about the circumstances not only of how the...
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Convicted murderer harassing county officials with FOIAs
Thomas M. Davidson WHITE CO. – The horrific tale of a young man who abducted an Indiana woman from her home, drove her to White County, and shot her in cold blood back in August 2013 has been reopened...
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Acquitted in 3-day DUI jury trial
Gerald Foster RICHLAND CO. – A jury trial held in an adjacent county on a last-minute venue change ended with a not-guilty verdict May 9 in the case of a Richland County businessman who’s been under...
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CHASE THROUGH FOUR ILLINOIS COUNTIES, TWO MORE STATES, ENDS IN WRECK IN INDIANA
SO. ILL. - Multiple counties in three states were involved in what was at times a high-speed chase that started about 5:40 p.m. Monday, May 14, when a man from McLeansboro drove off from a Hardin...
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Flora Police report; activity from May 2 through 12, 2018
FLORA, Ill. - Things have been so nice and quiet in Flora over the past two weeks that the first week of May, there was no police activity report, and so Chief John Nicholson opted to fold in the...
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