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RICHLAND COUNTY: SEMI BLOWS OVER ON U.S. 50 BETWEEN FLORA AND NOBLE
RICHLAND CO., Ill. - The high winds preceding the storm front moving in from the west have taken a driver off the road on U.S. Route 50. A number of local law enforcement entities WEre on the scene as...
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14-YEAR-OLD OLNEY GIRL REPORTED MISSING BY FAMILY
OLNEY, Ill. - A young teen girl from Olney is being reported by family as missing tonight (Wednesday, April 6). According to her grandmother Laura Cochran, the girl, Marissa, age 14, was last seen...
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MISSING OLNEY GIRL FOUND IN FLORA IN EARLY MORNING HOURS
RICHLAND/CLAY COs., Ill. - The girl we reported missing late last night out of Olney has been found. We received word shortly after 7 a.m. this morning that due to a diligent search by a friend of the...
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FREAK ACCIDENT: WINDSTORM CLAIMS THE LIFE OF MAN IN HAMILTON COUNTY
HAMILTON CO., Ill. - Among the many devastating things that occurred in yesterday's windstorm that blew through the area mid-afternoon was the tragic death of a Hamilton County man in a freak traffic...
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BODY FOUND IN SUBMERGED CAR COULD BE MISSING MAN FROM ODIN
MARION CO., Ill. - A body found in a partially-submerged car in a creek along Odin Road could be that of the teen reported missing in recent days. Authorities are not describing the vehicle, which was...
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BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA RULED AS CAUSE IN ODIN TEEN’S DEATH
Joey Whyers, from his Facebook page MARION CO., Ill. - An autopsy conducted April 6 has tentatively determined what caused the death of an Odin teen who was missing for weeks before his body was found...
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JEFFERSON COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH FIREARM, HEROIN OFFENSES
JEFFERSON CO., Ill. - On April 5, 2016, L C Richardson, a/k/a “L.C. Richardson,” 38, of Mt. Vernon, was charged by indictment with Unlawful Distribution of Heroin and two counts of Unlawful Possession...
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LAWRENCE CO.— A notorious Lawrenceville dirt-bag has surfaced yet again. CC Lee Cochran, 39, has been charged this time with two counts of Aggravated Battery. According to the formal charges, on March...
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Keensburg sex offender accused of soliciting minor for child porn
WABASH CO.— The details involving the alleged actions of a Keensburg man who has been convicted of sexual abuse in one case, convicted of solicitation to meet a child in another case and now charged...
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Additional dopers face charges in connection with Hurricane burglary — What...
RICHLAND CO.— Career criminal and convicted meth doper Luis R. Baca, 39, of 725 South Fair St., Olney, has been added to the list of individuals who, for some reason, find 3836 Hurricane Lane, Olney,...
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Carmi man connects Harrisburg to White County meth round-up
SALINE/WHITE COs.— A Carmi man connected with one of the biggest methamphetamine round-ups in White County in recent years has been busted in Harrisburg. According to information filed in the case, on...
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Convicted murderer could get new hearing
RICHLAND CO. – The man who, as a 16-year-old boy, bludgeoned to death five household members in a little cottage in Noble, Illinois, might get to have a rehearing on the sentencing in his vicious...
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Standoff leads to entry of guilty plea, DOC
CLAY CO. – A Flora man who has violated a 2014 Order of Protection numerous times and who was serving a misdemeanor jail sentence for his violations in that case, now had been convicted of a felony...
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Authorities describe house in Olney as scene of child torture
RICHLAND CO.— The residence of an Olney man who has spent time in prison for an early morning attack in 2012, in which he threatened to cut the heart out of a three-month old, is being described by...
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MURDERER MAY GET REHEARING
RICHLAND CO. – The man who, as a 16-year-old boy, bludgeoned to death five household members in a little cottage in Noble, Illinois, might get to have a rehearing on the sentencing in his vicious...
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Case of missing teen has dark side
RICHLAND/CLAY COs. – The Olney teen reported missing in early April by family in Olney, and the recovery of her and return to her family, seemed on the surface to be quite run-of-the-mill when it...
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Charged with lying in grain theft case
JASPER/LAWRENCE COs. – In just a month’s time, the strange situation of a Sumner-area farmer and trucking company owner arrested and charged with grain theft has taken an even stranger turn…and this...
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MT. CARMEL POLICE REPORT, APRIL 6-11!
MT. CARMEL, Ill. - Mt. Carmel Police had a busy Monday yesterday; busier than usual, which sort of made up for a quiet weekend in town, according to the most recent police blotter. Here are some of the...
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So what’s going to happen when there’s a REAL bomb threat…?
So. Much. Fail. Even for Wayne County. WAYNE CO., Ill. - Another bomb threat was issued at Wayne City Schools yesterday in northwestern Wayne County. And of course, the school was evacuated to a...
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CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT, MARCH 29-APRIL 8!
CLAY CO., Ill. - Sheriff Andy Myers released the following arrest reports for the period of March 29 through April 8, 2016: On March 29, the Clay County Sheriff's Office was notified at 3:22 p.m. of...
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