BENTON – Franklin County Sheriff’s detectives Wednesday afternoon responded to a location in rural Benton where human remains were discovered. According to Franklin County Chief Deputy Kyle Bacon, it’s believed the remains are those of Joshua R. Brock of Orient, who has been missing since Oct. 9 of last year. Bacon says an autopsy is
MCLEANSBORO – The McLeansboro City Council recently approved purchasing the former Mor for Less property located at 508 S. Jackson Street for $55,000. McLeansboro Mayor Chad May says he’s hoping the property will become home to a new City Hall at some point down the road. Mayor May says there’s a need for a new
BENTON – A Belle Rive woman was sentenced in federal court in Benton Tuesday afternoon to two years’ probation and was ordered to pay restitution to her victims for stealing from greeting cards while working for the U.S. Postal Service. According to court records, 31-year-old Casey L. Neal pled guilty in October of last year
MCLEANSBORO – Parents of Hamilton County children who will be five years of age on or before Sept. 1, 2022, are reminded that the Dahlgren and East Side Kindergarten Sign-up will be held at the Hamilton County Jr./Sr. High School on Thursday, Feb. 10 from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic,
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS – Click on the links below to see the latest COVID-19 information from our local health departments. Egyptian Health Department Franklin-Williamson Bi-County Health Department Hamilton County Health Department Jackson County Health Department Jefferson County Health Department Perry County Health Department Southern Seven Health Department Illinois Department of Public Health
JEFFERSON COUNTY – A St. Louis man was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash on I-64 in Jefferson County Thursday afternoon. According to Illinois State Police, 66-year-old Michael C. Stapleton was driving his pickup truck west on I-64 near milepost 86 when for unknown reasons, he left the roadway to the right and struck a
BENTON – The former treasurer of the Perry County Agriculture Society (PCAS) pled guilty Thursday in federal court in Benton to defrauding the organization out of $100,000. PCAS operates all of the festivals at the Perry County Fairgrounds in Pinckneyville including the Perry County Fair. According to court records, 48-year-old Billy E. Harris, currently of
SALINE COUNTY – An Equality man died in a single-vehicle crash in Saline County Wednesday night. According to Illinois State Police, 71-year-old Larry Grabis was driving his car south on Illinois 142 just north of Willow Lake Road when he left the roadway to the left and traveled through a field before striking a row
WAYNE COUNTY – A Missouri man was injured in a two-vehicle crash on I-64 in Wayne County Monday afternoon. According to Illinois State Police, a semi-trailer combination driven by 58-year-old Raymond Davis of Beaufort, MO was driving west in the driving lane on I-64 a half-mile west of milepost 107 as a car driven by
CARMI – Two people were sentenced in White County Court Monday to the Illinois Department of Corrections for domestic battery. According to White County State’s Attorney Denton Aud, 43-year-old Shawn M. Burgess of Enfield was sentenced to four years in IDOC with four years of mandatory supervised release for Domestic Battery, a Class 4 felony.
