Johnston City man arrested on sexual assault charges
JOHNSTON CITY, IL. – A Johnston City man has been arrested on sexual assault charges. 51-year-old Douglas Childers was arrested last Friday on three counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault and Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault. Childers was
White County Jail escapee accepts plea deal on original charges
WHITE COUNTY, IL. – One of the three men who escaped from the White County Jail in June has accepted a plea deal for the original charges that placed him behind bars. Zachery Shock, of McLeansboro
One in custody after police shoot-out, multi-county chase
CENTRALIA, IL. – One person is in custody this morning after an officer involved shooting and high speed chase through multiple counties. It all started around 1:20 Tuesday morning when Du Quoin City police were called out
Chicago man sentenced for threatening, assaulting Williamson County law enforcement
MARION, IL. – A Chicago man will spend the next fourteen years in state prison on charges that he spit on, threatened, and bit law enforcement officers attempting to take him into custody. 34-year-old Alan Shields was
Fmr. IL Congressman Schock asks to move trial
URBANA, Ill. (AP) – Former Illinois congressman Aaron Schock is seeking to move his corruption trial from a federal court in Urbana to Peoria. Schock’s attorneys argue that because a number of the allegations occurred in Peoria
Federal prosecutors looking into Missouri duck boat accident
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard has referred the investigation into last month’s deadly sinking of a Missouri tourist boat to federal prosecutors. Officials say the referral is “to consider a potential criminal investigation and
One injured in I-57 wreck
FRANKLIN COUNTY, IL — Traffic is moving again after a single vehicle wreck on Interstate 57 in Franklin County. It happened around 2:50pm Tuesday in the northbound lanes. State Police say the truck driver reached for an
Williamson County woman sentenced on federal drug charges
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, IL. – A Williamson County woman will spend the next four years in federal prison on meth charges. 48-year-old Erin Wright pleaded guilty to charges of Conspiracy to Manufacture Methamphetamine and Possession pf Pseudo-ephedrine Knowing