UPDATE: 6/22 8:25 A.M. WILLIAMSON COUNTY – Williamson County Sheriff Bennie Vick said in a press release a missing Williamson County woman has been found safe. Forty-year-old Liz (Lora) E. Jackson was found early Tuesday morning with the public’s assistance. Vick thanked the public for their assistance. ORIGINAL STORY: 6/21 2:02 p.m. The Williamson…
CARMI – A Norris City man was convicted and sentenced Monday in White County Court in Carmi to the Illinois Department of Corrections for possession of a stolen vehicle, a Class 2 felony. According to White County State’s Attorney Denton Aud, 28-year-old Dylan T. Sutton will spend six years in IDOC and serve two years of mandatory…
VIENNA/METROPOLIS – A section of I-24 in Johnson and Massac County will be shut down tonight and Wednesday night for emergency pavement patching. According to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), eastbound I-24 from milepost 16 at Viennato milepost 37 in Metropolis will be closed starting at 8 tonight until 7 Wednesday morning and from 8 Wednesday night until 7 Thursday morning, weather permitting. Traffic on eastbound…
ANNA – An Anna man is set to be sentenced later this year in Union County after pleading guilty for criminal sexual assault. Union County State’s Attorney Tyler E. Tripp announced Monday that 22-year-old Rusty A. Shipley pled guilty to one count of Criminal Sexual Assault, a Class 2 Felony, which is a non-probational offense. Shipley was…
JEFFERSON COUNTY – A 32-year-old Mt. Vernon man pleaded guilty last week in Jefferson County to half of the felony counts involving child pornography against him. Philip Borcherding was facing 10 Class X felony counts of possessing child pornography depicting a victim under the age of 13. He pleaded guilty last week to counts four…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IOCI RADIO) – Illinois officials are hopeful the new lottery promotion will prompt more people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. “All in for the Win” includes cash prizes for adults and college scholarships for teens who have gotten their shots. Speaking last week, Illinois Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said reasons for…
WICKLIFFE, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky officials said the bodies of two brothers who had apparently been boating have been pulled from the Ohio River. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources said in a statement that conservation officers were investigating what led to the deaths of 60-year-old Raymond Sheffer of Sweetwater, Texas and 63-year-old…
SPRINGIELD, Ill. – With Illinois entering Phase 5 of the COVID-19 re-opening plan, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) remains closed. The IDES has remained closed since March 2020 and currently has no planned date of opening, according to the IDES website. The prolonged closure has caused some lawmakers to question why. State Rep. Adam Niemerg…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A new initiative aims to tackle systemic inequities for pregnant women in Illinois. Created by the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative, the Birth Equity Initiative aims to reduce racial disparities when it comes to pregnancy and birth health outcomes. Dr. Ann Borders, maternal-fetal medicine physician at NorthShore University Health System, said the initiative…
JEFFERSON COUNTY – After just over five hours of deliberation Friday, a Jefferson County jury found a 20-year-old Carrier Mills man guilty of two Class X felony charges stemming from a 2020 road rage incident that sent two people to the hospital with gunshot wounds. Alonte Beachem was facing three Class X felony charges. Count 1…