Illinois State Police have been called into investigate a homicide in Washington Park. Police say the incident took place Sunday night around 9:30pm near the intersection of 47th Street and Hallows Avenue. Upon arrival, officers found a vehicle that had run off the road and crashed. The driver, identified as 24 yr old Anthony Pannell…
The Illinois Supreme Court has created new rules to deal with a state law that decriminalizes possessing small amounts of marijuana. On Thursday Illinois adopted six new rules to establish procedures for the court system to follow when handling civil law violations. The new rules change things like appearance dates, court notices, fines and penalties.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner has laid off 29 Illinois Department of Transportation employees who were among those improperly hired based on political connections. The Republican said Thursday he issued notices to the so-called “staff assistants” hired by skirting personnel rules under two previous Democratic governors. They were told their last day is…
( KTRS ) An Alton man, IL. man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a fatal 2013 traffic crash. 29 yr old Jeffrey Rynders, was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to two counts of ‘Aggravated DUI Resulting in Death’ this past June. The fatal accident happened in September 2013. Rynders was driving under…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – State and local law enforcement officials are warning motorists to “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” during the Labor Day weekend. The Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Police are teaming up with nearly 200 local police agencies to reduce fatalities on the heavily traveled weekend. Police officers will be…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois election officials say they’ll mail notices to about 700 voters whose records were viewed during a cyberattack on the state’s voter registration system database last month and more could follow. In a Wednesday news release, the Illinois State Board of Elections says it “strongly” suspects another 86,000 records were viewed…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois prison data show that the state’s population of inmates has dropped by more than 4,200 since fiscal year 2014. Illinois Department of Corrections numbers show that the total prison population in the state was 44,680 as of July 1. That’s down from 47,165 in June 2015 and 48,921 in June…
BETHALTO, Ill. (AP) – Police in a southwestern Illinois community are investigating after a man who was apparently locked out of his house broke a window to get in, seriously cut his arm and died. The (Alton) Telegraph (http://bit.ly/2ca1weO ) reports that a neighbor called police after spotting the man around 7 a.m. Monday. Bethalto police…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner has vetoed measures that would increase wages for workers who care for those with developmental disabilities and expand a child care program for low-income families. The Republican governor said there isn’t enough money to support the proposals. The Chicago Tribune reports that he has used the same argument…