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Charges Filed In 2010 Murder Of Alton Woman

Home - Local, Home Slider FeatureBy NewsApril 13, 2018Leave a comment

Madison County, IL  (KTRS)  A man suspected in the 2010 disappearance of an Alton woman is now facing charges in her murder. Fifty-two-year-old Roger Carroll of Jerseyville charged on Thursday with first-degree murder and concealing a homicide in the death of 48-year-old Bonnie Woodward. The charges allege Carroll shot Woodward on the day she disappeared and…

Search For Missing Alton Woman Turns Into Possible Crime Scene

Home - Local, Home Slider FeatureBy NewsJanuary 27, 2018Leave a comment

Madison County, IL  (KTRS)  An area being search for a missing Alton woman is now a possible crime scene. Family, friends, and volunteers gathered Saturday morning to search an area near Horseshoe Lake for 39-year-old Adria Hatten. Fox 2 News reports that articles of clothing were found in the area, but police say the clothing…

Police Need Public’s Help In Finding Missing Alton Woman

Home - Local, Home Slider FeatureBy NewsJanuary 24, 2018Leave a comment

Madison County, IL (KTRS)  The Madison County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public help in finding a missing Alton woman. Police say 39-year-old Adria Hatten was last seen in Wood River around 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Hatten is described as a white female, 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighing around 150 pounds, and has blonde hair…

Suspect Charged After Inmates Treated for Suspected Opioid Overdoses

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BELLEVILLE, IL (KTRS) Three inmates of the Madison County jail in Belleville, IL, are being treated for a drug overdose … from an inmate who authorities say smuggled in opioids inside a body cavity. Madison County sheriff’s deputies say three female inmates were being held Wednesday in a temporary holding cell when they noticed the three…

Illinois paramedic saves infant from submerged SUV

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ST. LOUIS (AP) – Authorities have praised the actions of a fast-thinking paramedic who dove into a frigid Illinois lake and saved an infant from a submerged SUV. Madison County Sheriff John Lakin says a motorist called 911 Thursday morning to report a car heading down a hill toward Silver Lake in Highland, Illinois. Paramedic…

Former Edwardsville officer pleads guilty to burglaries

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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A former Edwardsville police officer has pleaded guilty to six felony counts over two years after he was charged with a long string of burglaries. Forty-three-year-old Brian Barker pleaded guilty to four burglary charges and one charge each of official misconduct and aggravated possession of stolen firearms. Barker was arrested in…

Former Madison County Coroner passes away

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( KTRS ) Former Madison County Coroner Dallas M. Burke, the first female coroner elected in Illinois, has passed away. A release by the coroners office say the Burke died Friday at Barnes-Jewish hospital, she was 90. Burke first became coroner in 1972. At the time her husband was running for the office of Madison…

Election judge pleads not guilty in absentee ballot case

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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – An 88-year-old election judge from southern Illinois has pleaded not guilty after allegedly sending in an absentee ballot in her late husband’s name. The (Belleville) News-Democrat reports that Audrey Cook appeared Thursday in Madison County Circuit Court. Cook, of Alton, told The Associated Press this month that she filled out the…

Jury find Edwardsville man guilty of Class X Felony

UncategorizedBy NewsSeptember 15, 2016Leave a comment

( KTRS ) A Madison County Jury has convicted an Edwardsville man on a Class X Felony DUI charge following a two-day trial. 58 yr old Carl E. Bettorf was found guilty of “Aggravated Driving Under the Influence”, a Class X felony, stemming from an incident in November 2009. He has 5 previous DUI convicitons.…

Ameren Illinois Donates Air Conditioners To The Needy

UncategorizedBy NewsJune 15, 20161 Comment

Alton, IL (KTRS)  Ameren Illinois is reaching out to help keep low income residents cool this summer. On Wednesday, Ameren donated sixty energy efficient air conditioners those in need in Madison County through its Ameren Cares program. This included veterans and the elderly. Cindy Roper of East Alton was one those grateful recipients. “I’m so happy…

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