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Gillespie Black Diamond Days

Illinois

No 2024 Black Diamond Days in Gillespie

GILLESPIE -- Event organizers of the Black Diamond Days in Gillespie have decided there will not be an event this summer. The decision was not taken lightly, but the biggest issue contributing to canceling the event was due to logistical issues. The planning committee for the summer event had already made plans to bring back the festival to downtown Gillespie after several years of holding it at the Old Gillespie Lake. "The committee was able to get permission from the […]

todayMay 22, 2024 135

Nokomis Public Library

Illinois

Nokomis Historical Society hosts May meeting

NOKOMIS -- The Nokomis Historical Society met on Tuesday, May 14 in the Nokomis Township Public Library archive room with President JoAnn Keele and Secretary Jake Leonard present. Other attendees include Bill Bolte, Lou Ann Bolte, Michael Glenn, and Dylan Goldsmith. April 2024 summary In a summary of unrecorded events from the April meeting, attendees discussed fundraising efforts, grants the historical society could apply for, and working to establish the board for the Nokomis Historical Society. Having previously served on […]

todayMay 21, 2024 79

Nokomis

Illinois

Nokomis library operating under summer hours

NOKOMIS -- Patrons of the Nokomis Township Public Library have noticed that they are now operating under summer hours. The transition, which went into effect Monday, will now have the library open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. According to library director Lisa Casterline, it will only be a reduction of three hours per week than they previously were. "We understand that our patrons are very busy in the summer, […]

todayMay 7, 2024 87

Tarr guilty

Illinois

Tarr found guilty on murder, attempted murder charges

Charges stem from Thanksgiving Day 2021 shootings in Farmersville

HILLSBORO -- More than two years after Leslie Reeves was killed and Christopher Smith was nearly killed on Thanksgiving Day 2021 in Farmersville, a jury of eight women and six men gathered in the Montgomery County Courthouse to decide the fate of the accused, Robert Tarr. This trial, presided over by Judge Christopher Matoush, began on Tuesday, April 23, following a day and a half of jury selection. Once the jury was sworn in and instructed by Judge Matoush on […]

todayMay 1, 2024 311 1

Hillsboro sinkhole

Illinois

Work begins on Hillsboro sinkhole site

HILLSBORO -- Excavators can be seen on the site of a large sinkhole on Wednesday afternoon, April 24, on the property of Arlen and Pat Kasten, located on Illinois 185 between Coffeen and Hillsboro. The highway has been shut down since the sinkhole was first discovered on April 11. Work just began this week on the sinkhole, which is at least 95 feet across. On Tuesday, Hillsboro Energy filed a temporary restraining order against the Kastens for access to the […]

todayApril 25, 2024 79

Illinois Route 185 sinkhole

Illinois

Large sinkhole indefinitely closes Illinois Route 185

HILLSBORO -- Commuters may need to seek alternate routes as a sinkhole along Illinois Route 185 between Hillsboro and Coffeen has resulted in it closing indefinitely. Over the weekend, a large sinkhole was discovered 35 to 40 feet away from the highway roughly a mile and a half east of Graham Correctional Center. Representatives from Montgomery County EMA, Ameren Illinois, and Deer Run Mine, as well the Illinois Departments of Transportation and Natural Resources, have been monitoring the situation on […]

todayApril 15, 2024 122

Shelbyville Missouri

Missouri

Shelbyville aldermen approve engineering services

SHELBYVILLE, Mo. -- The Shelbyville Board of Aldermen met in regular session on Monday, April 1, 2024, at the city office at 6 p.m. Present were Mayor Mike Vanskike, Aldermen Brad Willey, Jerry Myers, Gene Boyles, Rob Southers. Gina Mesmer, Randy Shores, and Nathan Minear.  Mayor Vanskike opened the meeting at 6 p.m.  Alderman Myers made a motion to approve the March minutes and Alderman Southers seconded the motion. Motion passed.  Alderman Southers made a motion to pay bills and […]

todayApril 11, 2024 201

Palmyra

Marion County

Palmyra police seeking information on stolen truck used in attempted robbery

PALMYRA, Mo. — The Palmyra Police Department is searching for two male suspects who attempted to use a stolen truck in a robbery attempt on Wednesday. An officer with the Palmyra Police Department was dispatched Wednesday, April 10, to the Exchange Bank, 423 Elizabeth Avenue, about suspicious activity near the bank’s ATM. When the officer arrived, he observed an older model pickup truck with the engine running, the passenger door open, and chains with tow hooks attached to the ATM. […]

todayApril 11, 2024 85

Fricke

Illinois

Fricke arrested on charges of child porn possession

CHESTER -- Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 7 announces the arrest of 33-year-old Brian Fricke of Chester for 12 counts of possession of child pornography involving children under the age of 13, which is a Class 2 felony. On February 15, 2024, ISP agents and the Illinois Attorney General’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force began an investigation into the possession of child pornography. On April 3, 2024, a search warrant was conducted, and Fricke […]

todayApril 11, 2024 171

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