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East Central Illinois Region

UPDATE: Martin tied up in court in five counties

It's been roughly a year since we covered the legal proceedings of Abigail Martin. Our last report on the ongoing troubles of Martin was last October, following an arrest in Greene County. Earlier in that month, we published an expose surrounding various victims that Martin would defraud. So, where is she in her legal proceedings? Very little progress in Montgomery County Even with a change at State's Attorney, very little has changed in Martin's case as of publication. Martin faces […]

todaySeptember 19, 2021 204

Capital Area Region

Football scores from across central and southern Illinois, Missouri

Friday night's action on the gridiron has concluded. Teams from across central and southern Illinois, and parts of Missouri are now preparing for next week's competition. Here are the scores from Friday, September 17: Apollo Mattoon 20, Effingham 14 Mahomet-Seymour 53, Lincoln 22 Taylorville 55, Mount Zion 14 Big 12 Normal West 14, Bloomington 10 Champaign Central 1, Urbana 0, forfeit Peoria 1, (Peoria) Manual 0, forfeit Black Diamond Sesser-Valier/Waltonville 61, Edwards County 7 Carmi-White County 30, Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton 0 Fairfield 52, […]

todaySeptember 18, 2021 130

Brighton

Illinois

Brighton man arrested for child pornography

BRIGHTON -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has announced an arrest of a Macoupin County man on child pornography charges. 38-year-old Robert C. Owens of Brighton faces charges in Macoupin County Circuit Court with five counts of possession of child pornography. Each charge, a Class 2 felony, is punishable by up to three to seven years in prison. Owens’ bond is currently at $75,000. Raoul’s investigators along with the Macoupin County Sheriff’s Department and Brighton Police stopped Owens on his way […]

todaySeptember 16, 2021 104 2

Affrunti Rotary

East Central Illinois Region

Rotary eClub of Central Illinois holds charter ceremony in Hillsboro

While the Rotary eClub of Central Illinois has been an officially recognized club since June 29, the club held its charter recognition ceremony Tuesday night, August 24 at Opera House Brewing Company in Hillsboro and for those unable to attend via Zoom. Krystal West of Nokomis, the club’s inaugural charter president for the 2021-22 charter year, welcomed 25 members to the ceremony. This included those who were attending remotely. West led membership through Rotary’s Four-Way Test before introducing immediate past […]

todaySeptember 1, 2021 283

Basketball

Missouri Valley updates 2020-21 conference schedule

ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) is adopting a new scheduling format for conference games for the 2020-21 season. This format will be in use for both men's and women's basketball programs. For the conference part of the season, MVC schools will play 18 games. Most conference teams will face each other in a two-game series. Additionally, these games will be held over two days at the same site. Each school will play four series on the road […]

todayDecember 6, 2020 115

Capital Area Region

Illinois early deer hunting numbers up region-wide

SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois hunters have harvested just over 47,000 deer during the first weekend of firearm season. This first weekend was from Nov. 20-22. The overall total of 47,147 falls just over 3,000 short of the 2019 mark of 50,173. These figures come from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The seven-day firearm deer season will conclude Dec. 3-6. Numbers were slightly up in Montgomery County with 540 deer taken, up 20 from 2019. Numbers are also up in several […]

todayNovember 30, 2020 45

East Central Illinois Region

Sources: Illinois Region 3 shutdown coming Sunday

CHICAGO (The Center Square) – Region 3 of Illinois under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 reopening plan will be joining most of the state with increased restrictions on bars and restaurants. Several sources confirm the mitigation measures prohibiting bars and restaurants from having indoor service would start Sunday morning at 12:01 a.m. Region 3 includes Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Greene, Hancock, Jersey, Logan, Macoupin, Mason, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, and Scott counties. West-central Illinois lawmakers and mayors gave Ezike […]

todayOctober 29, 2020 22

Illinois

Western Illinois hayride accident kills one, injures 17

Near NAUVOO, Ill. -- The overturning of a hayrack ride in rural Illinois Saturday night results in one woman killed with at least 17 injuries being reported. Around 9 p.m. Saturday night, the driver of a green John Deere tractor was pulling a rack wagon as a part of a hayrack ride. At some point, the driver "lost control and ran off the right side" of the road onto an incline. Statements taken by Illinois State Police reveal that the […]

todayOctober 25, 2020 29

Illinois

Martin in Greene County jail on multiple charges since Oct. 2

Published Oct. 18, 2020 10:45 AM CDT / Updated Oct. 20, 2020 11:25 AM CARROLLTON -- A 24-year-old woman already in legal trouble in three Illinois counties is sitting in the Greene County Jail on new charges from a more recent incident. Abigail L. Martin, last reported address in Macoupin County, has been sitting in jail following an incident on September 25. Greene and Morgan county cases are separate While the forgery cases in both counties are quite serious and […]

todayOctober 18, 2020 71

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