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East Central Illinois Region

Montgomery County reports recent COVID-19 death, first positive student case

HILLSBORO -- Montgomery County is reporting its eighth COVID-19 death in the same week the first school student tests positive, as cases and positive tests tick upward. An announcement by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) on Thursday, Aug. 20 reveals a female in her 90s was among 27 deaths within the previous 24-hour period. Hillsboro Schools reports first student COVID-19 case On Sunday, Hillsboro CUSD #3 superintendent David Powell released a press release on Facebook that a student […]

todayAugust 24, 2020 34

Governmental Watchdogs

IDOC sees spike in alcohol brewed by inmates

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- The number of inmates in the Illinois state prison system caught making illegal alcohol has increased this fiscal year, and it might have to do with a drink going to prison facilities legally. Lindsey Hess, a spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Corrections, said during the previous fiscal year, there were 83 reports of homemade alcohol being made in IDOC facilities. So far this fiscal year, which began July 1, there have already been 71 […]

todayDecember 16, 2017 90

Illinois

Pre-trial hearing set for Alexander Beccue October 31

VANDALIA (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Alexander Beccue waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday, September 6 in Fayette County Court and requested the matter be set at pre-trial status. Judge Don Sheafor granted the motions. Beccue and his attorney, Edward Deters, waived arraignment on all issues except punishment. Beccue is being held in the Illinois Department of Corrections on four felony counts: Count 1: Beccue's first count is for the first-degree murder of 29-year-old Joshua K. Smith of Nokomis. This charge […]

todaySeptember 9, 2017 38

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