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Chicago archdiocese to pay $1.5 million in sexual abuse suit
CHICAGO (AP) - The Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who says he was sexually abused as a child by a defrocked priest who was convicted of sexual...
Dec 03, 2020
Migrant farm workers allege pesticide exposure in Illinois
CHICAGO (AP) - More than two dozen migrant workers from Texas allege in a new federal lawsuit that they were sprayed with toxic pesticides while working in central Illinois cornfields. They include te...
Dec 03, 2020
Rapper G Herbo charged in fraud plot to buy trips, puppies
BOSTON (AP) - Chicago rapper G Herbo, his promoter and several associates have been charged with a scheme to use stolen credit card information to pay for trips on private jets, exotic car rentals, lu...
Dec 03, 2020
Well known Jefferson County attorney injured in wreck found following four hour search
A 50-year-old Mt. Vernon attorney was injured after her car apparently ran off the road and struck a tree attempting to avoid a deer in the rural Texico area Wednesday night. By the time emergency hel...
Dec 03, 2020
Coroner: Man, 2 children died in southern Illinois fire
ZEIGLER, Ill. (AP) - A coroner says a southern Illinois house fire killed a man and his two children. Franklin County Coroner Marty Leffler tells WSIL-TV that the fire Monday killed 23-year-old Travis...
Dec 03, 2020
2020 12/05 - Henry Beguelin
Henry Beguelin, 80, of Centralia passed away Tuesday, December 1 at SSM Hospital in Centralia due to complications from Covid-19. Henry graduated from CTHS Class of 57. He continued his education at W...
Dec 03, 2020
2020 12/06 - Patsy "Pat" Florene (Chandler) Phillips
Patsy “Pat” Florene (Chandler) Phillips, 84, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 11:40 pm December 2, 2020 at her residence. Pat worked as a clerk for the Mount Vernon Rescue Mission...
Dec 03, 2020
2020 12/05 - Lester Lee Loy
Lester Lee Loy, 68, of Charleston, IL passed away Saturday, November 28, 2020 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, IL. Lester served as a Staff Sergeant in the Army in his younger years. Lester was...
Dec 03, 2020
Kell Junior High Teacher named WJBD-WSIQ Teacher of the Week
Kell Principal Marybeth Farrell (left) with Teacher of the Week Michelle Murphy and WJBD-WSIQ General Manager Bruce Kropp. Kell Grade School Junior High Teacher Michelle Murphy is the WJBD-WSIQ Teache...
Dec 03, 2020
Centralia man faces multiple charges after a brief chase with Marion County Sheriff Deputy
A 41-year-old Centralia man has been arrested on multiple charges after leading a Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy on a brief chase on the Green Street Road before eventually stopping. Emmanuel Ne...
Dec 03, 2020
