Police Chase

McFall man facing multiple charges following high-speed pursuit in Harrison and Daviess Counties

A McFall man facing several charges after an alleged pursuit in Harrison and Daviess counties earlier this month voluntarily waived a preliminary hearing in the Associate Division of Harrison County on Wednesday. Online court information shows William Stanley Perkins’s case was certified to Division One, and arraignment is scheduled for Thursday, January 23rd. He has […]

Farm Tractor Crash or Accident

Car strikes farm tractor on Highway 136

The Highway Patrol reports the drivers of a car and farm tractor sustained serious injuries when the car struck the tractor one mile east of Bethany Thursday afternoon. Seventy-one-year-old Daniel Heyle of Bethany and a 16-year-old male from Ridgeway were transported by ambulance to the Harrison County Community Hospital. Heyle was then transferred to the […]

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One injured in two-vehicle crash on Highway 124

The Highway Patrol reports a Steeleville, Illinois woman sustained minor injuries when the sports utility vehicle in which she was a passenger was struck by another SUV driven by a Linneus woman in Boone County on Wednesday night. An ambulance transported 71-year-old Mary Waltemate to University Hospital with minor injuries. The driver of that SUV, […]

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Albany resident injured in St. Clair County crash

One resident of Albany was injured and another escaped injury this morning in a single-vehicle wreck that occurred at Lowry City in St. Clair County. Sixty-three-year-old Jacqueline Brookman received moderate injuries and was taken by emergency medical services to the Citizens Memorial Hospital hospital in Bolivar.  The driver of the sport utility vehicle was listed […]

Boil Advisory

Boil advisory issued for portion of Mercer County

Mercer County Public Water Supply District today issued a precautionary boil advisory for the southeast part of the county. Affected are rural water customers within the boundaries, clockwise, of Highway 136 on the north; Sullivan county line on the east, Grundy county line on the south; and Highway 65 for the west side. The boil […]

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Kingston man hospitalized after crash east of Lathrop

A Kingston resident was hurt Saturday evening in a collision at the intersection of two highways east of Lathrop, Fifty-seven-year old Jeffrey Kipp was taken to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries. The operator of a sports utility vehicle, 65-year old Barbara Carpenter of Cameron, was not reported hurt. The accident happened five miles east of […]

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Fire destroys home east of Bethany

A house located approximately one mile east of Bethany is considered to be a total loss after a fire on Monday afternoon and evening. Bethany Fire Chief David Kinnison reports tankers had to be used to bring water to the residence on U. S. Highway 136 owned by Alan Guernsey because there were no water […]