Steeleville News

Good deeds and service paid off for First National Bank of Steeleville. when the Illinois Bankers Association gave it a community service award.

A man with local ties was honored Wednesday with an Emergency Medical Services Award for an "heroic act of courage," according to a press release from the state Department of Public Health.

Officials of MedStar Ambulance, which employs the EMT who was shot while rushing a shooting victim to the hospital on Monday, said Thursday it's time for a meeting of metro-east mayors, police chiefs and ...

Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today announced $3.4 million in grants for more than a dozen projects at existing parks and development of new parks throughout Southern Illinois.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is recognizing seven individuals and five organizations as 2007 Volunteers of the Year .

A DuQuoin man is sentenced to sixty years in prison. Michael Roye was sentenced Monday for the 2007 murder of Casey Morgan of Steeleville. via Magic 95.1

“Apparently, they've gotten their own (help)”

State officials said Monday they should know by the end of the week at the latest what's caused a series of electrical failures that have plagued the Illinois State Fairgrounds for the past month, forcing the ... via State Journal-Register

“That's where Gloria as the consumer advocate really did that.”

Waterloo woman's efforts rewarded

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Gloria Linnertz of Waterloo holds a radon testing device distributed free through the state of Illinois. Her husband, Joe Linnertz, died two years ago from lung cancer caused by high levels of radon gas in the home.don

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9 pica cutline for photo of Gloria Linnertz Two years ago this month, Gloria Linnertz was coping with the greatest loss of her life after her husband of 30 years, Joe, died of lung cancer. Read more

“You are not elected to like the governor. But we have a responsibility to our constituents to do the right thing”

Frustrated lawmakers Thursday narrowly backed Gov. Rod Blagojevich's push to offer free bus rides to senior citizens. via Journal-Gazette

“Our outreach sites are closed until Jan. 2, but at that time we will again be accepting appointments and taking applications for funding”

Southern Illinois residents seeking help in paying electric bills this winter are in luck if they have not already received a one-time seasonal payment and meet the proper income guidelines. via Southern Illinoisan

“Those kinds of cooperative activities will be a joy to coordinate”

Officials in Mattoon and Tuscola gave the same reply when asked who they wanted to help with their bids to win the proposed FutureGen power plant - Glenn Poshard. via Southern Illinoisan

“The money that was transferred in came from funds that would have been appropriated throughout the state”

When he announced emergency funding for Chicago-area mass-transit systems earlier this month, Gov. via Belleville News

“My client maintains his innocence and has from the beginning”

The man charged with the Oct. 5 murder of a 26-year-old Steeleville resident pleaded not guilty at a Tuesday morning court hearing. via Southern Illinoisan

“She brought her son over here to let me see him when he turned a year old.”

A devoted mother and friendly face in a relatively quiet neighborhood is how friends of Casey R. Morgan described the 26-year-old who was stabbed to death in her Steeleville home early Friday morning. via Southern Illinoisan

Michael D. Roye, 29, was arrested Friday and charged with the murder of Casey R. Morgan, 26, of Steelville.

Steeleville police found Morgan's body in her home after responding to a call before 8 a.m., said Lt. Steve Shields of the Illinois State Police investigations department in Du Quoin.

State police, the Randolph and Perry counties' sheriff's departments and the Randolph County coroner joined Steeleville police at the scene, where they all conducted an investigation. Roye was arrested in Steeleville later that evening. Read more

New details now in a southern Illinois death investigation. A 29-year-old man is now accused in the stabbing death of Casey Morgan. via WPSD-TV Paducah

STEELEVILLE, Ill. -- Authorities have accused a 29-year-old man in the stabbing death of a woman found dead in her home last week in the southern Illinois town of Steeleville. via KSDK NewsChannel 5

Police are talking to a person of interest in connection to a death investigation in southern Illinois. via WPSD-TV Paducah

Illinois State Police have made an arrest in the killing of a 26-year-old woman who was found dead Friday morning inside her home in this Randolph County town. via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“It's very quiet. People look out for each other. This is certainly a surprising turn of events.”

Police Investigate Homicide of Young Mother By: Holly Brantley STEELEVILLE, Ill. via KFVS12