Alexander County News

Officers with the Illinois State Police are seeking a suspect involved in a double shooting in Thebes, Ill., Tuesday night.

Illinois State Police are investigating a shooting in the village of Thebes. That's located in Alexander County.

Bicycle riders got quite the treat Saturday in Southern Illinois. They took in the beautiful fall scenery while riding a 100 mile route through the Shawnee National Forest.

David Ayala was once reputed to be a leader of one of the most violent Chicago gangs.

Alexander County in deep southern Illinois continues to be strapped for cash, but it doesn't have to worry for the time being about what to do with its prisoners.

Poor Alexander County – literally. The state's southernmost county is in huge financial trouble.

Cape Police are working with the Alexander County, Illinois, Sheriffa s department in investigating a reported kidnapping and rape late Wednesday night.

Cape Girardeau police have reportedly questioned a person of interst in a recent rape case.

To say that Cairo, the seat of Alexander County, Ill., has seen better days is a cruel understatement.

It might well, but the money problems have roots in a long string of black hate crimes and racism against whites in Cairo, in the 1970s.

A Palm City flat bed truck arrived in Illinois Monday night with some precious cargo: 5 desperately needed, used police cruisers.

Financial woes that recently caused the sheriff's department in Alexander County to lose three-fourths of its personnel to layoffs have also created an outstanding debt the county owes to a Missouri hospital, according to Alexander County Coroner Willie Bingham.

As sheriff in one of the state's poorest counties, David Barkett often has his hands full keeping drug and property crimes in check.

Layoffs, repossession and unpaid bills. A local county is in dire straights financially.

Before this week, there were two types of vehicles that I would NEVER expect to be repossessed: Trucks with full gun racks and police cars.

The Alexander County Sheriff is trying to dig out of a money mess. So far he's had to lay off eleven workers.

One day after the Alexander County Sheriff's Department had five patrol cars repossessed, it received help from Governor Pat Quinn's office and another sheriff's department in another state.

Alexander County in deep Southern Illinois is among the state's most struggling areas, and the sheriff's dwindling stable of patrol cars is just more proof.

Money trouble is affecting law enforcement in Alexander County yet again. Five Sheriff's Department cars have been repossessed.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn says he supports calls for reform at Tamms prison. On Thursday, new corrections director Michael Randle recommended ten reforms, including hearings for prisoners being sent to the supermax prison.