Franklin County News Archives

Four men are in Franklin County Jail today after a weekend fight that police say was racially motivated.

A southern Illinois man was killed Wednesday night at the Sugar Camp Mine off Thompsonville Road in Franklin County.

The estate of a deceased Wood River man is suing a truck driver and two transport companies in connection with the crossover traffic collision that killed him last November.

A child whose mother is accused of hiding him in a crawl space in his grandmother's home for nearly two years during a custody dispute remains in state custody.

Authorities have arrested Danielle Wilfong, 24 of Elkville, IL, in connection to the 2007 abduction of her nephew.

A child whose mother is accused of hiding him in a crawl space in his grandmother's home for nearly two years remains in state custody.

New developments in a child abduction case out of Franklin County. Grandmother, Diane Dobbs, and her boyfriend, Robert Sandefur, were out of jail by Labor Day morning.

The father of an Illinois boy who authorities say was hidden in his grandmother's home in a crawl space for nearly two years during a custody dispute says he's biding his time before he's reunited with his son.

In this Aug. 2007 photo provided by Michael Chekevdia, Richard Chekevdia poses at a wedding in West Frankfort, Ill.

A southern Illinois grandmother said Monday that she hid her 6-year-old grandson and his mother in a crawl space in her home for two years during a custody dispute with the boy's father to keep the youngster safe.

People who live near the southern Illinois town of Royalton could not believe their eyes.

For nearly two years, Lt. Col. Michael Chekevdia approached the search for his young son with the detached mindset of a soldier.

Authorities say a boy allegedly abducted in a custody dispute two years ago has been found alive, hidden behind a wall at his grandmother's Southern Illinois home.

Police find a Royalton child two years after authorities say he was abducted by his mother.

Police expect to charge two suspects Tuesday in connection with an armed bank robbery last month in Collinsville.