Logan County News

Rachel Bunner has declared her candidacy to fill the post of circuit clerk for Logan County.

The EF3 tornado that crossed Logan County on Aug 19, 2009 was on the ground the entire width of the county amazingly missing major population areas, but still damaged 20 some farmsteads and displaced many families from their homes, some permanently.

L ogan County Sheriff Steve Nichols, Lincoln Police Chief Stuart Erlenbush and Illinois State Police Lt.

A Logan County judge reduced the bond today for 24-year-old Jennifer Earnest. Multimedia Watch The Video The Armington woman is charged with obstruction of justice in connection with the deaths of Ruth and Rick Gee and three of their children in Beason.

Authorities say a 97-year-old man has died after his vehicle became caught in floodwaters in central Illinois.

L ate Saturday morning, Logan County emergency response agencies were notified of a stranded motorist two miles south of Mount Pulaski.

At 3:30 p.m. National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated minor flooding occurring along Kickapoo Creek around Lawndale.

J ennifer Earnest of Armington appeared in Logan County Circuit Court today at 10:25 a.m. Earnest, represented by Lincoln attorney Jim Grimaldi, pleaded not guilty to a charge of obstruction of justice in the Gee family homicide.

T he St. John United Church of Christ Youth Group in Lincoln will honor the veterans of Logan County on Sunday, Nov.

These students are members of the football team, football cheerleaders, marching band or pom squad.

Three Illinois newspapers say they have filed a lawsuit against Logan County officials seeking search warrants and other documents, some pertaining to the deaths of five family members in the town of Beason.

Routson, Jason L., 22-year-old male, New Holland; arrested Oct. 13 at 100 S. Kickapoo St.; Class A -- driving while license suspended Logan County Sheriff's Department reports for Wednesday, Oct.

Volunteers at St. John United Church of Christ prepare 400 pounds of potatoes for the German potato salad that is a staple of the church's Germanfest.

The second of 2 brothers charged in the killing of a family of 5 in the central Illinois town of Beason has made his first court appearance.

One of the brothers accused of murder in the five deaths of the Gee family was in Logan County court Tuesday.

Christopher J. Harris, 30, was arrested just after 4:00 p.m., Thursday, October 1, for the murders of five members of the Gee family by a multi-agency task force.

Investigators in Logan County say they are confident the killers of the Gee family are in custody and the case is now moving into the prosecution phase.

Share + Oct 9, 2009 6:30 pm US/Central LINCOLN, Ill. 1 of 1 A couple and three of their children were found brutally murdered in their home in Beason, Ill., on Sept.

Jason Harris of Armington Illinois and the brother of Christopher Harris was charged late Thursday afternoon with five counts of first degree murder and one count of attempted murder in the slaying of the Raymond Gee family.

The brother of the man accused of killing five in Beason, Illinois last month has been arrested by Logan County Deputies along with his girlfriend and her mother in connection with the murders.