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12 hrs ago | Lincoln Daily News

Bunner enters circuit clerk race

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

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Related Topix: US News, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Carbondale, IL, Lincoln, IL

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Lincoln Daily News

New pictures of August tornado path that crossed all of 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.

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Related Topix: Elkhart, IL, Chestnut, IL, Beason, IL, Lincoln, IL, Mount Pulaski, IL

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Lincoln Daily News

How the Gee family murders were solved

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

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Related Topix: Lincoln, IL, Beason, IL

Tue Nov 03, 2009

WHOI

Bond reduced for Jennifer Earnest

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.

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Related Topix: Armington, IL, Beason, IL

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Belleville News

1 dead after roads flood in Illinois

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

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Related Topix: Sangamon County, IL, Mount Pulaski, IL, Weather

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Lincoln Daily News

Victim flagging for help from car rooftop is rescued from floodwaters

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

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Related Topix: Mount Pulaski, IL, Lake Fork, IL, Natural Disasters, Flood, Weather, Illinois

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Lincoln Daily News

Urban & small stream flood advisory for northern Logan County

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

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Flood, Lawndale, IL

Lincoln Daily News

Bond reduced for murder suspect's girlfriend, Jennifer Earnest

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.

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Related Topix: Armington, IL, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Beason, IL

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Lincoln Daily News

Close Up

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

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Related Topix: Lincoln, IL, 9, Illinois, Elkhart, IL, Broadwell, IL

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Lincoln Daily News

Saturday, Oct. 24

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

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Related Topix: Lincoln, IL, San Jose, IL, Agriculture, Science, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Nursing

Sun Oct 25, 2009

WGN-TV Chicago

3 Illinois newspapers file lawsuit against Logan County officials seeking records

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.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Beason, IL

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Lincoln Daily News

Police reports

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.

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Related Topix: New Holland, IL, Mount Pulaski, IL, Lincoln, IL

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Lincoln Daily News

Friday, Oct. 16

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.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Lincoln, IL, Mount Pulaski, IL

Sat Oct 17, 2009

WAND-TV Decatur

Suspect in killing of 5 makes court appearance

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.

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Related Topix: Beason, IL

Thu Oct 15, 2009

WEEK-TV

An Update in the Beason Murders

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

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Related Topix: Beason, IL

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Illinois State Police

Arrests in Beason homicides result from task force cooperation

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.

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Related Topix: Beason, IL, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Illinois, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

Sun Oct 11, 2009

Examiner.com

Sheriff confident Gee Family killers are in custody, case moves into prosecution phase

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.

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Related Topix: Armington, IL

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Cbs2chicago.com

Sheriff: More Arrests Unlikely In Beason Slayings

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.

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Related Topix: Beason, IL, Lincoln, IL, Violent Crime

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Lincoln Daily News

Second Harris brother charged with five counts of first degree murder

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.

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Related Topix: Armington, IL

KPLR-11

Suspected Killer's Brother, Two Others, Arrested in Connection With Beason Murders

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.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Beason, IL, Armington, IL

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