Randolph County News

A prosecutor of a man charged with setting a southern Illinois house fire that killed four children says authorities believe they know the motivations behind the blaze, but he won't reveal that immediately.

The Randolph County community continued to struggle with the loss of four childen killed in a tragic house fire Monday.

A Randolph County judge has denied bond for a man accused of setting a fire that killed four children.

A 33-year-old man facing murder charges related to a southern Illinois house fire that killed four children is to make his first court appearance.

A 33-year-old man was charged on Friday with four counts of first-degree murder and residential arson in the deaths of the children ages five to 12.

Police are questioning a person of interest in the case, but have not identified that person other than it is a male.

UPDATED 12:37 p.m. FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013 PERCY, Ill. - Four children have perished in an overnight house fire in a small southwestern Illinois village.

Officials are investigating a deadly house fire in Randolph County. Crews were called to 810 W. Almond Street around 2:00 a.m. on Friday.

Randolph County Coroner Randy Dudenbostel says that in addition to the fatalities, at least one person at the house was injured and taken to a hospital.

Steelville Fire Chief said the fire happened at a home in the 800 block of West Almond in Percy, Ill.

Authorities have charged an Illinois prison guard with delivering a cellphone to an inmate at the maximum-security Menard Correctional Center.

The Illinois Department of Transportation will close one lane of Illinois 100 in each direction in Alton between US 67 and Williams Street because of flooding.

For the third time in as many months, the death of a Menard prison inmate has resulted in a murder charge.