Wabash County News

A Clackamas man is being held in an Illinois jail on $1 million bail on charges of kidnapping and sexual assault.

An Oregon man is behind bars in Wabash County, IL charged with kidnapping and sexual abusing a teenage boy.

He first joined the seven-person board in 1971. "Pretty soon that will all be over," says the 65-year-old Wabash County man who taught math and science at the old Allendale High School for 19 years and has been caretaker at the town cemetery since 1974.

Officials with St. Mary's tell 14 News Life Flight was sent to Allendale, Illinois for a trench collapse.

By Len Wells Originally published 02:32 p.m., April 24, 2009 Updated 02:32 p.m., April 24, 2009 ALLENDALE, Ill.

A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on April 7, 2009, a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton returned an indictment charging Jeffery Lynn MALCOLM, age 40, of Mt.

The polls open at 6 a.m. Tuesday for the 2009 Illinois municipal election. Voters in many Southern Illinois communities will choose mayors, village presidents, aldermen, school board members and township road officials.

The Midwest Goat Producers announce the schedule for its third annual Spring Fling Goat & Sheep Wether Sale.

A West Salem man wanted on several warrants was arrested at his home Monday morning.

If General Motors Corp. was forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company would end up being liquidated because a long bankruptcy would scare customers away, Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said Tuesday.

A Mount Carmel, Ill., teen has been sentenced to four years in prison after admitting he was high on marijuana the night the car he was driving was involved in a head-on collision, killing his passenger.

Former Wabash County Public Defender Morris Nead pleaded guilty to tax fraud after the Internal Revenue Service found he owed more then $56,000 in taxes for three years.

A suspect in a felony sexual assault case who had been on the run for more than a year was nabbed this week in Indianapolis.

A man wanted for sexually assaulting a child in Wabash County has finally been caught.

Fire hits downtown Mount Carmel, Ill. VIDEO Staff report Originally published 07:56 a.m., January 30, 2009 Updated 07:56 a.m., January 30, 2009 400 block of Market Street It was a long night in Mount Carmel, ...

A Florida-based collection agency made a variety of false threats to Illinois debtors, ranging from threats that the state's child welfare agency would take away their children, that the local sheriff would ...

Police believe they've solved a string of pharmacy break ins. A suspect is behind bars in Wabash County, Illinois accused of stealing drugs and then selling them on the street.

Prescription drugs believed to be from at least four pharmacies in Illinois were displayed by the Mt.

Bellmont Volunteer Fire Department was one of several agencies that responded to a Christmas Day fire that severely damaged the Ridge Baptist Church, located about five miles west of Gravylle.

Authorities say criminal charges may be pending in connection with an explosion and fire that destroyed a home and severely burned a Mt.