STABBING SUSPECT IN COURT

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A Flora man charged in connection with multiple stabbings made a court appearance this week. 40 year old Shane Highsmith was arrested after alledgedly using a knife to wound three people during an altercation at a Flora motel in late December.  He faces preliminary charges of Class X Illinois Attempted Murder, two counts of Aggravated Battery and a single count of Possession of a Weapon by a Felon. He will next appear on Tuesday January 13th for preliminary hearing and remains incarcerated on $500,000 bond. The Clay County States Attorneys office says that those wounded in the attack have been released from the hospital.