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State’s Attorney, Michael M. Strange, announced that on September 20th, 2017, Allen W. Byers, 32, of Sumner, pled guilty to a charge of Unlawful Defrauding a Drug Screening Test, a Class 4

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   The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says the amount of methamphetamine coming into southern Illinois has been increasing for the past five or 10 years. DEA agent Doug Dorley says the

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Bridgeport Police arrested a wanted Lawrenceville man following a traffic stop yesterday. Police stopped a vehicle driven by 28 year-old Harrison Copp on Illinois Route 250 at County Road 1000

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(NEWORK IN) Toyota celebrated 20 years in Indiana Wednesday, and Gov. Eric Holcomb bought the five millionth Toyota manufactured at the Princeton plant.

“It passed the leg test, and

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MATTOON, Ill. (AP) — Police in central Illinois say a teacher subdued a male student who shot and wounded another student in a high school cafeteria.

Mattoon police Chief Jeff Branson

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—   The Lawrence County Board met yesterday afternoon. The County Board approved a resolution to appoint Aaron Mefford to a six-year term as Lawrence County Engineer. Mefford will replace

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 —Bridgeport Police arrested two Lawrenceville residents following a traffic stop near Gray’s Restaurant yesterday. Police charged 45 year-old Trisha Bechtel with driving while her

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