U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri BENTON, Ill. – The former president of a bank in southern Illinois was sentenced Thursday for his role in falsifying bank records to facilitate real estate loans. Steven Cook was fined $6,000 and sentenced to 50 hours of community service and two weekends in the Jackson County jail. […]
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PERRYVILLE — The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports. Police were called to the Estates of Perryville in the 400 block of North West Street to take a report on a common assault around 11:43 a.m. September 15th. Police took a report of a broken rear window around 2:20 p.m. September
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SPRINGFIELD – On Monday, United States President Joseph R. Biden signed a federal Major Disaster Declaration authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Individual Assistance program for Cook, Fulton, Henry, St. Clair, Washington, Will, and Winnebago County. “Millions of residents across the state have incurred damages from the severe weather in July due to torrential rain
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CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest reports. Listed as arrested: Kalynn N. Bergman 28, Harrisburg IL, arrested September 16, 2024 by Sparta Police on a Saline County warrant for failure to appear on a domestic battery charge. Is incarcerated. Clayton O. Mathis 58, Chester, arrested September 16, 2024 by Chester Police
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CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois University Carbondale is welcoming 31 new tenure-track faculty to campus for the fall 2024 semester. Sheryl A. Tucker, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, said she is looking forward to learning about their scholarly and creativity activities and how they will contribute in the classroom. “We are excited about the
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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — As a trained counselor looking for a therapist of her own in the 1980s, it was difficult for Southern Illinois University Carbondale alumna Martha C. “Marti” Crothers to find a professional who was qualified to address the long-term effects of complex childhood trauma she had experienced. Martha “Marti Martha
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PERRYVILLE – Three groups of students were recognized at the September meeting of the Perry County School District No. 32 Board of Education. Assistant Superintendent Craig Hayden, Ashli Berkheimer and Josephine Robinson, and Board Vice President Dominic Blythe Ashli Berkheimer and Josephine Robinson were recognized for their participation in the Missouri Scholars
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ST. LOUIS – A man from the Turks and Caicos has been arrested after being indicted and accused of the sextortion of a Missouri teen. Alexander Gardiner, 23, of Providenciales, was indicted by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on May 22 on one count of coercion and enticement of a
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Visitation will be Friday, September 27, 2024 for 82-year-old Roger Leo Lauterjung of Chester, Illinois, who passed away at 9:26 a.m., Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at his residence. He was born June 27, 1942 in Randolph County son of Edward H. and Clara C. (nee Gaertner) Lauterjung who both preceded him in death. . Roger
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The Basler Funeral Home has announced the death of 94-year-old Betty L. Brodersen of Sainte Genevieve, Mo. who passed away peacefully Saturday, September 21, 2024 at her home. She was born April 14, 1930 in Elroy, Wisconsin, the daughter of Ida Helen Talga Ladwig (Weiland) and Arnold Ladwig, who both preceded her in death.
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