Mount Carmel Arrests on Wabash County Warrants and Lic Driver Charge
Mount Carmel police arrested Cory J. Walker 24 on a Wabash County failure to appear warrant. He was jailed on a $200 cash bond and released after posting bond. Danny Huffstetler 29 faced a probation violation warrant and was held on a $300 cash bond. Troy D. Hickrod 47 of Princeton was stopped for a suspended license and possession of drug paraphernalia. cited and jailed on bond.
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Mount Carmel
Cory J. Walker
Wabash County
Walker
Copp Avenue
Danny Huffstetler
Huffstetler
Cedar Street
Troy D. Hickrod
Princeton
Mt. Carmel
Hickrod
Trump visits Granite City steel plant to push trade plan
President Donald Trump travels to U S Steel Granite City Works in Illinois to discuss tariffs and trade as the plant restarts two blast furnaces and recalls about 800 workers. The White House notes the visit is his first Illinois trip since taking office.
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Granite City
Donald Trump
Illinois
White House
Trump
U.S. Steel Corp
St. Louis
U.S. Steel
U.S
Europe
China
European Union
Canada
Mexico
Man sentenced in teen death case near Pinckneyville
Chad Bennett II, 27, received a 20 year prison term after pleading guilty to a home invasion charge in the 2010 kidnapping and killing of 15 year old Sidney Stephens in Perry County Illinois. Bennett was the last of five charged in Stephens death. Two co‑defendants were convicted of murder.
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Pinckneyville
Illinois
Chad Bennett II
Sidney Stephens
Bennett
Stephens
Perry County
St. Louis
David Searby
Southern Illinoisan
AIDS drugs show promise to prevent new HIV infections
Studies at the Amsterdam AIDS conference show a two drug daily or on demand pill regimen prevented HIV infections among gay men in partnership with an HIV positive partner. A second study found zero transmissions when the infected partner's virus was well controlled by medicines, across 18 months and 75,000 unprotected sex acts.
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Amsterdam
United States
Anthony Fauci
Fauci
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Gilead Sciences
Paris
Jean-Michel Molina
Saint Louis Hospital
Linda Gail Bekker
University of Cape Town
South Africa
Alison Rodger
University College London
Rotary aims to expand service with global rice drive
Alka proposes larger Rotary acts of kindness locally and internationally. She notes Rotary’s reach in India and plans an initiative filling 20,000 bags of rice at 33 cents each to feed six people per bag. Locally, a children’s book distribution to southern Illinois elementary schools is planned. The annual conference will be in Mount Vernon in November.
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Rotary
India
Alka
Andy
Illinois
Mount Vernon
Legislation shields state workers under threat in Illinois
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed a measure to aid law enforcement in protecting Department of Children and Family Services workers. The bill, urged after Pamela Knight died from an assault while executing custody duties, allows cross jurisdiction cooperation. Andrew Sucher of Rock Falls faces $1 million bail for Knight’s death, allegedly kicking her as she arrived to take custody in Milledgeville on September 29.
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Springfield
Illinois
Bruce Rauner
Department of Children and Family Services
DCFS
Pamela Knight
Andrew Sucher
Rock Falls
Knight
Sucher
Milledgeville
Rauner taps Hinsdale lawyer for Illinois Racing Board
Governor Bruce Rauner appointed Jason Barclay of Hinsdale as general counsel to the Illinois Racing Board. Barclay, former Indiana Horse Racing Commission member and top lawyer in the governor's office, will earn about $12,500 yearly. Rauner also named Rev Robert Patterson to the Chicago Transit Authority Board at $25,000 per year.
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Chicago
Bruce Rauner
Illinois Racing Board
Rauner
Jason Barclay
Hinsdale
Barclay
Indiana Horse Racing Commission
Illinois
Governor’s Office
Racing Board
Robert Patterson
Chicago Transit Authority Board
Task force seeks to cut female prison numbers
A 100 member all female task force aims to reduce Illinois women prisoners by 50 percent over seven years. The group, including Justice Anne Burke and State's Attorney Kim Foxx, plans change in laws and expanded social services to address trauma and abuse in the female inmate population.
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Chicago
Illinois
Chicago Tribune
Celia Colon
Illinois Department of Corrections
Deanne Benes
Supreme Court
Anne Burke
Cook County
Kim Foxx
Benos
Alyssa Benedict
Logan Correctional Center
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