New Year’s Day Mobile Home Fire Kills Three in Pope County
Sheriff Jerry Suits reports three victims confirmed after a mobile home fire in Hamletsburg southern Pope County. Coroner Mark Aly says adults or teens may be among the dead. no children likely were present. Fire department received 91 calls as 3 a.m. blaze fully engulfed the trailer.
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Jerry Suits
Pope County
Hamletsburg
Mark Aly
Aly
Pope County Rural Fire Department
Steve Jahnke
Dog Island Road
Williamson County K-9 unit grows into regional model
The Williamson County K-9 unit expanded to serve nearly every Southern Illinois county and serves as a training model for future police and military K-9 teams. Although active since the 1980s, the current unit is newer, with its rise coinciding with the 2003 methamphetamine epidemic in Williamson County.
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Marion
Williamson County
Illinois
Sheriff’s Department
Fear scent guides search dogs to hiding suspects
Deputy James Wincut, a K-9 handler with Wilt, notes that fear is the strongest signal a person omits, triggering a dog's chase as adrenaline surges. Whether five minutes or an hour, the dog will locate you.
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Stephen Rickers
Chuck Bray
Hunter
James Wright
Teko
Williamson County Sheriff's Office
James Wincut
Wilt
Illinois enacts new laws to curb meth and boost DNA database
Attorney General Lisa Madigan backed measures taking effect this week aimed at halting repeat meth offenders. The package includes House Bill 1908 requiring prescriptions for pseudoephedrine products and House Bill 3238 expanding Illinois DNA collection to all sex offenders and certain arrestees, improving offender identification and preventing wrongful convictions.
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Illinois
Lisa Madigan
Springfield
Madigan
Herrin Turns Corner After Maytag Closure Era
USA Today highlighted Herrin in 2010 for uniting after the Maytag plant shut four years earlier. Mayor and Chamber leader Kevin Frost recalls the loss, notes a shift to a service oriented economy, and cites 2011 as a year of growth with more than 1,000 residents added since the 2010 census.
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Herrin
USA Today
Maytag
Chamber, of Commerce
Kevin Frost
Frost
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