Man Pleads Guilty But Insane to Murder in Marion
Michael D. Woolard, 45, admitted in court that he suffocated his mother Wanda L. Woolard with a pillow and attempted to burn the trailer to cover the crime. He pleaded guilty but mentally ill to first degree murder and will serve 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections plus 29 more years, with a three year supervised release after 2032.
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Marion
Michael D. Woolard
Woolard
Williamson County
Illinois Department of Corrections
Wanda L. Woolard
John Cavanaugh
Michael Woolard
Sean de Mello
de Mello
Ron Swafford
Tina Morrow
Swafford
Morrow
Larry Brooking
Fred Klug
Nashville
Daniel J. Cuneo
Belleville
Brooking
Department of Corrections
Veach remembers former oil boss with wartime valor and music ties
Allen Veach, former president of a regional oil company, served in the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions. He was shot twice, earned two Purple Hearts, and jumped three days before D-Day. After the war he earned a business degree from Illinois, led a dance band, and played in regional orchestras. Survivors include wife Jessie and three children. Funeral arrangements are pending at Bailey Funeral Home in Vienna.
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Allen
John Veach
U of I
John Said
Southern Illinois
Shawnee Community College
Veach
West Vienna
Oil Company
Chicago
Memphis
John
Allen Veach
Sigma Phi
The
Illinois Petroleum Marketers Association
First Christian Church of Vienna
Jessie
Vienna
Greg Veach
Carbondale
Ruth Ann Levinson
Cobden
Southern Illinois University
Marion council approves sewer inspection camera purchase
Marion plans to buy a $45,000 sewer line inspection camera funded from contingency funds of a $9 million sewer plant project. The device includes a 600 foot line and will inspect 4 to 30 inch pipes, potentially saving contracting costs and enabling quicker repairs. Mayor: project saves money long term. funds depend on contingency balance after plant completion.
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Marion
Bob Boyt
Glen Clarida
Clarida
Robert Butler
Police and Court Actions Across Perry and Union Counties
Du Quoin police detained Connie Short on a battery charge and a separate warrant, with a $250 bond. In Union County, 19 year old Joseph Silliman pleaded guilty to residential burglary and received five years in prison plus two years supervised release, with additional duties such as DNA submission. A Carbondale man, Richard L Neal Jr., known as Big Richard, was sentenced in federal court to 40 months for cannabis sales, part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative. Two-vehicle Perry County crash sent minor injuries to Ellen Davis and Robert Gunter, while Du Quoin police arrested three men, including two with loaded handguns found in a car.
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DU Quoin
Connie Short
Short
Perry County
Jonesboro
Anna
Union County
John Bigler
Rodney Clutts
Joseph Silliman
Illinois Department of Corrections
Silliman
Springfield
Dongola
Bigler
Vienna
Donald Simmons
John Snell
James Temple
Union County State’s Attorney's Office
Harold G. Downs
Pinckneyville
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Sheriff's Department
Ellen K. Davis
Washington Ave
Ava
Illinois
Gary W. McLaughlin
Poplar St
Coulterville
Davis
Perry County Sheriff's Deputies
Royce Loucks
Jason Loucks
Marcus Dunmyer
Harrisburg woman sentenced in Harrisburg crack conspiracy
Marine Miller, 28, of Harrisburg, was sentenced by the U.S. District Court to eight years in prison four years supervised release and a $250 fine for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Crim received 188 months. The DEA and state police led the investigation. Amanda A. Robertson prosecuted.
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Benton
Harrisburg
United States District Court
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Southern District of Illinois
Marine Miller
Miller
Joseph Crim
Crim
Drug Enforcement Administration
State Police
U.S
Amanda A. Robertson
Metropolis man pleads guilty to five crack counts
Michael E. McDonald, 23, of Metropolis, pleaded guilty to five felony counts of distributing crack cocaine in Metropolis during 2002. He faces 5 to 40 years, plus fines and supervised release, with sentencing set for Oct. 10 in Benton. The plea covered sales at 411 W Eighth St in Metropolis during Operation Safe Neighborhood.
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Benton
Metropolis
United States Attorney’s Office
Southern District of Illinois
Michael E. McDonald
McDonald
United States Marshal Service
Eighth St
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