Freeburg Teacher Faces Abduction and Murder Charges
Samson Shelton, 26, a Freeburg High School driver education and physical education teacher, is jailed on $1 million bond on two counts of attempted murder and one of aggravated kidnapping after 17 year old Ashley Reeves was found clinging to life in a park. Reeves remains in serious condition. investigators say Reeves and Shelton had a relationship and Reeves disappeared after a job interview in Belleville. The case will be presented to a St. Clair County grand jury. Shelton plans to plead not guilty when arraigned.
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Elleville
Justin Kuehn
Samson Shelton
Ashley Reeves
Kuehn
Shelton
Smithton
Reeves
Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
St. Louis
Denise Pranger
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Pranger
Freeburg
Associated Press
Millstadt
Mardi Gras
Belleville
Belleville Park
St. Clair
St. Clair County
Illinois drought ends as spring rains erase long drought
Spring storms drenched Illinois, lifting the drought status to no area in drought for the first time since 2005. Officials note widespread rains totaling over 12 inches this year, with uneven moisture along the Mississippi River, and farmers hoping for timely rains to sustain crop prospects as corn and soybean planting advance.
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Peoria
Illinois
Quincy
Quad Cities
U.S
National
Mississippi River
Jim Angel
Illinois State Water Survey
Angel
Gulf
Hawkins
Federal trial targets Chicago patronage system
Federal prosecutors indict Robert Sorich and three former officials for using clout to disguise city hiring, shredding records, and planning to destroy evidence. A former sewer department official recalls a jokey warning to deny everything as the trial unfolds.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Richard M. Daley
Robert Sorich
Sorich
Timothy McCarthy
John Sullivan
Patrick Slattery
Sullivan
Thomas Anthony Durkin
O’hare International
Former Illinois State Senator Bob Madigan Dies at 63
Former state Sen. Bob Madigan of Lincoln, who represented central Illinois from 1987 to 2001, died at age 63 after a battle with cancer. He chaired the Insurance and Pensions Committee and later joined the Illinois Industrial Commission after resigning in 2002.
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Bob Madigan
Springfield
Central Illinois
General Assembly
Madigan
Lincoln
Illinois Senate
Insurance and Pensions
Senate
Frank Watson
Greenville
Watson
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