CRIME & SAFETY

Bloomington Police have made an arrest stemming from a fatal shooting in November 2021. Police say detectives went to the Illinois Department of Corrections prison in Jacksonville on Thursday to serve arrest warrants for Osman “Gudda” McLaurin. McLauren, 26, faces murder and weapons charges in connection with the...

A Beardstown man is headed to prison on charges stemming from a drug bust in March. 43-year old Matthew M. Schreieck of Beardstown pleaded guilty to Class X felony Methamphetamine Delivery between 15-100 grams in Cass County Court yesterday. The charges stem from a drug bust by the Cass County...

Participants have a chance to take a drive, learn about DUI procedures. Editor’s note: Citizen’s Police Academy is a weekly series by Julie Gerke, who is participating in the local 12-week class that educates adult students on the work and procedures of local law enforcement. After weeks of...

CHANDLERVILLE, Ill. (WAND) - A Chandlerville man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of bank and bankruptcy fraud. On June 6, Travis Murphy, 40, was charged with four counts of bank fraud alleging over $8.4 million in fraud and one count of bankruptcy fraud. The indictment...

Jacksonville Police are investigating a hit and run from yesterday morning. A caller advised police at 3:12AM yesterday that they were awoken by a loud noise about an hour prior to the call after believing a vehicle drove into the side of their home in the first block of Westfair Drive.

A Village in Cass County is alerting area residents that their banking information could have been compromised recently. According to an announcement by the Village of Ashland on the municipal social media, authorities have reportedly been informed that a card skimmer was found on one of the gas pumps at the Casey’s General Store in Ashland.

A single-story home was a complete loss in a fire yesterday in rural northern Greene County. The Roodhouse and Winchester Fire Departments were dispatched at approximately 1:15 yesterday afternoon to a structure fire at 1270 County Line Road, approximately 1 mile north of Barrow Township. Roodhouse Fire Chief Terry Hopkins...

Jacksonville Police responded to a shots fired incident on the city’s northeast side last night. The initial call was reported by a resident in the 700 block of Allen Avenue at 9:48PM Saturday. Upon arrival, police located a single bullet fired into the former Birdco Fabricators building in the 500 block of Allen Avenue.

The Jacksonville Developmental Center grounds was victim to yet another suspicious fire on Saturday night. It’s at least the third suspicious fire set on the grounds within the last 3 years. Initial calls for a fire on the grounds came at 8:47PM after a caller reported seeing smoke and...

The Chandlerville Fire Department and Cass County Health Department are partnering to fight opioid overdose deaths. The two entities are hosting a free Narcan education and opioid overdose awareness event at 6PM Thursday at the Chandlerville Community Building, on the back side of Chandlerville Village Hall at 111 West Lake Street.

A Greene County woman is heading to prison on drug charges in Pike County. 35-year old Amanda K. Edwards of Roodhouse pleaded guilty to bringing a controlled substance into a penal institution on Tuesday in Pike County Circuit Court. Two other charges were dropped per the plea agreement. Edwards was...

Two juveniles were arrested early this morning after multiple vehicles were broken into overnight in South Jacksonville. Officers from both South Jacksonville and Jacksonville responded to a call from a complainant in the 100 block of Labor Drive South at approximately 1:30 this morning who told dispatchers there were three people who were attempting to break into a vehicle and then started walking toward the entrance.

No one was injured in a two-vehicle crash at a Morton Avenue intersection last night. Police and EMS responded to the corner of West Morton Avenue and South Kosciusko Street at 7:30 last night for a call of a vehicle accident with smoke. According to a police accident report, a...

A Cass County assisted living facility was evacuated after a fire broke out Tuesday afternoon. The Beardstown Fire Department responded to Parkside Place assisted living center located at 1501 Canal Street at approximately 2:30 pm yesterday for a fire in one of the resident apartments. Beardstown Fire Chief Brandon Hager...

No one was injured when a home tied to a piece of Jacksonville manufacturing history caught fire early Friday morning. The Jacksonville and South Jacksonville Fire Departments responded to a call of a structure fire at 606 North Church Street just before 5:00 am Friday. Upon arrival, fire crews found the north and east sides of the three-story structure had heavy fire venting.

Multiple departments responded to a residential fire in the Village of Chapin this morning. The Chapin Fire Department responded to the call just before 11:00 am Friday of a residential fire at 415 Ash Street. Chapin Fire Chief Scott Pahlmann says when his crews arrived on scene, fire was coming from a connecting breezeway and the garage directly behind the single-story home.

A Jacksonville woman was sentenced to major jail time for three separate violent incidents dating back two years. 19-year old Miracle V. Walker of the 600 block of North Clay pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon in Morgan County Court to charges of aggravated battery and aggravated battery of a peace officer.

Jacksonville Police continue to deal with a rash of gunfire on the city’s streets. Jacksonville Police were called to a residence in the 600 block of North Clay Avenue at 1:17PM this afternoon. A caller advised they had heard several gunshots in the area. Upon arrival, police discovered that gunfire had struck a vehicle. No injuries were reported.