CRIME & SAFETY
Marion man dead following single-vehicle crash
VERGENNES, Ill. (KFVS) - A Marion man is dead following a single-vehicle crash that took place Monday morning. Around 8:27 a.m. on Monday, April 29, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a single-vehicle crash near the intersection of Elkville Road and Coffer Road in Vergennes. According...
Carbondale woman charged with murder, arson after deadly fire
CARBONDALE, Ill. (KBSI) – A Carbondale woman faces murder and arson charges after the death of a Murphysboro man. Lakesha C. Ross, 24, of Carbondale was charged on three counts of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated arson. She is accused of being involved with a residential fire...
Former southern Illinois VA Psychologist sentenced to prison for submitting false medical documents
BENTON, IL — 57-year-old Theresa A. Kelly, a former Southern Illinois Veterans Affairs Psychologist, is serving to ten months imprisonment after admitting to submitting false medical documents. The former Marion VA Medical Center employee pleaded guilty in October 2023 to one count of concealing a material fact by trick,...
House damaged by fire under investigation
HERRIN, Ill. (KFVS) - A house fire in Herrin on Wednesday morning, May 1 is under investigation. According to the Herrin Fire Department, crews were called out around 10:35 a.m. to a fire at a home under renovation. When they arrived, crews reported they could see fire venting through the...
Cape Girardeau man sentenced to 42 years for murder in Carbondale
JACKSON COUNTY, Ill. (KBSI) – A Cape Girardeau, Mo. man was sentenced Thursday to 42 years behind bars for first-degree murder in Carbondale, Ill. Gregory Hopkins, 30, of Cape Girardeau, was sentenced on May 2 to 42 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Carbondale Police officers responded to...
Carbondale man sentenced to 21 years on weapons charges
CARBONDALE, Ill. (KBSI) – A Carbondale man was sentenced to more than two decades behind bars after he was found guilty of armed habitual criminal and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon charges. Deangelo Gray, 27, was sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections after a sentencing...
Police investigate two shootings in Carbondale
Authorities are seeking suspects in multiple shooting incidents that have occurred recently in Carbondale. Carbondale Police say they responded to two reports of gunfire late last week. The suspects in the unrelated incidents, which occurred three days apart, reportedly remain at large. In the first incident, officers responded at 9:10...
Carbondale police hold Citizen Police Academy graduation
CARBONDALE, Ill. (KBSI) – The Carbondale Police Department held a graduation ceremoney for 2024 graduates of the Citizen Police Academy. The ceremony was held on May 1 at the city of Carbondale Police Department. Graduates received their awards for their active participation during the basic and advanced sessions of...
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