Two Arrested Monday
Carmi Police arrested two Carmi natives on Monday.Up first was 40-year-old Jeremy Jones for Domestic Battery.
Author: Nicole Behnke
White County 4-H Project Grants Awarded
The White County Farm Bureau is pleased to award sixteen White County 4-Hers with a 2024 4-H Project Grant. A total of $1,500 in grants were awarded. 4-Hers receiving a 2024 Project Grant are…· Kenna Bond (Cooking)· Bailey Buchanan (Rabbits)· Emmaline Draper (Sheep)· Katleyn...
Trash Rates Go Up for Mill Shoals
The Mill Shoals board met for their March meeting with their first topic pertaining to the new rates of the Community Center. Several rates were proposed along with how many hours rental would occur. Unfortunately no agreement was made, with President Gray asking everyone...
Domestic Battery Charge for Page
A 22-year-old is sitting in the White County Jail after White County Sheriff deputies were called to a residence in Enfield on March 21st. According to a witness, Douglas Hast and Kevin Page were in a verbal argument prior to the altercation and that...
White County Board Says No To Asylum Seekers
Questions were raised as to what the Resolution said pertaining to the White County Asylum Seekers. Dustin Harmon, with Bellwether read,
“The first one is to address Chicago and the state’s sanctuary status. So there’s only so much room in Chicago, they’ve already started to...
Carmi Township Discusses Agenda Items and Assessing Situation
At the Carmi Township meeting Tuesday night, things got a little heated.
The Supervisor of Assessments, Gary Baxley, was not in attendance. Still, he did leave a copy of paperwork showing 11 business property additions that still need to be assessed, along with a list...
Two Sentenced in Edwards County
32-year-old Tiffany Perusky, of Carmi, was sentenced to a total of four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections followed by a term of one year of Mandatory Supervised Release for Residential Burglary in Edwards County. Perusky will have to pay restitution in the...
Enfield Village Board Meets for Over Two Hours
The Enfield Village Board met in a marathon session Tuesday Night. Scott Mareing was there and has this report…There were three lengthy discussions.There was about a half hour discussion concerning water rates. The board eventually decided to raise water rates by two dollars a...
Two White County Residents Sentenced to IDOC
Braddon Turrentine was sentenced to 12 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement for two separate cases. Turrentine will serve seven years for Unlawful Use of Property, a Class 2 Felony, for a 2024 case. In addition, he...
Two Carmi Men Arrested Over the Weekend
A resident of Smith Street, Karl Holland, was arrested...
