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McLeansboro Men Arrested

Friday, April 12 by Jc Tinsley

McLeansboro Men Arrested Two McLeansboro men are in the White County Jail on drug charges.According to Hamilton County State’s Attorney Justin Hood, Landon L. Benbrook was arrested on two separate cases around midnight Tuesday for 5 counts of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. The classification of...

CEO Class Visits Kiwanis

Friday, April 12 by Jc Tinsley

CEO Class Visits KiwanisThe Carmi Kiwanis Club met April 11. President Katelyne Wolff called the meeting to order. The meeting was one of the best attended of the year. Principal Amy Dixon introduced the current “Most Valuable Bullpups” from Jefferson School second grade. In...

Carmi Rotary Club Learns About Soap

Friday, April 12 by Jc Tinsley

Carmi Rotary Club meetingThursday, April 11, 2019The Carmi Rotary club learned about soap making on Thursday from local resident, Kathy Mallory.Kathy told the group that she has been in the soap making business with her daughter Tracy, for around eight years. They manufacture the...

Little Giant Attacked by Pickup

Friday, April 12 by Jc Tinsley

Little Giant Attacked A Shawneetown woman, 70 year old Sharon Holmes escaped serious injury after crashing her pickup truck through the outer wall at Little Giant Grocery Store Thursday.There were no injuries reported in the crash. Although it goes without saying, many of the store...

Tea Parties Coming Soon

Thursday, April 11 by Jc Tinsley

Tea Parties Coming Up Soon It’s almost tea-time at the Robinson Stewart house.Tea time is a special spring event held each year and sponsored by the White County Historical Society.Every second grade classroom in White County is invited to the tea parties the week of...

March Busy for White County Sheriff’s Department

Thursday, April 11 by Jc Tinsley

Sheriff’s Report White County Sheriff Doug Maier presented the County Board with a complete report from his office as well as the City County Jail Tuesday.Revenue from the White County jail in March was $122,133 and fifty cents. The inmate population was at 56, with...

Heinzmann Named Outstanding Faculty

Thursday, April 11 by Jc Tinsley

Rend Lake College A.D.N. Graduates

Thursday, April 11 by Jc Tinsley

Rend Lake College AND GraduatesINA, Ill. (April 10, 2019) - Forty-five students are nearing completion of Rend Lake College's Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program this year. They will have a pinning ceremony at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 16 in RLC's James "Hummer" Waugh Gymnasium, located in Ina. The...

Carmi Police Asking for Financial Help for K-9

Thursday, April 11 by Jc Tinsley

Carmi Police Asking for Financial Help for K-9 ProgramCarmi Police Chief Jason Carter is asking for your help in securing a new Police K9 for the police department.Carter says current K9 Orest came to the department in July 2012 after K9 Riley retired from service. K9...

Newman is Prison Bound

Thursday, April 11 by Jc Tinsley

Newman; Prison Bound A Carmi man is facing fifteen years in prison following his conviction on methamphetamine related charges earlier this month.White County State’s Attorney Denton Aud told WROY/WRUL News that 59 year old Charles Newman of Carmi was sentenced in White County Court Wednesday...