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Lindsey Prather, 43, was arrested this week on child sexual abuse-related allegations.
Crime
3 months ago
New Berlin woman pleads not guilty to sex abuse charges

Prather is charged with Child Sexual Abuse Material and Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul discusses a lawsuit against the federal government at a news conference in January 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Crime
3 months ago
Raoul: Don’t get scammed this tax season

Identity theft is one of the bigger issues.

Crime
3 months ago
2 Illinois State University students among 6 injured in shooting near campus

Responding officers found six people – two male juveniles, two men, and two women who had been shot.

A father with children in the Carterville school district addresses officials during a board of education meeting about why they had not acted sooner to place an assistant football coach, accused of sexual abuse, on leave. (Photo by Lylee Gibbs, Saluki Local Reporting Lab)
Crime
3 months ago
Carterville coach at center of sexual abuse investigation has history of disciplinary action

Questions raised about whether district acted quickly enough in light of a 2009 suspension, more recent tips of misconduct.

Lindsey Prather, 43, was arrested this week on child sexual abuse-related allegations.
Crime
3 months ago
Former New Berlin School District employee charged for alleged sex with minor

The alleged incidents happened on or before April, 2025.

Lawyers in a case challenging Illinois’ ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines are asking the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to consider additional arguments as a three-judge panel continues to weigh the case. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
IL State News
3 months ago
Lawyers say D.C. court’s decision striking down large-capacity magazine ban should be applied to Illinois

Raoul’s office argues a federal appeals court isn’t bound by the decision.

Crime Stoppers offers a minimum $1,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of fentanyl dealers.
Crime
4 months ago
Crime of the Week: Rewards available for catching fentanyl dealers

Almost one-third of the overdose deaths in Sangamon County are because of fentanyl.

Local
4 months ago
Crouch defeats Timm in Republican primary for Sheriff

Timm says he’s pleased he took the “high road,” while Crouch says Timm is not “the most horrible person in the world.”

Madison County Associate Judge Andrew Carruthers found his name in the recently released U.S. Department of Justice files regarding Jeffrey Epstein, a sex offender accused of trafficking minors. Carruthers was assigned Epstein’s case in a collection matter in Lake County, Illinois, but said he never met him or communicated with him.
IL State News
4 months ago
Madison County judge finds name in Epstein files because of legal representation

As an associate at an Edwardsville law firm, he represented Epstein in a 2013 debt collection matter.

Crime
4 months ago
Springfield City Council OK’s armored vehicle purchase

The vote was 7-2, with one alderman absent.

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