Madison County’s Cross-River Crime Task Force completed February’s deployment in the East Alton and Wood River area with a goal to help prevent “traffic violence.”
EDWARDSVILLE — The Wood River Police Department and two of its officers are accused of using excessive force and falsely imprisoning a 51-year old man.
MOUNT VERNON -- A jury was correct in finding a defendant guilty of driving while improperly using an electronic device, the Fifth District Appellate Court has ruled.
Wood River Levee District secretary and treasurer Jamie L. Butkovich, 37, has been charged with theft of between $10,000 and $100,000 and official misconduct, amid reports that at least one employee of the district was having "paycheck problems."
A man who was sentenced to 38 years in prison for armed violence, arson, fraud and theft claims he was manipulated by his attorney into entering a guilty plea even though he really was innocent of arson.
