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By Benjamin Cox on May 7, 2021 at 9:48am The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is hoping a new program will help young people get positive interactions with local law enforcement. Cass County Sheriff Devron Ohrn announced the community-oriented Sheriff’s Working with Adolescents Together program last year, or SWAT in an effort to build and maintain positive, close relationships with the youth of the county. Ohrn says he hopes events planned with the group will help foster those ...

Law enforcement groups say legislation handcuffs authorities, but backers say its needed Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree, Journal-Courier FacebookTwitterEmail Law enforcement authorities say they are worried new justice reform legislation will embolden criminals as well as put a financial burden on smaller agencies.Jose Maria Hernandez Law enforcement authorities see some good elements in a bill signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and intended to reform Illinois’ criminal justice system, but th...

A Virginia man faces multiple murder charges in the aftermath of a shooting that left a former girlfriend and another woman dead at a Virginia residence Sunday afternoon. Robert D. Harris, 71, of Virginia was formally charged Tuesday with six counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder and one count of aggravated battery with a firearm in Cass County court. Harris, who is being held in the Morgan County Jail in Jacksonville because Cass County does not have a jail, appeared b...

VIRGINIA, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in central Illinois on Monday identified two women...

She prayed for people that needed prayers - Community seeks answers after two die in shooting Samantha McDaniel Ogletree and Darren Iozia, Journal-Courier Jan. 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Police tape marks off a property in Virginia after a shooting there Sunday.Darren Iozia | Journal-CourierShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Two people died Sunday and a third was injured as the result of a shooting at 140 S. East St. in Virginia. The deceased, Kathleen G. Wzientek, 68, and Brenda G. Crum, 64, wer...

Two people who died in a shooting at a residence in Virginia early Sunday afternoon have been identified. A suspect, identified as Robert D. Harris, 71, of Virginia, was later located in Morgan County and was in custody in Jacksonville, authorities said Monday. The two victims, Kathleen G. Wzientek, 68, and Brenda G. Crum, 64, both of Virginia, were discovered dead at 140 S. East St.  Wzientek lived at the home on East Street. Cass County sheriffs deputies, Beardstown Police, and Illinois ...

Cass deputys quick action saves drowning 9-month-old Rochelle Eiselt, Journal-Courier FacebookTwitterEmail A Cass County sheriffs deputy is being credited with saving the life of an infant who was drowning earlier this month.Journal-Courier VIRGINIA — A Cass County sheriff’s deputy is being praised for his quick action in saving an infant from drowning. Deputy Alec Bunfill was among the first responders to arrive at a Beardstown residence Dec. 14 after a report that a 9-month-old child was...

Cass deputy saves drowning infant Rochelle Eiselt FacebookTwitterEmail VIRGINIA — A Cass County sheriff’s deputy is being praised for his quick action in saving an infant from drowning. Deputy Alec Bunfill was among the first responders to arrive at a Beardstown residence Dec. 14 after a report that a 9-month-old child was drowning. Sheriff Devron Ohrn said Bunfill used his training and experience to take the unresponsive infant from a family member and perform life-saving techniques. The d...

By Benjamin Cox on December 21, 2020 at 6:10pm A Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy has been recognized for the saving the life of a toddler in Beardstown last Monday night. Cass County Sheriff Devron Ohrn announced in a press release that Cass Deputy Alec Bunfill saved the life of a 9-month old infant in a drowning incident at a Beardstown residence. Monday evening the Cass County Sheriff’s Office and the Beardstown Fire Department were called to the home for assistance. Deputy ...