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Nicholas Rucker is a physical therapy student at Athens Technical College.

The Eastern Illinois baseball team won its first Ohio Valley Conference series of the season over Little Rock in a walk-off fashion by redshirt junior third basemen Kolten Poorman Saturday afternoon at Coaches Stadium. The Panthers won game one of the doubleheader 5-3 and the second game 7-6. Graduate student right-hander Ky Matthews-Hampton was on...

Sophomore right-hander Tyler Conklin threw 7.1 innings, allowing four hits and four runs, tying his season high of seven strikeouts in Friday’s 4-3 loss to Little Rock at Coaches Stadium. The Panthers dropped to 1-6 in the Ohio Valley Conference and 17-13 overall. Conklin faced two of the top six hitters in the OVC, Tyler...

Commonwealth's Attorney Ronnie Bowling says Nicholas Rucker was sentenced to 65 years in prison for multiple charges. Rucker was convicted of murder, ...

A man accused of killing his girlfriend and trying to escape from jail has pleaded guilty. In 2019, Nicholas Rucker was accused of killing Vicki Conne...

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WILLIAMSBURG — Three were indicted by a Whitley County grand jury this week for an attempted jail escape on April 29.

Three Inmates Pick Up Additional Charges Following Failed Escape Attempt

WILLIAMSBURG—The heroic act of a correctional officer was honored following last weekend’s failed escape attempt by a convicted murderer and a man charged with murder.

More information is coming to light about the attempted jail escape in Whitley County Friday night. Police said three more inmates have been charged f...