Two-state police chase ends with driver arrested in Union Co. Two-state police chase ends with driver arrested in Union Co. By Keaton Eberly and Evan Gorman | April 22, 2021 at 7:50 PM CDT - Updated April 22 at 11:01 PM UNION CO., Ky. (WFIE) - An Illinois man is now in custody after officials say he led authorities on a chase across the Kentucky-Illinois border on Thursday. Officials say the Union County Sheriffâs Office and Sturgis Police Department responded to the Shawneetown Bridge to head off a car chase that started in southern Illinois. According to the Union County Sheriffâs Office, several agencies in Illinois were pursuing a driver that reportedly endangered a nearby school in their area.