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A week-long search for a former Town and Country officer charged with multiple child sex crimes ended Tuesday after he turned himself in at the Jefferson County Jail. ....
An Amber Alert was issued Friday night as authorities were looking for a Fairfield youth reported missing. The alert was issued around 9 p.m. as police were attempting to locate 9 year old Alli Matthews of rural Fairfield. She was believed to have been taken by Teresa A. Hill (Milner) and had last been seen in a 2012 Ford Focus. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook page that Matthews was in protective custody and is healthy and unharmed, and that Teresa Milner had been taken into custody. The Amber Alert was cancelled around 11 p.m. Friday. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1573 cases of the coronavirus Friday and 20 additional deaths, bringing the state’s total numbers to 1,373,457 cases and 22,556 deaths in all 102 Illinois counties. The latest numbers from the Wayne County Health Department indicated 1788 total positive cases for the county with 22 residents isolating. The health department did not release an update on Friday. ....