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ISP Arrests Man For Drug-Induced Homicide

3 years 1 month ago
FLORA - On March 9, 2022, Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Zone 8 announce the arrest of Phillip Blaine Henson, a 52-year-old male from Flora, IL, for Drug Induced Homicide (Class X Felony). On November 17, 2022, at approximately 1:26 p.m., the ISP DCI - Zone 8 was requested to conduct a death investigation in Flora, IL. A female, later identified as Stephanie L. Harrell, a 54-year-old of Flora, IL, was found deceased in her vehicle parked in an agricultural field entrance on Olive Street, just north of US Highway 50 in Clay County. On March 8, 2022, Phillip Blaine Henson was charged with Drug Induced Homicide (Class X Felony), filed in the Circuit Court for the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Illinois in Clay County. Henson is currently detained at the Vanderburgh County Jail in Evansville, Indiana with bond of $1,000,000 / 10 % to apply. No further information is available at this time. ISP DCI - Zone 8 was assisted by the South Eastern Illinois

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The Batman Does All the Things a Batman Movie Should Do

3 years 1 month ago
Veering from the false realism of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy and the more earnest fantasias of Zack Snyder's work, Matt Reeves' The Batman moves toward a looser and better-humored fantasy space in its treatment of its title figure.…
George Elkind

UPDATED: Free Auditorium Seats Offered As Last Leg Of Renovations Near End

3 years 1 month ago
ALTON - Alton School District is working on the last leg of renovations at Alton Middle School located at 2200 College Avenue and is offering up novelty auditorium seats to anyone interested. As a part of their renovation, they are getting new seating, new carpet and paint, a larger stage, new sound and light equipment and more. Each party is limited to small number of seats. Pickup time has been updated to avoid the before and after school traffic. Please call to schedule your pickup time. Appointments will be available between 9 am and 2:45 p.m. and between 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. this Friday, March 11. No tools are needed, they will even help you load your truck or trailer. To schedule your pickup or for more information contact Ann Norman at 618-433-7850.

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Karson Stoeckel Wins 46-Pound Bantam Kids Wrestling State Championship, Is A Roxana Male Athlete Of Month

3 years 1 month ago
WOOD RIVER - It's been said that of all the sports that anyone could take up, wrestling is perhaps the one sport that requires the most discipline and sacrifice of all. It's constant weight-watching, requires very hard work and a lot of sacrifices, both of self and for the team. It's not an easy sport to master. In the case of eight-year-old Karson Stoeckel of Wood River, he may very well be on his way to becoming a top high school and college wrestler in the future. Stoeckel recently won the Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation bantam state championship at 46 pounds in a tournament held at Bolingbrook High School in suburban Chicago. And to say that both his teams and his family are proud of him is just scratching the surface. Stoeckel is a Midwest Members Credit Union Male Athlete of the Month For Roxana. "I'm very, very, very proud of him," said Lindsey Quigley, Karson's mother, in a recent interview. "He has been working his tail off to prepare for this, and this was his third

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