Crime rates can tell a prosecutor, judge, jury, the public or citizens many things, but one of the hardest discoveries in Charleston is discovering if the crime in this college town is caused by the university...
Two teens and a 33-year-old have been charged with a combined nine felonies following shots fired north of downtown Charleston on Jan. 14.
Charleston Police Department officers responded to 1105 Vine...
Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic details from a police investigation of a death and police interviews with a man charged in connection with the death.
Joshua Fairchild, a man charged in...
Corryn Brock, Editor-in-Chief
• September 20, 2021
A man fleeing the police in a car chase through Charleston that led to a 5-vehicle wreck is dead, according to the Illinois State Police.
He was pronounced dead at a hospital following the wreck.
The...
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