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Prison Awaits Streator Man Who Served Time Before For Role In Fatal La Salle Bar Altercation
A man who was sent to prison for his role in a fatal La Salle bar fight is headed back to prison on new charges. Thirty-two-year-old Dezzan Phillips of Streator was given 14 years for robbery on Thursday and 3 years in prison for domestic battery. He will be allowed to serve those years at the same time.
3 years after Jelani Day’s disappearance and death, his mother still looks for answers
(25News Now) - It’s been three years since Illinois State University master’s student Jelani Day went missing and was found dead weeks later, and yet his family is still trying to find out what happened to him. Day was reported missing Aug. 25, 2021. The last place he...
Metro bus driver sentenced to probation in crash that killed retired Princeton school teacher
HAMILTON COUNTY, Ohio — A former Metro bus driver who pleaded guilty in a crash that killed a retired Princeton school teacher earlier this year, was sentenced on Thursday. Deon Willis, 47, was facing five charges of vehicular manslaughter for the crash that killed 87-year-old Beverly Kinney. In July,...
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