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Shelby County Judge Faces Bond Revocation After Failing Drug Test Amid Removal Proceedings
Prosecutors are seeking to have Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Melissa Boyd's bond revoked following her positive test results for cocaine and alcohol, according to court documents. Judge Boyd, who faces charges related to harassment and witness coercion, was initially granted bail at $5,000 in December after her indictment. The conditions of her bail included regular drug testing.
Honor or shame?: New legislation sparks Native American mascot debate again in Illinois
Student-athletes have come and gone in one Montgomery County high school, some carrying trophies, others carrying memories. But over the past century, all have been represented by the same controversial mascot. The mascot at Nokomis High School has been the Redskins since a 1920 vote among the town's voters. The...
‘Leafland needs that J-Turn’: Assumption residents push for changes to deadly intersection
ASSUMPTION, Ill. (WCIA) — Residents are pushing the state government to change a deadly intersection after another serious accident happened this week. Back in July 2022, Keegan Virden and Conner Rowcliff, two Central A & M high school students were killed after a car accident on Highway 51 and Leafland Avenue. Another serious accident occurred […]
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