Post-election wrap: Some surprising results

SO. ILL.—The regional voter turnout had a wide range depending upon the number of offices up for grabs, this for the April 9, 2013 consolidated election.

SO. ILL.—The regional voter turnout had a wide range depending upon the number of offices up for grabs, this for the April 9, 2013 consolidated election.

Authorities announced yesterday (April 9) that the body of a male found floating in the Wabash River a week ago near a rural Patton campsite has been identified.

While there’s not a whole lot of ballot activity in Wabash County, there exists one election that has come to the forefront, once again because of the corruption of the person currently holding the office—that of village president in Bellmont.
WABASH CO.—A Mt. Carmel man with a history of drunk driving has been charged with head-butting an officer in the groin.
WABASH CO.—A Mt. Carmel woman with an extensive criminal record has been charged with Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine.

WABASH CO.—The man who made front page news in January with a federal indictment over thieving money from an elderly woman has been charged with violating an order of protection issued originally in the case.
WABASH CO.—All the criminal cases from Wabash County this month happen to feature women, two of them teenagers.

WABASH CO.—A former Mt. Carmel church deacon is free pending sentencing following a sex charge conviction in a bench trial by Richland County judge Larry Dunn.

A former Mt. Carmel church deacon is free pending sentencing following a sex charge conviction in a bench trial by Richland County judge Larry Dunn.