Madison County, IL

Madison County Sheiff's Department Looking For Police Impersonator
fox2now.com
MADISON COUNTY, IL. (KTVI) – A suspicious traffic stop in Madison County, IL has police wondering whether the supposed officer was an imposter. A 17-year-old driver reported that she was pulled over on northbound Godfrey Rd. near Beuttel Rd. just south ...

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Man gets 9 years in 'date rape' assault
The State Journal-Register
Fifty-one-year-old Bryron Skalisius of Troy was sentenced Monday in Madison County, where he was convicted in December of criminal sexual assault and unauthorized video recording. Authorities say Skalisius assaulted the former co-worker in June 2009 ...

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CBS Local
Authorities Search for Serial Police Impersonator in Madison County
CBS Local
In the past couple of months residents of Macoupin, Sangamon, and Calhoun Counties, in Illinois, have reported suspicious encounters with individuals possibly impersonating a police officer. Although there are similarities in several of the encounters ...
Warning: Be on lookout for man impersonating cop in Madison CountyBelleville News Democrat
Police impersonation incident reported in GodfreyKSDK
Metro-East authorities search for man accused of impersonating policeKMOV.com
Alton Telegraph -Alton Daily News
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CBS News
'Cause for alarm': More rain may force area floodwaters to rise again
Belleville News Democrat
The county is loaning Alton its sandbagging machine, 4,000 sandbags and will offer manpower for placing the sandbags to protect the city, according to Larry Ringering, director of the Madison County Emergency Management Agency. Flooding in Alton and ...
Up The Mississippi River, Alton, Quincy and Hannibal Deal With FloodingSt. Louis Public Radio

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IDOT warns of lane closures in Madison County
Belleville News Democrat
Lanes and ramps will be closed through Friday on Interstate 55/70 and Illinois 203 in Madison County as road crews patch the pavement, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. The closures include: * the ramp from eastbound Interstate 55 ...

Officials find body after vehicle fire
Alton Telegraph
The Madison County Sheriff's Office, the Madison County Coroner's Office, the Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office and the Illinois State Police Criminal Forensic Investigative Unit are investigating the incident. Discuss; Print. Posted in Local on ...

Belleville News Democrat
Madison County authorities continue to investigate fatal vehicle fire
Belleville News Democrat
Investigators with the Madison County Sheriff's Office, the Madison County Coroner's Office, the Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office and the Illinois State Police continue to investigate the fatal fire. The cause of death still is being investigated ...
Body found in burned-out car in GodfreyAlton Telegraph
Body Found In Burning Truckfox2now.com
Body found in burned car in GodfreySTLtoday.com
KSDK -KMOV.com -Alton Daily News
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Body found in burned car in Madison County
Belleville News Democrat
When they searched the interior of the car they found a deceased occupant. Investigators with the Madison County Sheriff's Office, the Madison County Coroner's Office, and the Illinois State Fire Marshals Office are currently on the scene and ...

Joshua Clark Arrested for Facebook Post: "Hey Madison County Courthouse ...
Riverfront Times (blog)
Alton, Illinois, resident Joshua Clark, 29, learned that lesson the hard way. The Madison County Sheriff's Office says that an anonymous tipster alerted authorities after seeing a Facebook post of Clark's that said: "Hey Madison County Courthouse, tick ...

Flash flooding overwhelms roads, displaces residents in Jefferson County and ...
STLtoday.com
Flash flooding overwhelms roads, displaces residents in Jefferson County and Illinois. Print Email. « ... Madison County Emergency Management Agency Director Larry Ringering said minor flooding has been reported throughout the county. Many eyes are ...

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Medical marijuana bill OK with Illinois House
Chicago Tribune
Current Illinois law says a driver with a trace of marijuana in his system can be convicted of driving under the influence. Haine, a former Madison County state's attorney, dismissed the argument that “this can be abused, it's a gateway drug. The ...

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KMOX.com
Illinois Gov. Unveils $12 Billion Road Construction Plan
KMOX.com
Grading, paving, a new bridge, drainage, land acquisition, utility adjustments and construction engineering on the Alton-Godfrey Expressway, from US 67 south of the Alton Square to north of Illinois 255 in Madison County, are programmed during FY ...

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Madison County Health Department seeks volunteers
STLtoday.com
The Madison County Health Department is seeking volunteers to join its Medical Reserve Corps. Volunteers with medical and non-medical backgrounds sought. Volunteers must be 18 or older. The department will hold an orientation session April 29, ...

Press Release: Madison County Office of the Sheriff
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
On Saturday, April 13, 2013, at approximately 2:20 p.m., the Madison County Sheriff's Office responded to Wal-Mart, 6660 Godfrey Road, Godfrey, Illinois, in reference to a retail theft. Deputies met with a loss prevention officer who stopped a female ...

Madison County community news for the week of April 17
STLtoday.com
Crack routing and sealing for nine and a half miles on Illinois Route 255 from Route 143 to Seminary Road: Prado Construction, Troy, $359,594. Two bids were submitted. Just over a mile of deck sealing on the McKinley Bridge over the Mississippi River ...

Belleville News Democrat
Police search for Madison County bank robbery suspect
Belleville News Democrat
Sheriff's officers and a K-9 unit from Collinsville were called and crime scene technicians from the Illinois State Police processed the scene. The FBI has been notified of the robbery, according to Madison County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Maj. Brad Wells ...
Armed suspect robs Madison County bank, fleesKMOV.com
Man robs bank in Alhambra in Madison CountySTLtoday.com
Alhambra Elementary School put on lockdown after bank robberyKSDK
Alton Telegraph
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Alton Daily News
Man charged in Alton cyclist's death
The State Journal-Register
ALTON — A southwestern Illinois motorist is accused of being impaired when he allegedly hit and killed a bicyclist in the Mississippi River city of Alton. Prosecutors in Madison County on Monday charged 51-year-old Allen Cordes of Alton with two ...
Motorist charged in bicyclist's deathAlton Telegraph

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First quarter foreclosures lowest in five years here
Belleville News Democrat
The 281 foreclosures filed in St. Clair County during the first three months of the year and the 268 filed in that span in Madison County are well below each respective county's previous four first quarters. "We are very slowly digging ourselves out ...

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Part of old bank building leased to Justine Petersen
STLtoday.com
In Granite City, the organization worked with the Illinois Housing Development Authority, Granite City and Madison County to build 20 new homes in downtown residential areas through its Twenty-First Homes program. In 2010 and 2011, Justine Petersen ...

Examiner.com
Illinois judge barely escaped from dog attack
Examiner.com
The dogs took off again and ended up in a neighborhood in Godfrey, Illinois; another small village in Madison County. A man that had followed the dogs into the area contacted local Alton police. Both the Alton officers and some Animal Control officers ...
Judge narrowly escapes from dogsAlton Telegraph

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