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A Texas man was sentenced to five and a half years in prison on Tuesday, Nov. 19, for his role in a bank robbery in Litchfield in July.

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A man from Clinton, MO, was arrested on Monday, Nov. 4, after leading police on a high-speed pursuit beginning in Montgomery County.

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Members of the Hillsboro and Litchfield School Boards held a joint meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 29, and discussed a potential consolidation between the two districts.

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A Raymond man was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Farmersville on Sunday, Oct. 13.

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The Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office has charged a 69-year-old Litchfield man with First-Degree Murder in the shooting death of local resident Mary Chesser.

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Montgomery County will shut down its recycling program, including all county facilities, after the county board voted 12-8 on Tuesday to cease operations, effective December 1.

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The Litchfield Fire Department will be hosting a number of activities this week in recognition of National Fire Prevention Week.

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Two people were injured, including a five-year-old girl, in a two-vehicle accident on Thursday, Oct. 3, on Interstate 55 near Springfield.

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A Hillsboro woman who was shot in late September prior to a traffic accident has died.

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Authorities are investigating the death of a Benld man who died while in police custody after an altercation with the Madison County Sheriff's Department on Monday, Sep. 16.

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A single-vehicle accident in Hillsboro on Friday, Sep. 20, led to the arrest of a Litchfield man after police noticed a woman in the accident had injuries consistent with a gunshot wound.

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A pair of 22-year-olds were injured in an automobile crash on Wednesday, Sep. 11, after a school bus pushed a car into oncoming traffic in Madison County.

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The Montgomery County Board adopted an ordinance on Tuesday, Sep. 10, establishing a County Cannabis Retailers' Occupation Tax.

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The future of the Montgomery County Recycling Program was once again a topic of discussion during the County Board meeting on Tuesday, Sep. 10.

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The Litchfield Fire Department extinguished a structure fire on Sunday, Sep. 8, at a home on North Lincoln Street.

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Texas-based energy company Vistra Energy announced on Wednesday that the Coffeen Power Plant is one of its four Illinois plants that will be retired.

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The southbound lanes of Interstate 55 between Hamel and Edwardsville will be restricted to one lane during nighttime hours, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation.

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A spirited discussion broke out between members of the Litchfield City Council on Thursday about the development of a new subdivision at Lake Lou Yaeger.

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An hours-long search on Friday that involved the Illinois State Police Air Operations and the use of a local fire department's drone resulted in the arrest of a Hillsboro man after a reported burglary earlier in the morning.

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A presentation will be given on Monday by Midwest School Consultants on the findings of a reorganization study that was conducted for the Hillsboro, Litchfield and Panhandle School Districts.

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