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Rise and Shine Illiana for 10/16/2025 ILIN Media LLC
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Illiana News Evening Edition for 10/10/2025 ILIN Media LLC
A Failure to Appear Warrant has been issued for 38-year-old Nicholas Irelan of Mount Carmel. Nicholas Irelan was due to appear before the Wabash County Court on Monday, October 8, stemming from 2021 charges of Phone Harassment and Transmitting Obscene Messages (both Class 4 Felonies). Irelan was initially arrested on April 1, 2021, and has failed to appear to court numerous times, resulting in multiple FTA Warrants over recent years. […]
Federico Lopez,62-years-old, is missing. Lopez, who works at a Mexican restaurant in Grayville, has been listed as missing. Henderson, KY EMA issued an alert last week after his vehicle was found abandoned in the middle of the Ohio River bridge between Henderson and Evansville. Lopez was last seen on Tuesday, September 30 in Henderson, KY. He was said to be wearing khaki pants and a long sleeve black shirt. He […]
Republic Services has announced the following schedule for bulk item pickup in Fairfield. WARD #1 - Wednesday, Oct. 8 WARD #2 - Wednesday, Oct. 15 WARD #3 - Wednesday, Oct. 22 WARD #4 - Wednesday, Oct. 29
Officials with Western Wayne Water have announced a boil order in rural area or the county. Village officials in Wayne City are stressing to residents that the village is not under the order. The boil order is in place until further notice.
The Lawrenceville Unit 20 Board will be holding a special session this evening at 6. That session will be held at Lawrenceville High School. There will be a public comment period before the board enters executive session. Following the executive session, the board will discuss employment of personnel. The board meeting with exception to the executive session is open to the public.
A Crawford County Sheriff’s Deputy is on paid administrative leave as the Sheriff’s Office investigates into an incident. According to Crawford County Sheriff, Bill Rutan, Deputy Ian Kasemyer, almost a two-year veteran of the department, has been placed on administrative leave, pending a full investigation into the deputy’s on-duty action. The investigation was initiated following a video that was shared on social media on Sunday. Rutan didn’t make an additional […]
A Wayne County Woman is in custody following an investigation into identity theft. At 6:26 PM Sunday, 40-year-old Samantha Swafford was arrested on counts of possession of meth and aggravated identity theft against a person over the age of 60 years old or a person with a disability. Swafford is being held in the Wayne County Jail, pending a hearing before a judge.
Former Dean of Instruction for Frontier Community College, Dr. Paul Bruinsma, has been arrested for charges of Grooming, Luring of a Child or Guardian to Commit a Sex Offense or Engaging in Unlawful Sexual Conduct With a Child, and Criminal Sexual Abuse/Conduct With Use of Threat or Force. According to court reports, it was revealed during a pending divorce that Dr. Bruinsma was allegedly communicating via text with a female […]
The Wayne County press has officially been barred from covering the first-degree murder trial of Megan Valentine, either in-person or via video, by Judge William Thurston, Chief Judge of the First Judicial Circuit. Judge Thurston’s declaration, based on a July 3 docket entry stating that the media, specifically the Wayne County Press, made “improper disclosures of confidential information in the accompanying juvenile cases; it was brought to the court’s attention […]
