Saturday, May 25 2013 1:25 PM EDT2013-05-25 17:25:23 GMT
A popular Grateful Dead tribute band from Missouri is taking a sabbatical - the result of a 30-month prison sentence for the lead singer.
A popular Grateful Dead tribute band from Missouri is taking a sabbatical - the result of a 30-month prison sentence for the lead singer.
WEST FRANKFORT, IL (KFVS) -
West Frankfort's police chief has resigned.
Mayor Tom Jordan says effective January 23 at 8 a.m., Police Chief Jeff Tharp resigned
his position.
Officer Tharp will return to the department at the rank he held prior to his promotion, according to the
Illinois State Statutes.
Jordan says he met with Police Commissioner Jerry Harkins and Tharp Wednesday morning in his office.
The mayor says it was an emotional meeting
in which Tharp expressed a desire to spend more time away from the department, andbeing attached to his cell phone.
Mayor Jordan says he wants to thank Tharp for years of dedicated service as police chief.
Officer Shawn Talluto has been asked to fill in as acting chief until the city council can meet.
Mayor Jordan says they will make a final decision about who will
be the next chief at their next city council meeting on February 12.
Saturday, May 25 2013 10:18 AM EDT2013-05-25 14:18:36 GMT
Jason Ellis (Source: Bardstown Police)
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
Authorities say they have found a child's body believed to be that of an 18-month-old girl as they continue to investigate a series of Kansas farm deaths.
A body recovered amid an intensive search is believed to be that of a missing 18-month-old girl whose mother was found dead along with two men on a Kansas farm days ago, authorities said Sunday.
Saturday, May 25 2013 11:00 AM EDT2013-05-25 15:00:12 GMT
DALLAS (WFSS/CNN) – There's a new trend in the bar scene that involves your favorite hard liquor and dry ice. Breathing in the alcohol vapors gets you buzzed fast and some say you don't ingest any empty
There's a new trend in the bar scene that involves your favorite hard liquor and dry ice. But doctors say it's dangerous.
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