She admitted to smuggling heroin into the jail and giving the drugs to her fellow inmate in exchange for food and phone time, ...

An investigation was launched in January of 2025, in the deputy-involved shooting death that killed 20-year-old Carrion Holmes. The Illinois State's Attorney's Office concluded that Holmes died of a s ...

The murder trial of Joseph Koenig got underway Monday in Jefferson County. He is facing multiple charges including ...

Court documents recently made available say former Jefferson County Sheriff’s Sgt. Caleb Sickinger, 44, pled guilty to a ...

A grand jury charged a former Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy for having and sending child pornography. Caleb Sickinger, 44 ...

Special to the Jefferson Herald Keith Voss, Master of Jefferson’s Masonic Lodge, will talk about Free Masonry at a Greene County Historical program on Friday, April 4, at the Greenewood Center, 401 ...