A Quincy man is in the Adams County Jail facing child pornography and drug charges after his arrest on Wednesday. Quincy Police Department officers took a report in June 2024 from a person alleging they had received a nude image of a child from Bryant Melton, 27, over social media. 

A complaint filed with the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission could lead to further action against former Eighth Judicial Circuit Judge Robert Adrian, though he is no longer listed as an active attorney. "I have retired. I am not practicing law," Adrian said in response to the complaint. "I removed my name from the active attorney rolls. There was no good reason for the ARDC to take any action."

A 25-year-old Salem man that went on a two-year crime spree to the area has now been sentenced to prison in six area counties. Tristan Rankin of Robin Road received a five year prison term in Marion County Court Wednesday for burglary and unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle.  The time will run concurrently with prison terms handed down earlier in Effingham, Clinton, Jefferson, Clay, and Washington Counties.

With strong support from State Senator Christopher Belt, a new law signed on June 26 aims to spur economic growth and enhance benefits under the Grocery Initiative Act – a law Belt led in 2023.

A Pekin man convicted of fatally shooting his wife in 2021 is awaiting a September sentencing date. On May 17, 2021, Tracie Turnbow, 59, was found with gunshot wounds screaming for help on a neighbor’s porch near Summer and Derby Streets in Pekin. The woman died the next day, according to her obituary. 

Illinois Judges Association Past President Judge Barbara Crowder (ret.) of Edwardsville was elected President of the Board of Directors of the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois at the June 2024 meeting of the Board held in Chicago.

Two cases in Adams County Circuit Court on Tuesday morning illustrated the problems local officials are having with the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS).