Brodey Murbarger, 26, was found guilty of first degree murder on Thursday after the jury deliberated for only an hour. Murbarger was accused in the 2014 disappearance and killing of 15-year-old Megan Nichols. FBI investigator William O'Sullivan testified Wednesday about the more than 7,000 text messages exchanged between Murbarger and Nichols between December 2013 and February 2014. O'Sullivan said the messages at first were romantic and sexual in nature and included several references to the couple planning a runaway in mid-2014. O'Sullivan says that in February 2014 the messages reflected a more tumultuous relationship, with Murbarger at one point calling Nichols 'annoying.' The defense only called Murbarger's father Jayson Murbarger to the stand, as well as the defendant himself to testify. The father and son were asked about blood found in the defendant's car that prosecutors argued was used to transport Megan's body to a rural Boyleston fiel
The first installment of 2020 payable 2021 Edwards County Real Estate Taxes was due November 30th. The total extension was $6,276,962, and, as of Tuesday, 71 percent of that total had been paid, according to County Treasurer Debbie Smith. The second installment is due by December 30th, and payment may be made in person, by mail, or in the drop box on the northeast side of the courthouse. People can also pay online at govtechtaxpro.com, though a 2.5 percent fee will be added for the credit card company. Certified delinquent letters will be sent out January 5th, and people must pay delinquent taxes by January 13th to avoid publication in the newspaper on the 19th. The tax sale will be on February 9th. Illinois firearm deer hunting totals were down this year, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. Hunters took 71,675 deer over the two firearm weekends, compared to more than 77,000 last year. Wayne County totaled 1,414 deer in the two weekends compared to 1,446 in 2020. Ed
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