The Illinois Sheriffs’ Association isn’t filing a lawsuit of their own taking on the state’s new ban on “assault weapons” and “large capacity” magazines, but.
Jasper Water Works repairs scheduled for today have been postponed until Monday, 1/16/2023, beginning at 8:30 am Effingham - Illinois State Police Troop 9 Commander, Captain Nathan Douglas, announces the ISP will conduct Nighttime Enforcement (NITE) patrols in Effingham and Wayne County during February 2023. NITE patrols allow the ISP to focus on preventing, detecting, and taking enforcement action in response to impaired driving and occupant restraint violations especially between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. The number of unrestrained drivers killed in traffic crashes is significantly higher at nighttime and Illinois. Over half of all fatal crashes in Illinois occur at night. The NITE program allows officers to work even harder at removing dangerous impaired drivers from the road and making sure everyone is buckled up. This project is funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation. January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Human trafficking involves th
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker quickly became furious when what appears to be a majority of Prairie State county sheriffs announced they will not enforce the state’s new gun control law.