35-year-old Khaleem T. Jones was airlifted to Deaconess Hospital Friday night after reportedly jumping in front of a vehicle on a county highway east of Cisne. Police say 22-year-old Brandon W. Cottonaro hit Jones and knocked him into a ditch. North Wayne EMS was also called to the scene, and a tow truck was called to the scene.
54-year-old Burnt Prairie resident Russell J. Pragit was sentenced in Wayne County Court last Tuesday. He pleaded guilty to a Class 3 felony count of possession of less than five grams of methamphetamine. He was sentenced to 24 months conditional discharge and time served in jail. Several other counts and cases against him were dismissed, and Pragit was ordered to pay $2,801 in fines and court costs.
The Wayne County Health Department reported seven new lab-confirmed positive cases of the coronavirus Friday and Saturday, bringing the county's total to 1419. The cases covering Friday and Saturday include a female teen, a female in her 30s, three females in their 40s, a male in his 40s and a male in his 50s. 47 people who were lab-confirmed positive cases have passed away, four are hospitalized and 48 people are isolating. The health department also reports one Antigen Probable Reported Case, a male in his 60s, and 146 "probable" reported cases of COVID-19 in Wayne County. Of those, 12 are currently isolating along with being actively contact traced. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 8345 new cases of the coronavirus around the state Saturday, and 65 additional deaths. State numbers are at 1,128,873 cases and 19,203 deaths in all 102 Illinois counties. The city of Albion began receiving new trash receptacles from Sunrise Sanitation Friday. The city agre