Wednesday, June 19 2013 4:13 AM EDT2013-06-19 08:13:24 GMT
The Kentucky National Guard is getting ready to celebrate more than two centuries of service to the commonwealth and the nation.
The Kentucky National Guard is getting ready to celebrate more than two centuries of service to the commonwealth and the nation.
PERRY COUNTY, IL (KFVS) -
Two murder suspects were in court in Perry County, Illinois, Wednesday morning for the first time since officially being charged.
Prosecutors announced murder charges against Chad Bennett and Dakota Wall last week for the 2010 death of Sidnee Stephens of Pinckneyville.
Both each charged with first degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, home invasion, residential burglary and kidnapping.
However, Bennett does face an additional charge of concealment of a homicidal death.
Both were charged under Illinois' accountability clause.
The judge ran through the charges and said that while Bennett and Wall may not have actually committed the crimes themselves, they were involved in planning the crime, or otherwise took part in some other way.
Bennett had an attorney ready for his first appearance.
The first order of business was to request that a different judge handle the case.
So, a St. Clair County judge has been appointed, and will take part in his preliminary hearing that was set for November 8.
The judge appointed a public defender for Dakota Wall.
Wall chose to waive her preliminary hearing, so she could go to trial as early as January 2013.
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Police have identified two men accused of stealing thousands of pounds of watermelons from local grocery stores. Beaverton police were called out to the WinCo Foods store on Cedar Hills Boulevard the
Police have identified two men accused of stealing thousands of pounds of watermelons from local WinCo Foods stores.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 9:23 AM EDT2013-06-18 13:23:30 GMT
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her. Jayden Sink raised nearly $200 on Friday while she sold lemonade
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 4:20 PM EDT2013-06-18 20:20:32 GMT
An 11 year old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support our troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan.
An 11 year old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support our troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan. On Father's Day, she found out just how much that simple gesture meant to the sergeant who received it.
Chad Bennett's preliminary hearing is set for Nov. 8
Dakota Wall chose to waive her preliminary hearing.
The sheriff says Chad Bennett received this black eye trying to make friends in jail, and it did not go well.
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