A BITTER-SWEET, YET SPECIAL FATHER’s DAY; FIVE-YR-OLD MISSING GIRL BACK HOME, SAFE….. BISHOP MAC STUDENT KILLED IN WRECK…. NO CHARGES YET IN HOOPESTON DEATH…… AREA POLICE BEAT ……. LAWMAKERS READY FOR ANOTHER WEEK…… Some of Illiana’s Top News Stories for Monday, June 18th on WGFA >
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND T-STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. HIGH TODAY NEAR 90 THEN AN OVERNIGHT LOW AROUND 65. TUESDAY A GREATER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND T-STORMS.
- Another hot-steamy day in store as people wit for rain. Some parts of Illinois and Indiana did receive a little rain late Sunday. There scattered reports of rain showers.
- Father’s Day 2007 was indeed special for Michael Klamecki and his wife, Carol. Their five-year-old daughter–Hanna–missing during a boating trip on the Kankakee River turned up alive and safe. Hanna wandered out of the woods while rescue workers were looking for her, believing she had drowned with her grandfather. 62-yr-old David Klamecki’s body was recovered from the river Friday morning.
- A 16-yr-old girl from Kankakee died in a one-car crash Saturday in Limestone Township. Jame Brandenburg was a student at Bishop McNamara High School. Her car left Route 113 then hit a tree after the driver over-corrected. Illinois State Police and the Kankakee County Coroner’s office investigated.
- A single-vehicle accident Saturday in Iroquois County was investigated by Sheriff’s Police. Vaughn Borchers of Gilman was pulling two farm wagons on 2800-N when the second wagon unhooked and hit a utility pole. No injuries was reported.
- A Harvey man—26-yr-old Timothy Johnson—is charged with Possession of Cannabis after a traffic stop for speeding. Johnson was stopped on I-57 Sunday. He was caught trying to stuff a leafy substance into his mouth. A search then found 7 grams of cannabis in his pocket.
- 32-yr-old Sacremento Ramiriez of Kankakee faces a drunk driving charge. State Police stopped him in Kankakee Saturday. He failed a field sobriety test.
- Vermilion County authorities are yet to file charges in a Hoopeston drug case. 18-yr-old John Morgenroth was found dead last Wednesday in his home. Police believe 20-yr-old Thomas Dalton may have provided the drugs that led to Morgenroth’s death. Dalton was arrested for drug-induced homicide and delivery of a controlled substance.
- Illinois lawmakers head back to Springfield this week to try reach an agreement on a budget.
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