QUINCY — A Mount Sterling man was sentenced to 17 years in prison as part ... Taylor was originally arrested in February 2024 after members of the West Central Illinois Task Force conducted ...

A former Illinois state corrections officer was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in federal prison for his role in the beating death of a prison inmate in May 2018. Alex Banta, 31, of Quincy was ...

Willie Hedden, 43, a former sergeant at the Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt. Sterling, Illinois, was sentenced on Wednesday to six years’ imprisonment, to be followed by five years of ...

A second Illinois corrections officer has been sentenced to prison, according to a news release. Todd Sheffler. 54, a former lieutenant at the Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt. Sterling ...

Willie Hedden, 43, a former sergeant at the Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt. Sterling, Illinois, was sentenced on Wednesday to six years’ imprisonment, to be followed by five years of ...