CARBONDALE, Ill (WSIL) - May is Childhood Drowning Prevention Month and state leaders say even a moment of distraction can turn deadly.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., (WSIL) -- The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is ready for another youth waterfowl hunting season. On Wednesday, t…
Video provided by the Jonesboro Police Department shows the dramatic rescue of a child who fell in a frozen pond. (CREDIT: Jonesboro Police De…
May is now Childhood Drowning Prevention Month in Illinois, which serves as a time to remind parents of the importance of constantly supervising children when they are in or near water to prevent accidental drowning deaths.Â
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS (WSIL) -- One person is killed after a boat capsizes in rural Belle Rive.Â
Anyone who attended the party and may have information in reference to the incident is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office at (618) 997-6541 or Williamson County Crime Stoppers at 1(800) 414-TIPS (8477).
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Mo. (AP) � A 74-year-old man drowned in a private pond in eastern Missouri Saturday morning after falling out of a boat. The Missouri Highway Patrol said Dennis Breitenstein of Fenton and another man were in a boat together on the pond in Washington County around 7:30 a.m. Saturday. Officials said both men
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) � A Missouri man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to drown his infant daughter in a pond. Jonathan Zicarelli walked into the Greenwood police station in December 2018 and reported that he had drowned his 6-month-old daughter in a nearby pond. Police rushed to the pond and