Franklin News

Altamont, IL: .50" hail Capital Airport: .75" hail Chatham, IL: .50" hail Franklin, IL: 1.00" hail Mechanicsburg, IL: .75" hail Mount Pulaski, IL: .75" hail Pleasant Plains, IL: Several trees down, front of a garage pulled out, roofs ripped off of outbuildings from thunderstorm winds.

Sheriff Arrests, Citations Two men were arrested about 10:50 p.m. Thursday after a traffic stop.

Sheriff Arrest, Citation Harold M. Sheehan, 67, of 254 Boucher Lane, south of Franklin, was arrested about 1:35 a.m. Thursday on charges of illegal transportation of alcohol and fleeing and eluding police.