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Tuscola woman treated at hospital following crash
A Tuscola woman whose clothing caught on fire following a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 57 north of Pesotum late Thursday afternoon was treated at an area hospital and released.
Former Douglas County sheriff's deputy fined for battery
A former Douglas County sheriff's deputy accused of inappropriate sexual contact with a woman in Tuscola has been fined $2,500. On Wednesday, Judge Dan Flannell fined Russell "Rusty" Stephens, 65, who listed an address in rural Pesotum.
Bomb squad removes military ordnance from Tuscola home
The University of Illinois and Champaign police bomb squad was sent to Tuscola on Wednesday to safely remove and blow up two pieces of military ordnance discovered inside a home where a man had been discovered dead the day before.