A Benton County District Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order in the fight over Franklin County commissioners taking the jail away from Sheriff Jim Raymond. The order does not make ...

“Ever since we organized the Franklin County corrections deputies it’s been nothing but a fight,” Shjerven said. He said Benton and Walla Walla counties have been easier to deal with since ...

The Franklin County Courthouse on ... to run the jail and probably courthouse security. They oversee the budgets, after all. Some other counties, including Benton, have gone down this same road ...

BENTON, Ill. (WSIL) -- Authorities are looking for three people wanted out of Franklin County for various charges, which includes retail theft, possession of methamphetamine and possession of a ...

Franklin County Sheriff Jim Raymond declared ... and they must be stored in an accredited armory according to state law. But Benton County District Court Judge Jennifer Azure ruled that the ...

(KFVS) - The Benton Police Department is seeking information on a person of interest in an aggravated battery investigation. According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the Benton Police ...

Franklin County Sheriff Jim Raymond entered the jail Monday morning to seize 50 guns, despite a court order telling him not to take any weapons or equipment from the facility. A Benton County ...