McCormick & Company has issued a recall on 3 types of its seasonings.

The voluntary recall is for McCormick Perfect Pinch Italian Seasoning, McCormick Culinary Italian Seasoning, and Frank’s RedHot Buffalo Ranch seasoning due to possible contamination with Salmonella.

No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with the recalled products.

Customers who have purchased the product are asked to dispose of it completely and not return it to the point of purchase. Instead, they are asked to contact McCormick & Company Consumer Affairs hotline at 1-800-635-2867 weekdays from 9:30AM to 8PM eastern time for a replacement or full refund.

An Auburn man has been indicted on several charges by a federal grand jury for his role in the January 6^th Capitol riot.

43 year old Shane Jason Woods of Auburn has been charged with civil disorder, assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers, striking, beating or wounding of another person on federal grounds, entering a restricted federal property, physical violence on a restricted federal property, act of physical violence on Capitol grounds, and simple assault on federal property. Woods’ charges are the most severe out of the 13 people from Illinois currently charged for their roles in the January 6^th Capitol riot.

Woods’ case was transferred from the U.S. District Court of Central Illinois in Springfield to the Washington D.C. District Court on June 21^st. Woods was allegedly identified by federal investigators in a video chasing and tripping a federal female police officer after she had been sprayed by bear mace. Woods was also allegedly part of another group hours later that had stormed past metal barricades into a media staging area on the Capitol grounds, forcing reporters and cameramen to flee and destroying their equipment.

Woods is set for an arraignment hearing via video conference tomorrow before D.C. District Judge Amit P. Mehta at 2PM. He is currently out on recognizance bond under supervision of the federal Central Illinois district court. He has been ordered to submit to DNA testing, not to possess firearms, not to possess or ingest illicit substances, and has to ask permission for any out of district travel per bond conditions set on July 6^th.

Jacksonville Police are investigating 3 more shots fired incidents from last night.

The first shots fired incident came at 9:11 last night in the 600 block of Allen Avenue. A complaintant told police dispatch that 3 male subjects jumped out of a dark colored pick-up truck and shot approximately 8 shots at the residence and then left the area traveling northbound towards East Independence Avenue.

The second incident came at 9:50PM in the 600 block of Jordan Street, where unknown suspects fired between 15-20 rounds into a residence and then fled.

A third shots fired report came from the 800 block of North Clay Avenue at 10:20PM. The Jacksonville Police Department says that no injuries were reported at any of the scenes, but there is report of significant property damage. The two incidents are believed to be connected. These incidents are at least the 3^rd incidents of shots fired over the past week within the city of Jacksonville.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crimestoppers at 217-243-7300 or the Jacksonville Police Department at 217-479-4630.

A Cass County man facing first degree murder charges will be evaluated by a psychiatrist for an alleged mental defect or disease.

71 year old Robert D. Harris of Virignia, who is facing first degree murder charges in the January shooting deaths of Kathleen Wzientek and Brenda Crum both of Virginia, was in Cass County Court yesterday afternoon after his defense counsel Kevin Wykoff filed motions asking for state funds to hire a psychiatrist.

Wykoff has asked for up to $4,000 in funds to pay for the services of Dr. Terry Killian of Springfield through the SIU School of Medicine to evaluate Harris’s sanity. According to the court filing, Wykoff learned on June 16^th that Harris may have “a mental disease or mental defect that caused him to lack substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality of his conduct.” Further in the document, Harris’ counsel expresses “no bona fide doubt – at this time – as to Harris’ fitness to stand trial.” The motion argues that Harris’ sanity is at the crux of their defense.

Cass County State’s Attorney Craig Miller says he has questions surrounding the late hour of the defense’s filing for an evaluation of Harris’ mental fitness: “One of the main concerns was that this motion had just been filed last month. I would have thought an evaluation or a motion to have him evaluated would have come up sooner. The opposing counsel, Attorney Wykoff explained that he just learned of the information in June, which was the reason for him filing it so late, but that was one of my main concerns was that 6 months down the road, now we are just seeing this motion to have [Harris] evaluated.”

Miller has other reservations about Harris concerning possible per-meditation in the case but could not elaborate further. A pre-trial conference has been set for August 30^th at 11AM in the case to review discovery of Dr. Killian’s findings.

Beardstown man and previously convicted sex offender is heading back to prison.

31 year old Joshua S. Hare was sentenced in two separate cases in Cass County Court yesterday afternoon.

Hare was facing two counts of battery, two counts of aggravated battery, and two counts of aggravated domestic battery, two counts of criminal sexual abuse, two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, one count of predatory criminal sexual assault, and one count of criminal sexual assault. In charging documents, the incidents all occurred on between December 15th-18^th, 2018 in Cass County. The predatory criminal sexual assault was to a minor and was a Class X felony carrying up to a 60 year sentence in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Hare had previously been convicted of sex crimes in 2010. Hare was arrested in Pike County in January 2019 after warrants were issued for his arrest in Greene County. He has remained in custody since that time.

Judge Michael L. Atterberry heard an open plea on July 12^th after a jury had been set to hear the case. Hare plead guilty to one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor and two counts of aggravated battery with a prior conviction. In total, Hare was sentenced to 22 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, 2 years of Mandatory Supervised Release, and order to pay court fees of over $2,600. A contempt of court conviction in Pike County was ordered to be served concurrently with the sentence. Hare was given day-for-day credit of 931 days served in jail.

Atterberry said with all of the credit served and the appeal process, Hare will have to serve at least 8 ½ years in prison for the crimes. He was remanded back to the custody of the Cass County Sheriff’s Department for processing into IDOC.

Jacksonville Police are investigating a shots fired incident from yesterday afternoon. Police were called to the 200 block of East Dunlap Street after a complainant advised that an occupant of a black vehicle shot at his vehicle while he was still inside. The black vehicle then left the area in an unknown direction of travel. If you have any information into the incident, call the police department at 217-479-4630.

The Brown County Public Library is off to a successful start but needs donations to reach its ultimate goal.

The “Meet Me At the Library” fundraising campaign kicked off three weeks ago in hopes of meeting a $2 million matching grant to build a new library just off the square in Mt. Sterling.

Library Director Richard Young says the current space has become extremely limited on capacity and space. He says the ad campaign has raised approximately a quarter of a million dollars since its beginning. He says he’s currently awaiting word on a state library construction grant that was applied for earlier this year that would go towards meeting the $2 million match. In all, he hopes that donors and matching grant can meet a $5.4 million goal to build the new facility.

A series of videos are expected to be released over the next several weeks asking for participation that could earn donors a permanent spot on a donor wall inside the new library facility. To donate or find out more information visit bcpubliclibrary.org/donate.

The search for an elderly Pike County man ended yesterday evening after he was found deceased.

Illinois State Police and the Pike County Sheriff’s Office told WGEM in Quincy that 82 year old Ronald Abney of Pittsfield was found dead at approximately 5:27PM yesterday as a result of a car crash on Illinois Route 96 just south of Atlas in rural western Pike County. Aerial and foot search teams had been attempting to locate Abney for two days around Route 96.

The Illinois State Police, at the request of the the Pike County Sheriff, issued the Endangered Missing Person Advisory for Abney after he was seen leaving Hardin at approximately 3PM on Friday, and possibly traveling to Moberly, Missouri.

Illinois State Police District 20 is handling an investigation into what caused the crash.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s Office announced on Friday the arrest of a Carlinville man for alleged possession of child pornography and failing to register as a sex offender.

43 year old Brian Lee Boente of Carlinville was charged in Macoupin County Circuit Court with five counts of possession of child pornography, each a Class 1 felony punishable by 4 to 15 years in prison. Previously, Boente was convicted in 2014 of aggravated sexual abuse for abusing a child under the age of 13, which requiredhim to register as a sex offender. Raoul also charged Boente on Friday with two counts of failing to register as a sex offender, each a Class 3 felony punishable by up to 2-5 years in prison. Boente is currently being held at the Macoupin County Jail in lieu of $200,000 bond.

Raoul’s investigators, with the assistance of the Macoupin County Sheriff’s office and the Carlinville Police Department, conducted a search of a residence on Tuesday, July 20, on Whitley Street in Carlinville and arrested Boente after discovering alleged evidence of child pornography. The Attorney General’s office will prosecute the case along with the Macoupin County State’s Attorney’s Office.

An Auburn woman was arrested by Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputies for drug trafficking on Thursday.

35 year old Christina L. Smith of Auburn was arrested by Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office Drug Interdiction and Response Team during a traffic stop. According to Springfield Leaks, the DIRT Team had been conducting an investigation in the Auburn area for methamphetamine trafficking. Subsequent to that investigation, it was learned by officers that Smith was allegedly selling and delivering the drug in Auburn.

During the traffic stop in her vehicle, DIRT allegedly located approximately 15 grams of purported methamphetamine along with a digital scale. She was arrested without incident and is currently lodged at the Sangamon County Jail. Smith has been charged with possession of methamphetamine between 5-15 grams and methamphetamine delivery between 5-15 grams.

Smith was on parole for a 2018 conviction in Macoupin County for methamphetamine delivery. She had recently been released after serving a nearly 3-year sentence.

According to Springfield Leaks, she may face further charges in the case.