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Traffic stop passengers attempt to flee ICE

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Two men riding in a commercial truck fled during a traffic stop when ICE agents responded to the scene concerning questionable identification materials.According to reports, Cpl.
Morgan County Sheriff’s Investigators Sgt. Chase Young, Chad Lanier and Joseph Pritchett, and Putnam County Sheriff’s Investigator Lt. Harry Luke (in green shirt) show the drugs they worked to get off the streets. CONTRIBUTED

Morgan County Sheriff’s Investigators Sgt. Chase Young, Chad Lanier and Joseph Pritchett, and Putnam County Sheriff’s Investigator Lt. Harry Luke (in green shirt) show the drugs they worked to get off the streets. CONTRIBUTED

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Agencies work together to arrest drug supplier

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Morgan County deputies helped wrap up a drug case that Lt. Harry Luke of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office had been working on for quite a while.For years, each time Putnam County Sheriff’s Investigator Lt.
Joshua J. Robinson

Joshua J. Robinson

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Fairgrounds flareup results in arrest

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, October 9, 2025
A Monroe County man, who got into an altercation with a Madison police officer during the “Tailgate 2025” event held at the Madison Fairgrounds Sept. 27, was arrested on multiple charges.Joshua J.
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ICE conducts operation in Morgan County

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aren’t just detaining and deporting individuals from border towns and big cities.Recently, the agency was involved in a case in Morgan County.
A recent photo of MItch and Jan Lee is posted on the husband’s Facebook page. CONTRIBUTED

A recent photo of MItch and Jan Lee is posted on the husband’s Facebook page. CONTRIBUTED

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Vehicle goes off bridge, killing Bostwick couple

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, September 11, 2025
A Bostwick couple died in a tragic accident on the evening of Sept. 7 when the vehicle they were traveling in nose-dived off a bridge on High Shoals Road near Paxson Dairy Road at 11 p.m.
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