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Benjamin Cox

  • Owner and Operator, Elm City Radio
Beardstown, Springfield
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Springfield man killed in early morning motorcycle crash on Old State Road

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By Benjamin Cox
| WLDS-AM (Springfield, IL) Verified
A Springfield man was killed in a motorcycle crash in Morgan County early Saturday morning. Morgan County Coroner Marcy Patterson’s Office reports that 43-year-old Jeffrey Conn of Springfield was traveling westbound on Old State Road, just east of Wallbaum Road, at approximately 3 a.m. Saturday when his motorcycle left the roadway and crashed into a ditch. Conn was killed in the crash.
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Greenview man identified in fatal Menard County crash

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By Benjamin Cox
| WLDS-AM (Springfield, IL) Verified
A Greenview man has been identified as the victim of a fatal single-vehicle crash Friday morning in rural Menard County. According to the Menard County Sheriff’s Office, 911 dispatchers received a report of the crash shortly after 5 a.m. Friday near the intersection of Altig Bridge Avenue and Duncan Avenue. A sheriff’s deputy arrived before fire and EMS personnel and found a single vehicle involved in the crash with one occupant. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
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MCHA sued for alleged eviction issues with former tenant

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By Benjamin Cox
| WLDS-AM (Springfield, IL) Verified
A former Morgan County Housing Authority tenant has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging he was denied due process during his eviction and was unlawfully prevented from accessing his apartment before the court-authorized move-out date. Randall E.
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Awards

Illinois State Crime Stoppers Association

2023 - Journalism

Recognition for the overall work done on behalf of the Morgan-Scott-Cass Crime Stoppers podcast

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