A coroner’s inquest to determine the manner of death of Jackson Kradle resulted in a homicide verdict after the jury was presented with bombshell evidence and witness testimony. Carroll County Coroner Matthew Jones used DNA evidence,

The DNA of Jackson Kradle was found underneath the vehicle of an off-duty sheriff’s deputy in July, according to testimony during a coroner’s inquest. The 18-year-old also suffered two skull fractures and other injuries,

Human DNA, hair and swimming trunk fiber were found on the underside of Herpstreith's truck. On day two of the inquest, an Illinois State Police forensic investigator testified there was a significant amount of DNA identified as Kradle's that was found on the underside of the truck.

Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget preparations once again take up the bulk of the Carroll County Board of Supervisors’ agenda for next week’s meeting. The board convenes at the Carroll County Courthouse at 9 a.

MOUNT CARROLL, Ill. — Months after his body was found along Illinois Route 78, a jury has decided that 18-year-old Jackson Kradle's death was a homicide.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan retook the witness stand in his federal corruption trial on Monday this time for cross-examination. The Davenport School Board unanimously approved a contract with a bidder to build a new F.L. Smart Intermediate School. A move the district says will better help serve the needs of their students.

Kradle was found dead early on July 28 on Illinois Route 78, about one mile north of downtown Mt. Carroll. In November, Carroll County Coroner Matthew Jones said Kradle died from blunt trauma to ...

Thursday was the second day of the inquest of the death of Jackson Kradle, who was found dead early on July 28 on Illinois Route 78, about one mile north of downtown Mt. Carroll. Most of the morning was spent discussing the timeline of the morning Jackson died.

MT. CARROLL, Ill. (KWQC) - A coroner’s inquest into the death of Jackson Kradle is set to begin in Mt. Carroll Tuesday morning. Kradle was found dead in the early morning hours of July 28 on Illinois Route 78, about one mile north of downtown Mt. Carroll.

At a coroner’s inquest on Tuesday, it was revealed that the DNA of 18-year-old Jackson Kradle was found on an off-duty deputy’s truck. According to authorities, Carroll County Sheriff’s employees found Kradle’s body around 3:30 a.

A handful of bills that would affect Carroll County have been given the OK to move on to the next steps in the Maryland General Assembly session in Annapolis.

Believing that’s where he was needed, Fred Bergner volunteered to go to Vietnam. In 1967, right after he graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in engineering, he enlisted in the Navy as an Ensign (he took ROTC at the university).