
Hit-and-run injures woman; business reports break-in
A Beardstown woman was injured and the driver sped away Sunday night at 3rd and State Street, near the Beardstown Lincoln Museum.Ruth Illias, 53, Beardstown, was struck by a white, newer-model Grand Jeep Cherokee at 5:49 p.m. Sunday, March 24. When officers arrived Illias was experiencing pain and was transported to an area hospital by Beardstown Ambulance.