JONESBORO — The attorney for Bill Vandergraph, a former Alto Pass pastor accused of sexually abusing a minor, has once again raised concerns about his client’s fitness for trial. Monday In Union ...

JONESBORO - The Rev. Bill Vandergraph made his first court appearance Friday morning, two days after being arrested on a charge of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. The 72-year-old pastor ...

UNION COUNTY, IL (KFVS) - Union County State's Attorney Tyler Edmonds says a Union County pastor has been found not mentally fit to stand trial. Pastor Bill Vandergraph was charged with criminal ...

JONESBORO, Ill. - A 76-year-old former southern Illinois pastor has been ordered committed to state custody for 51 years for molesting a 4-year-old child in 2010. Bill Vandergraph of Alto Pass on ...

UNION COUNTY, IL (KFVS) - A former southern Illinois pastor accused of sexually abusing a child will not go to prison for the alleged crime. Instead, The state will look after Bill Vandergraph. That ...

The Rev. Billy Wayne Vandergraph, 72, center, is led to the Union County courthouse in Jonesboro, Ill. Friday morning July 16, 2010 by Union County Sheriff Dave Livesay, right, and Captain Scott ...

JONESBORO, Ill. (AP) — A pastor who once guided fundraising efforts to restore a towering southern Illinois cross is facing new sex charges involving a 4-year-old girl. Union County prosecutors ...

ST. LOUIS -- An outspoken pastor who led fundraising efforts for the restoration of a towering southern Illinois cross landmark was freed on reduced bond Friday and ordered confined to his home after ...