By Verna Slate, Williamson County Bureau
CARTERVILLE, Ill. — An assistant football coach in Carterville has been arrested on criminal sexual abuse charges, according to NPR Illinois. The reporting available to this desk did not include the coach's name, the school's response, or the specifics of the allegations.
A charge like this against anyone entrusted with kids on a football field demands scrutiny, not silence — from the district, from the athletic department, and from parents who deserve a straight answer about what happened and when officials knew it. This paper will press for those answers as the case moves through Williamson County's court system and report what the record shows, not what a press release says.
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— Compiled from reporting by NPR Illinois.
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