Hignite sentenced to over 10 years

James Dean Hignite
James Dean Hignite

A Cherokee County man was sentenced to over 10 years imprisonment in Cherokee County District Court earlier this week.

In December 2019, Cherokee County Sheriff’s Deputies and Investigators responded to a rural location outside of Galena, when a woman was able to flee the home and reported sustaining significant injuries and being held against here will during a multi-day attack.

Detectives arrested…