SO. ILL. - Two State Police Districts in our coverage area - 12 in Effingham and 19 in Carmi - have released their activity and enforcement for the month of March.

DISTRICT 12

Troopers also assisted 166 motorists, conducted 294 Motor Carrier Inspections, and investigated 65 traffic crashes.  

There were two fatal traffic crashes investigated by District 12 in March.

DISTRICT 19

Troopers in District 19, which includes Wabash, Edwards, Wayne, White, Hamilton, Saline, and Gallatin counties, recorded 1,099 incidents during the month.

Enforcement activity consisted of 477 citations and 914 written warnings, including 188 speeding citations, 6 DUIs, 80 occupant restraint citations, 42 criminal citations, and 267 written warnings for speeding. Troopers also assisted 42 motorists, conducted 187 Motor Carrier Safety Inspections, and investigated 20 traffic crashes.

There were no fatal traffic crashes investigated by District 19 during March.

Moreover, 288 citations and 332 written warnings were issued for “Fatal Four” violations. These violations are most associated with fatal traffic crashes and include DUI, Speeding, Failure to Wear a Seatbelt, and Distracted Driving.

WABASH, EDWARDS COs., Ill. - Illinois State Police (ISP) District 19 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, announces the results of an Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrol (OREP) held in Wabash and Edwards counties during April.

This OREP provided extra patrol coverage for the ISP so officers could focus on saving lives by making sure all vehicle occupants were buckled up.

Below are the stats.

Most motorists know safety belts save lives, but some ignore their safety and that of their families by neglecting to use safety belts and child restraint devices. These patrols reinforce the occupant protection message by focusing on those who ignore the law. Lives can be saved if people simply “buckle up!” This project is funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation.

CLAY CO., Ill. - Illinois State Police are still investigating the cause of a single-vehicle accident that occurred late last night just east of U.S. 45 on North State Road two miles south of Louisville; however, one DUI has been issued thus far.

ISP said the accident occurred at 11:21 p.m. last night, Friday, April 6.

Preliminary investigative details indicate a gold 1996 Saturn was westbound on North State Road east of U.s. 45, two miles south of Louisville, when the driver, William Krantz, 28, of Louisville, drove off the roadway to the left into the ditch/embankment, striking a culvert, which caused the vehicle to overturn.

Krantz, along with passengers Jorie B. Fulk, 26, of Olney, and Dylan M. Willis, 26, of Louisville, were ejected from the vehicle and injured.

Krantz was transported to Clay County Hospital in Flora; Fulk and Willis were both airlifted to Carle Hospital.

Krantz was cited for DUI, Improper Lane Usage, Illegal Transportation of Alcohol, Failure to Wear Seatbelt and Failure to Reduce Speed to Avoid an Accident.

Fulk and Willis have pending charges. Their conditions were unaddressed by ISP.

Travis Allred

CARMI, Ill. - A Norris City man was jailed following a traffic stop in Carmi Friday, said Chief Jason Carter in reporting Carmi PD activity for the weekend.

The traffic stop happened just after 11 p.m. Friday, April 6, when CPD officers observed one Travis Allred, 26, of Norris City, driving a red 2004 Pontiac on Lexington Avenue in town.

An officer was aware that Allred had a suspended Illinois license, and commenced a traffic stop on Commerce Street. Allred was arrested and transported to the city/county jail, where he was able to post $150 bond and a $20 booking fee to secure his release.

He was also issued a citation for Operating Uninsured.

PALESTINE, Ill. - A teen whose bizarre antics are featured in the current edition on stands now has been arrested AGAIN, and locals are wondering if she's ever going to wake up to what she's doing.

A typical Tie-fan-eye Fecesbook ducklips pic with her bestie, Daisha Earnest

Tifini Lindemann (known now as Tie-fan-eye over the strange spelling habits that plague her family), all of 19 and currently under unending petitions to revoke filed by Effingham County in her 2017 meth case there, has been arrested on an FTA warrant in Crawford County, this after a traffic stop in the village of Palestine, which is where she has most recently been calling home.

Information from Palestine Police Chief Jeff Besing shows that Palestine Police Officer Brandon Carpenter stopped a small red truck for a defective equipment violation Friday evening, April 6, 2018 at approximately 6:47 p.m.

As a result of the traffic stop, Kyle A. Morgenstern, 19 of Palestine, was taken into custody on a warrant for Failure to Appear on a Auto Theft charge out of Hendricks County, Indiana.

Morgenstern was also issued ordinance citations for Unlawful Possession of Cannabis less than 10 grams and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Lindemann, whose ID shows she still resides in Newton in neighboring Jasper County, was taken into custody on a Failure to Appear warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance (meth), which is the original charge she was facing in Effingham County a year ago, coverage of which spawned ridiculous online arguments, which can be seen here.

Both Lindemann and Morgenstern were transported to the Crawford County Jail in Robinson, where online records show that neither one remains; however, their outbound destinations aren't known at this point in time (Tie-fan-eye might have been shipped back to Effingham; Morgenstern might be back in Indiana). We'll work on that info and possibly have an outcome for you in the upcoming April-Mary 2018 edition, on stands in a little more than a week; be sure your subscriptions, both electronic as well as hard copy, are up-to-date by clicking this link to renew.

Madigan alleges Major Energy electric services charged customers nearly $2.5 million more for electricity than traditional utility companies

ILLINOIS - Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit against Major Energy Electric Services LLC (Major Energy), an alternative retail electric supplier (ARES), for misleading thousands of Illinois customers about the company’s costly electricity contracts using high-pressure sales tactics to push people to enroll without explaining the service or the costs. Madigan was joined by consumer advocates with AARP, the Better Business Bureau and U.S. PIRG to announce her lawsuit.

The deceptive sales pitches have resulted in nearly all Major Energy customers consistently paying higher rates for electricity. Since April 2012, Major Energy customers have paid nearly $2.5 million more in rates and extra fees than they would have paid if they had remained with the regulated utility.

Madigan’s lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, alleges that Major Energy and its sales representatives used aggressive and deceptive sales tactics to enroll customers in the ComEd territory into expensive contracts for electricity. Major Energy sales agents failed to tell customers critical information, including the price and length of the contracts and that customers would be charged a monthly fee. Madigan alleged many customers were given the false impression they were signing up for a discounted rate from ComEd when in reality, they were switched to Major Energy, where they routinely paid higher prices for their electricity.

“Major Energy’s business model is nothing more than outright fraud, and unfortunately, Major Energy is not the only company engaged in this fraud,” Madigan said. “But through my lawsuit today, we can put this bad company out of business for good in Illinois.”

Madigan’s lawsuit stems from Major Energy’s sales pitches, delivered mainly through telemarketing calls and door-to-door sales, which misinformed customers that the company would give them a lower rate because of changes to the law due to deregulation. Madigan’s suit alleges that company sales representatives made no effort to accurately describe the product in the sales pitch. Instead, Major Energy sales representatives offered to apply a “rate reduction” and spoke in ambiguities to confuse consumers into thinking that Major Energy is somehow affiliated with ComEd. The sales representatives employed the deceptive tactics in order to obtain the customer’s account number and then push them into an automated third-party verification to complete the transaction—at times without the consumer even knowing that they had been sold anything.

Madigan’s lawsuit also alleges Major Energy sales agents aggressively contacted consumers who had previously canceled Major Energy’s service through “win-back” calls in which sales representatives tell people they have been “illegally switched” to a different supplier and then switch them back to Major Energy without fully explaining the terms and conditions. Madigan also alleges that Major Energy sales representatives misrepresented the applicable ComEd rate and failed to inform customers that fixed rates only applied for a certain period of time, after which the customer would be switched to a month-to-month variable rate plan that was far more expensive.

Currently in Illinois, there are at least 98 alternative retail electric suppliers, or ARES, authorized to sell electricity, and data shows their customers generally are paying higher prices than customers with traditional utilities. According to the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC), ARES customers in the ComEd territory as a whole have paid more than $198 million more for electricity than traditional utility customers from June 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017. Statewide, residential and small commercial customers enrolled with ARES have paid almost $400 million more in electricity costs in the last three years.

The lawsuit against Major Energy is Madigan’s latest against an alternative retail electricity supplier. Her office previously settled with Ethical Electric Inc. and PALMco Power IL LLC and is in ongoing litigation with Sperian Energy Corp. Madigan is pursing investigations into other ARES.

Madigan’s office is asking the court to provide full restitution of nearly $2.5 million to impacted consumers and to revoke Major Energy’s license to do business in the state of Illinois.

Madigan is currently pursuing legislation to require stronger oversight of alternative retail electric and gas suppliers.

Madigan offered the following advice:

• NEVER answer the door to a stranger, especially if they are trying to get you to switch your utility service.
• NEVER show or share your utility bill or account number with someone who comes to your door.
• Do not sign anything!
• Be wary of any offer that promises or guarantees savings.
• No alternative supplier is affiliated with or endorsed by your utility or the government. If you sign up for service with an alternative supplier, you are entering a new contract with a different company.

KNOX CO., Ind. - The Knox County Prosecutor’s Office has filed two counts of Driving While Intoxicated Causing Death, a Level 5 Felony, against Kyle Mason, 34, of Oaktown. The criminal charges stem from an incident that occurred during the early morning hours of February 4, 2018 near Oaktown. 

Mason was issued a summons to appear in court for his initial hearing on May 21 at 10:00 a.m. in Knox County Circuit Court.

On February 4 at approximately 1:00 a.m., Mason was four-wheeling in a field near his home when he inadvertently drove off an embankment and into the Wabash River. Mason and his front seat passenger, Cody Meeks, 33, were able to get out of the vehicle and swim to the embankment to get help. Kyle’s wife, Breezie Mason, 33, and Cody’s wife, Meaghan Meeks, 32, were not able to get out from the back seat area and drowned.

During the investigation it was determined that Mason had a blood alcohol content above the legal limit at the approximate time he drove off the embankment and into the Wabash River.

MARION, Ill. - A video being filmed earlier this afternoon in a location outside of Marion made for an interesting "road condition" warning for Marion Police.

Marion PD, on their Facebook page, announced at about 2 p.m. today (Monday, April 9) that the Illinois Department of Transportation was filming a safety video on East DeYoung Street near Norman Road.

"They have vehicles overturned as part of the video," MPD wrote in a Facebook post. "There is NO EMERGENCY traffic crash at that location! Just to keep you informed."

MPD posted it to pass along to others. Our Williamson County correspondent went out to get photos of the situation, which looks very interesting with the overturned vehicles and all, but there wasn't a lot of activity when she was out there.

When we get more on it, we'll post. Be watching...and use caution in that area if they're still out there working on it.

PALESTINE, Ill. - A medical issue is said to have been what caused an accident this afternoon in the village of Palestine.

The single-vehicle accident happened this afternoon (Monday, April 9) at approximately 2:53 p.m.

At that time,Chief Jeff Besing was dispatched to the 200 block of S. Leaverton Street for a vehicle that had struck a tree.

The accident investigation revealed that Rex E. Mitchell, 74 of Palestine, was southbound on Leaverton Street in a teal-colored 2005 Chevy Avalanche.

Mr. Mitchell experienced a medical episode and lost consciousness while driving, crossing over the oncoming lane of traffic; upon leaving the roadway, he struck a tree in the front yard of a residence in the 200 block of S. Leaverton.

Mr. Mitchell was transported to the Crawford Memorial Emergency Room where he was treated for non-incapacitating injuries.

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Madigan and 15 attorneys general file motion to intervene to protect health care for millions

ILLINOIS - Attorney General Lisa Madigan and 15 other attorneys general today filed a motion to intervene in Texas et al. v. United States et al., a lawsuit filed in federal district court in Texas which seeks to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Madigan and the other attorneys general filed their motion to seek to enter a lawsuit filed by Texas and other states in order to vigorously defend the ACA and the millions of Americans across the country who rely on it for affordable care. Madigan and the other attorneys general said the Texas lawsuit imperils health care coverage and funding for care for all Americans, particularly more vulnerable people like seniors, children, and people with chronic medical conditions or disabilities.

“Dismantling the Affordable Care Act would deprive millions of people of the coverage they need to access health care, including some of our most vulnerable people,” Madigan said. “I am committed to defending the Affordable Care Act to protect the benefits that many Illinois residents rely on to ensure that they have access to health care coverage.”

Texas was joined by 19 states in filing its lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Feb. 28. Texas alleged the ACA is no longer constitutional due to the passage of new tax laws in December 2017, which zeroed out the penalty payment under the ACA’s individual mandate for those who could afford to purchase health insurance but did not.

The Texas lawsuit petitioned the federal court to end the Medicaid expansion; end tax credits that help people afford insurance; allow insurance companies to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions; take away seniors’ prescription drug discounts; strip funding from the nation’s public health system, including work to combat the opioid epidemic; and much more. If the lawsuit succeeded and the ACA were terminated, Illinois could lose $49.9 billion in federal funds used to provide health care to Illinois residents.

In today’s motion to intervene, Madigan and the attorneys general allege that the ACA has not been repealed under the new tax law and its constitutionality has been upheld by the Supreme Court, noting that:

• The ACA has survived nearly 70 unsuccessful repeal attempts in Congress since it was passed in 2010;
• In National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius (2012), the Supreme Court ruled that the individual mandate is constitutional; and
• The state of California and every state in the United States would suffer grave harm if the plaintiffs achieved the goals of their lawsuit.

Illinois is one of several states that passed legislation to expand the eligibility for its state Medicaid plan and as a result received increased federal matching funds to provide coverage for the expansion population. To support the Attorney General’s motion and highlight the fiscal impact of the ACA in Illinois, the Illinois Comptroller’s Office provided a declaration that Illinois received approximately $9.5 billion from fiscal year 2015 through fiscal year 2017 to provide coverage under the Medicaid expansion. The Cook County Health and Hospitals System also reported that the number of its patients who received care without insurance or other coverage dropped from 64 percent in fiscal year 2012 to 39 percent in fiscal year 2017 as a result of the Medicaid expansion.

If Texas’ lawsuit were to succeed and federal funding for the Medicaid expansion terminated, Illinois law would require that the expanded eligibility be eliminated, revoking coverage for hundreds of thousands of Medicaid enrollees in Illinois.

Joining Madigan in filing today’s motion were the attorneys general from: California, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington.

HERRIN, Ill. - Herrin police worked a situation over the weekend that caught up a couple of Williamson County guys - one of them becoming a regular - with multiple, serious charges.

Herrin police said that on Sunday, April 8, they located a vehicle that had been reported stolen from Herrin the day before (Saturday, April 7).

Dustin Grizzell

The officers discovered the vehicle to be occupied by two individuals, who wwere identified as Dustin R. Grizzell, 21, of Herrin, and Daniel T. Davidson, 23, of Marion.

Grizzell and Davidson were both on parole from the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Daniel T. Davidson

A handgun with defaced serial number that had been reported stolen was located in the vehicle next to where Grizzell was seated. The vehicle also contained numerous other items that were believed to have been stolen.

After an investigation, Grizzell was issued citations for Possession of a Stolen Firearm, Unlawful Use of Weapons by a Felon, Defacing Identification Marks on a Firearm, Theft, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Resisting/Obstructing a Peace Officer.

The Illinois Department of Corrections also issued warrants for Grizzell and Davidson. They were taken to the Williamson County Jail.

WASHINGTON CO., Ill. - An overcorrection accident on Highway 15 in Washington County sent three to a regional hospital for treatment of apparently very serious injuries, according to Illinois State Police.

ISP in District 13 out of DuQuoin said the wreck occurred at 7:19 a.m. this morning, Tuesday, April 10.

Preliminary investigative details indicate that a 2002 Cadillac Deville being driven by Stephannie L. Inman, 33, of Nashville, was traveling on Illinois Route 15 westbound near County Highway 11 when it left the right side of the roadway.

Inman overcorrected, entered back onto the highway, and lost control of the vehicle. The Cadillac traveled off the left
side of the roadway and struck a guardrail face with the passenger’s side of the vehicle.

A 5-year-old male juvenile passenger was ejected from the Cadillac at that point.

The Cadillac continued to travel off the left side of the roadway before striking a tree and coming to final rest.

Inman and another passenger, a 5-year-old juvenile female, along with the little boy, were transported via ambulance to a local hospital before being flown to a regional medical facility. The hospitals were not identified.

Inman was cited for No Seatbelt, and two counts of Failure to Secure Child Under 8 Years of Age.

The highway was closed for a few hours while ISP worked the crash scene, but it is open as of this afternoon.

WHITE CO., Ill. - A driver and his passenger were apparently uninjured following a rolling argument that may or may not have been a "domestic," but it might just as well be, given the way it all went down.

White County Sheriff's officials report that the accident occurred early Sunday morning (6:36 a.m.) April 8.

Austin S. Heffington, 27, of Maunie, was driving a 2004 Dodge Durango eastbound on County Road 1100 North in the vicinity of 1250 East in Hawthorne Township at that time; with him was the passenger, Ashley Bebout, 27, of McLeansboro, who seems to be in many, many wrong places at wrong times.

Heffington reported that Bebout was arguing with him, and became angry, punching him in the face twice.

Bebout then grabbed the steering wheel, causing the vehicle to crash into a ditch and overturn three times.

The vehicle was totaled, according to the police report, and a power pole belonging to Wayne White Counties Electric Cooperative was damaged.

Neither of the participants were cited.

PALESTINE, Ill. - A guy looking to go door-to-door in the village of Palestine in Crawford County was arrested after it was discovered he had a warrant for his arrest in a more northerly county...for going door-to-door.

This occurred this afternoon, Tuesday, April 10, when at about 2:20 p.m. three individuals came to the Village Hall in Palestine seeking solicitation permits for door-to-door sales work.

The three stated to Chief Jeff Besing that they worked for AB Marketing for "Direct Energy."

Besing said that upon checking all three subjects for possible warrants, it was discovered that one of them, Jontarius M. Causey, 20, of Peoria, was wanted on a bench warrant for Contempt of Court for failing to pay an ordinance citation for solicitation in Douglas County.

Causey was placed under arrest and transported to the Crawford County Jail in Robinson, where he was being held pending extradition back to Douglas County.

A screencap of CBS coverage of Zuck's testimony on Capital Hill...where he's speaking to several congresscritters to whom he's contributed roughly $400,000 in campaign funds over the past several years. No chance of bias here. None at all.

Since Mark Zuckerberg is has been in the news cycle so much recently, we thought we might show you what Fecesbook has done to us recently, as well as over the years.

We started our Fecesbook page in March of 2010 without much thought to it because we were too busy running the paper and this website. When we started social networking pages (Twitter and Google+ at about the same time), people were flocking to THIS website to comment on articles. Then about 2011-12, everybody moved over to Fecesbook to comment...which wasn't good financially, but we learned to work within it.

When it got to be good financially in 2012 through early 2014, we handled it by hiring people to manage our social networking pages (yay for capitalism and creating something out of nothing! That's how jobs are created, folks...not everyone can be a government employee or sue somebody to get a big ol windfall) and getting great turnout on it.

Then in the overnight hours of March 8 into 9, 2014, Fecesbook threw the switch. I wish I could show you stats from that switch-throwing. On the evening of March 8, we were partying down and having a good time over the college basketball playoffs on TV at Henshaw's house with beer and pizza and watching the awesome responses to our posts about the game (the Salukis were playing in the finals) on Facebook, with a reach literally numbering into the millions (at one point in time in January 2014, over the Chrissy Williams missing person incident, we had a "reach" of 30,000,000. That's THIRTY MILLION). The next morning, we get up to nurse our hangovers and find almost nothing. I mean NOTHING. I literally had to ask "Where IS everybody?" on a particular post; there was just no reach whatsoever.

What we saw in March 2014

We researched it as extensively as we could, and learned that a number of other sites - all of them with a conservative view, like ours has - were experiencing the same thing. But our tech guy begged us not to address that. He thought it was a bad idea to let people know we were having trouble because we were conservative, since so much on Facebook was slanting libtarded. So we stayed quiet...until the matters addressed in this article began happening to us. People were literally being redirected AWAY from this page courtesy Fecesbook. So we addressed it "sort of"...and tried what Diamond & Silk did when this happened to them late last year, where their growing "reach" just suddenly dropped off. You know, like throwing a switch. And, like D&S, we got nothing from Fecesbook. We did everything except deploy our attorneys...which, as it turns out, would've been a colossal waste of money. And then every single day since then, unless there was an accidental death or murder or a storm or flood or fire or something to that effect, has been a struggle. Fecesbook has been suppressing our reach for four solid years now...and since Trump was elected, it's gotten worse. I mean, I know we're the ONLY media outlet in the 618 (and maybe in the 217, who knows) who doesn't take the opportunity to diss Trump at every turn. This doesn't necessarily make us Trump supporters; it does, however, make us realists. As far as the office goes, the man is doing a brilliant job.

But he's espousing conservative, Constitution-based action, and that just doesn't seem to fly with the powers-that-be. Which - and take this as gospel, please - should make you concerned about the powers-that-be. And that should also make you aware that your "local" papers are spouting the Party Line...and that should make you even MORE concerned over what other garbage they're shoveling your way.

Anyway, here's what I wanted to show you, from this morning and from the last several days: A bunch of Fecesbook posts on our page, and the numbers they generate. Let's start with the average ones. I took these screencaps all between 10:11 a.m. and 10:24 a.m. this morning, Tuesday, April 10:

Of our "followers" currently - a little over 55,000 - this one had a reach of .09 of them (9%). This is how many of those having followed our page saw this post that went up yesterday afternoon, Monday, April 9.

The above cap is of the post about the DUIS charged in the drowning victims in Knox County, Indiana, a coupla months ago, which post went up yesterday afternoon. Even less reach: 8 percent.

Even less reach shown above: The sitch with the elderly gent in Palestine who had a wreck. Reach: 5.7 percent.

And the one that posted the night before, Sunday, but stayed up ALL NIGHT UNINTERRUPTED by another post, but still didn't get the reach, which was only 5.4 percent.

Now, watch what transpires when we don't cover the crim antics in the area, but instead start posting links to news stories on the national level that are of interest to our conservative readers:

The above is .02 percent of reach.

This above one is 3.2 percent.

This one above is 1.7. A little over one percent of our reach. You know: Because it doesn't congratulate CNN for their idiotic coverage.

And this one above, about a libtard who wisely converted to conservatism, has .64 percent reach. Granted, this one is the most recent, but it remains the most filtered. That's what we call "throwing the switch" - filtering. Because that's what Fecesbook is doing to us...and to Diamond & Silk...and to many, many, many other conservative viewpoint pages or Trump supporters.

It's getting to the point that it's not even worth it. So If you start seeing less and less of our presence on Fecesbook...this would be why. Otherwise, we're looking at just returning to this page and start doing things the way we used to do them before social networking graduated from MySpace and went to these hellholes of libwhackism that have done nothing but taught the population of users to be hateful, bullying jerks that end up getting banned from our page (as much as I'd appreciate having wambo threads on all our posts by letting everybody just pile on, that's not gonna happen, even if the only thing I do on Fecesbook is police the haters). The bottom line: We're sick of the battle. And we predict that IF the truth were ever to come out, we'd learn that Zuck was set up to start Fecesbook by Soros, that his returns have been so phenomenal that ol George is a happy camper, and now, it's time to have Zuck throw himself on the sword because he managed success in the Hegelian Dialect that Soros is so good at:

• Thesis: Make sure America is a haven of libtardedness
• Antithesis: Provide a way that the CIA can get into EVERYONE'S head (you know; voters) so you can swing ANY election (2 terms of a hopeless communist), then when it ceases to work, turn the tables on the Constitution-supporting president so you can get him out of office
• Synthesis: Have your boi Zuck take the blame for everything that happens so you can upset the apple cart and convince the unsuspecting public that the election WAS "rigged," that the man who's president isn't in there legitimately, and you're going to prove it by having your boi Zuck SHOW THE WORLD how it was done, so you can get that man outta there. Regardless of the fact that O used the same exact information in order to target voters; you're gonna hope everyone forgets that in the slaughter of Fecesbook.

And what are you all going to do if that happens, and there's no more Fecesbook? I mean, entire media outlets are folding. Entire papers are going out of business. Entire websites are now defunct. They didn't know how to integrate the tech and go with the direction things were flowing, and they went under.

But that's us. The media.

What are YOU going to do? Are you going to flock to another platform to voice your woes? Maybe. You may or may not actually go to the media outlets themselves...because you've been so used to getting them on your feed.

Oh, well maybe you don't get ALL of them.

God knows, as you can see here, you're barely getting ours.

Site of the wreck

GALLATIN CO., Ill. - A man from Ridgway was injured after his vehicle rolled over on Route 1 in the village of Omaha Wednesday morning, reports ISP.

Illinois State Police worked the accident, which occurred at 11:36 a.m. yesterday, April 10.

The preliminary traffic crash investigation indicated that the driver of a red 2017 Toyota, Dave R. V. Trimamez, 26, was traveling southbound on Illinois Route 1 at Harrell Street in Omaha, when for unknown reasons, he drove into the west ditch.

Trimamez’ vehicle struck a culvert which caused it to roll.

Trimamez was transported by Med Force Ambulance to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

The Illinois State Police was assisted at the scene by Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office, Omaha Fire, Med Force Ambulance and Black’s Towing.

Trimamez was cited for Improper Lane Usage.

CLAY CO., Ill. - Suspended licenses, FTAs and all kinds of familiar faces dominate this week’s Clay County Sheriff’s Department report as provided by Sheriff Andy Myers.

April 1, a Clay County Sheriff’s Deputy arrested Cameron L. Mitchell, 21, Flora, on an outstanding Clay County warrant for Failure to Appear on the original charges of Burglary, Possession of Stolen Firearm and Theft. Bond set at $2,000.00 (10 percent), plus $75.00 warrant fee. He posted bond and was released.

April 1, a Clay County Sheriff’s Deputy arrested Travis L. Rosenberger, 25, Flora, on an outstanding Clay County warrant for Violation of Order of Protection after Served Notice. Bond set at $5,000.00 (10 percent). He posted bond and was released.

Chase Runyon

April 1, Chase Runyon, 23, Noble, was arrested on an outstanding Clay County warrant for Failure to Appear on the original charge of Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine. Bond set at $6,000.00 (10 percent), plus $75.00 warrant fee. He posted bond and was released.

Daisy May Sherman

April 3, a Clay County Sheriff’s Deputy arrested Daisy Sherman, 21, Flora, for Violation of Probation on the original charge of Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine. Bond set at $50,000.00 (10 percent). She is currently incarcerated in the Clay County Jail.

April 4, a Clay County Sheriff’s Deputy arrested Sydney McKnelly, 22, Flora, on an outstanding Clay County warrant for Failure to Appear on Driving While Driver's License Revoked. Bond set at $3,000.00 (10 percent), plus $75.00 warrant fee. She posted bond and was released.

April 5, David R. Phelps, 62, Salem, was arrested on an outstanding Clay County warrant for Failure to Appear on the original charge of Driving While Driver’s License Revoked. Bond set at $10,000.00 (10 percent), plus $75.00 warrant fee. He appeared in Clay County court and was released.

April 6, a Clay County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Dylan Hampton, 28, Louisville, for Domestic Battery and Criminal Damage to Property. Bond set at $5,000.00 (10 percent). He posted bond and was released.

Edward Worrell

April 9, a Clay County Sheriff’s Deputy arrested Edward Worrell, 29, Noble, for Violation of Probation on the original charge of Domestic Battery. He is currently incarcerated in the Clay County Jail awaiting court appearance.

April 9, a Clay County Sheriff’s Deputy arrested Neal Durham, 33, Louisville, for Criminal Trespass to Real Property. Bond set at $1,500.00 (10 percent). He posted bond and was released.

Timothy Landreth

April 10, a Clay County Sheriff’s Deputy arrested Timothy Landreth, 35, Louisville, on an outstanding Clay County warrant for Petition to Revoke Probation on the original charge of Unlawful Use of Property. Bond set at $18,000.00 (10 percent). He is currently incarcerated in the Clay County Jail.

Charles D. Workman

April 10, a Clay County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Charles D. Workman, 35, Louisville, for Violation of Probation on the original charge of Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine. Workman later was released.

April 10, a Clay County Sheriff’s Deputy arrested Justin Bannick, 32, Dieterich, for Failure to Signal when Required and Driving While Driver’s License Suspended. Bond set at $1,500.00 (10 percent). He posted bond and was released.

RICHLAND CO., Ill. - The meeting of the full county board in Richland will be held tomorrow night, Thursday, April 12, and as a public service, we bring you the board's agenda.

The full board meeting is preceded by the Finance Committee meeting, which agenda is shown at the bottom of the agendas shown here. That meeting kicks off at 6 p.m.; full board meeting at 7 p.m.

All county board meetings unless otherwise stated are held in the county board room at the Richland County Sheriff's Department, west side of the jail.

Below are the agendas.

Seth U. Perry

CARMI, Ill. - Two individuals were arrested yesterday in Carmi in two separate incidents, both of them involving fussing with significant others or exes thereof.

The first was a guy whose problems have been chronicled in Disclosure since he was a teen in 2003.

Seth Uriah Perry, now 31, is experiencing the difficulties of his upbringing, which involved the ridiculous misapplication of SHOCAP (Serious Habitual Offender Comprehensive Action Program) when he was but a young teen and hadn't "habitually" offended yet, this provided by then-Edwards County State's Attorney Brian Shinkle.

That, of course, turned into repeat infractions, and the latest has been what occurred in Carmi Tuesday (April 10) when at 2:35 p.m., authorities received a call reporting a domestic at an apartment on Sixth Street.

Perry was arrested for Violating an Order of Protection, as the protected party was also in the apartment and Perry advised that they were living there together. Court documents show that the protected party is Crystal Boaz, 36, of the same address.

Perry was able to post bond to secure his release.

Michael Anthony Smith

The next incident involved Michael Anthony Smith, 33, of First Street in Carmi.

Carmi police reports show that their department as well as deputies from the White County Sheriff's Department responded to a fight in front of Fifth Street Market at 4:54 p.m. Tuesday. Carmi police took a signed complaint for battery from the victim, who was assisted by a witness in getting Smith off of him.

A state trooper located Smith at around 5:20 p.m. on Sycamore Street, and Carmi police placed Smith under arrest at that time. Smith remains locked up at the City/County Jail as of this post.

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WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - Our Williamson County correspondent was on-scene yesterday at the filming of a public service announcement video for the Illinois Department of Transportation.

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Our correspondent Becky traveled out to the scene - reported in this post two days ago - on Norman Road, where crews had set up a couple of wrecked vehicles as of early this week.

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On Tuesday (April 10), more props had been set up so that the scene would be more realistic.

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Over the course of two hours, Becky captured images as the filming was underway.

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"It was really neat," she reported. "They used Gatorade for radiator fluid and chocolate milk for oil," these being items that spilled on the pavement as well as the vehicles.

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She added that there was plenty of smoke as seen after a multi-vehicle crash, this provided courtesy of smoke grenades.

The Williamson County Ambulance Service was on-hand to provide realistic emergency medical coverage to the "injured victims."

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The message of the IDOT PSA hasn't been made clear yet, so be watching the airwaves to find out what it is.